rafischwartz
Rafi Schwartz
rafischwartz
Senior writer. When in doubt he'll have the soup.

Mueller amends his previous answer to Rep. Lieu’s question this morning.
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Mueller again says he won’t answer any questions about the pee tape dossier. What’re the odds Republicans take the hint this time?
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Mueller going out of his way to note that any counter-intelligence questions should be directed to the FBI, and not him.
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Mueller already speaking much louder than he was last time.
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Schiff calls Trump the “angry man down the street” - SICK BURN, DUDE.
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Nunes casting doubt on the existence of the Loch Ness monster, which is deeply rude to me.
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Devin Nunes starts by welcoming people to the “last gasp” of the Russian collusion “conspiracy theory.”
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Schiff is already a lot more forceful, and sanctimonious, than Nadler at the previous hearing.
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“This is also a story about money...about greed and corruption.”
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Rep. Adam Schiff kicking things off by focusing on “disloyalty to country,” noting that the Trump campaign did not report Russian overtures to law enforcement.
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Assuming the Intelligence hearing is more of the same, it’s hard to see how this whole thing moves the needle much. Democrats got Mueller to affirm all the stuff that was in his report already, and Republicans got to shout their various (increasingly deranged) talking points. Everyone basically gets to go back to Read more

Escobar is doing her best to get Mueller to admit he intended congress to start impeachment proceedings. He refuses to bite.
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Veronica Escobar is up, and wrapping things up for the Democrats. We’re so close, folks!
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It’s very strange to me that Mueller can just be like “nah, not gonna answer that question” whenever he wants, and...it’s fine?
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