Dems plan to bring in Mueller for televised hearings if Trump fires him: report

[kpete]

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 11/07/18 11:04 AM EST

Top Democrats in the House are reportedly planning to invite Robert Mueller to testify on Capitol Hill in televised hearings if President Trump takes action to fire the special counsel and shut down the Russia investigation.

Senior Democratic aides told Politico that if Trump were to fire Mueller and other members of the Justice Department's leadership in a scenario similar to Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, Democrats would respond by inviting Mueller to testify before the House in a televised hearing.


"I think you could expect Democrats to take pieces of what they shut down and expose it publicly,” a senior aide familiar with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) thinking told Politico.

“This is a report paid for with taxpayer dollars. So taxpayers would have a right to know what Mr. Mueller found," the aide continued.



https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/415491-dems-plan-to-bring-in-mueller-for-televised-hearings-if-trump-fires

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. BRING HIM IN NOW. What in the WORLD are you candy asses waiting for? Al Franken?

He's gone.

[scheming daemons]

3. Um... they can't until they take power on January 3rd.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

5. And that's the point isnt it.

Isnt it? So, it's up to us. And who leads the resistance? What representative corrals us before it's too late?

[nini]

8. LOL.. you don't really understand how Congress works do you?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

9. Are you laughing at me?

[Cha]

29. Oh good to know.. January 3rd. I thought

it was later in January.

[former9thward]

13. Mueller would refuse.

And rightly so. It is an ongoing investigation.

[OnDoutside]

18. Maybe not by Jan 3rd....

[Codeine]

14. They can't.

You know this, right?

[Magoo48]

19. Time for Mueller to sogotp.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

28. +1

[Totally Tunsie]

2. Oh my. Wouldn't that be delicious?

[mr_lebowski]

4. Might be even better if they straight hired him to continue the investigation (nt)

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

6. +1

[GoCubsGo]

7. I hope they weill do that even if he isn't fired.

[Raven123]

10. If the investigation is ongoing Mueller's testimony could be limited

However, if the investigation is ended who knows what might be revealed

[ffr]

11. Doesn't go far enough for this wretched treasonous bastard and his little bastards.

Dems should have the full battle plan laid out. Publicly make all nice. Behind the scenes, make no question about what the result will be if he does not resign his position immediately.

[Mr.Bill]

12. Couldn't Trump just classify all the info and documents from

the investigation, saying they contain material sensitive to national security?

[The Liberal Lion]

16. That's what Nixon tried.

Didn't work then, maybe now tho.

[McCamy Taylor]

17. Kavanaugh can be impeached

So the Supreme Court will be cautious about making phones baliney rulings

[The Liberal Lion]

15. Well played

So far so good Nancy. Speak softly carry a big stick.

[marieo1]

20. Televised Hearings

I hope so..........It's about time we Democrats fought the battle and won. The Reps think we will not go after them, I, for one, hope they are wrong and that Dems will expose them!!

[Historic NY]

21. Just like the H2O Judiciary Committee' hearings.

[Honeycombe8]

22. Trump has already threatened to take them to the S.Ct., if they release "classified info," I think.

He said that early on, after the elections.

That tells me that they plan on keeping the results of Mueller's investigation under wraps and classified.

[disndat]

23. The jig is up

for the Donald, now that the House is back in Democratic control. I have a theory that he is preparing to resign. His
situation would dictate it, that is if he doesn't do the prep walk first.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. He won't fire him. His funding will be cut And report kept secret. Nt

[cstanleytech]

26. Wont work as our guys can still call him to testify so that would torpedo any attempt to keep

the report secret.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. You're saying you are sure that he can openly

Reveal the report contents to Congress? In public?

[cstanleytech]

31. Rather Congress can ask him questions and legally they have a right to answers so it cannot be

completely concealed by the Repugnants and eventually some of it could accidentally leak out or one of our guys could take a page out of the Repugnants playbook and read it into the congressional record on the floor.
Mind you they would probably only do that if there Trump or someone in his administration did something truly illegal but its still a possibility.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Well, from his point of view hiding as best he can

Is probably his strategy. I think even he knows he can't fire Mueller.

Bit what about indictments? Can't those be squelched by acting AG?

[cstanleytech]

37. But thats just it Trump does not have to really hide it as the Repugnants in Congress have made it

clear they will do whatever it takes to protect him because their interests align with his in their long term goals.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. They may be experiencing emboldened thinking " gee, we always

thought you had to be quiet and dignified --- to hide voter suppression and to lead our country.

[libdem4life]

33. It's my understanding that it is already funded for the entire year.

And much of the material has already been outsourced to the states where the feds can't reach them. I'm going to bet that Mueller is smarter than IQ45...and about 5 steps ahead. Anyone could see this coming. We've known for many weeks the Democrats would take the House.

Count me hopeful, at least.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. Hope so. Heard AAG over the NYC feds

[cstanleytech]

25. Agree, air all the Repugnant dirty laundry as its smelling really bad.

[beachbum bob]

27. They can hire mueller and his team for the impeachment investigations

Jan 3, 2019

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Like that! Out of the box ! Like when someone

Suggested that the ABA suspend Kavanaugh's law license. (Although you don't have to have a law degree to be on the Supreme Court)

[NeverTrumpDemocrat]

32. Nice!