How could a once brave warrior like Mueller become so timid?

[redstateblues]

He tiptoed around everything. His failure to subpoena Trump made him look like he was afraid of Rudy Giuliani. I don’t get it. He knew Trump would never be convicted by the Senate. His continuing failure to hold Trump accountable by refusing to testify just makes no sense.

[True Dough]

1. I think he looked at the Jim Comey situation

and knew he didn't want to be judged similarly. He also was handcuffed by AG Barr's opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted.

[ProudLib72]

7. What do we know about what went on behind the scenes between Mueller and Barr?

I think there were a lot of compromises... mainly on Mueller's end. And remember how, just after Barr said "exoneration," a bunch of people on Mueller's team piped up? Yeah, we haven't heard from them again. So what happened there?

[Cousin Dupree]

31. Mueller is a huge disappointment. If he doesn't testify and make it right, he will not be

judged well by history.

[KentuckyWoman]

2. I don't see timid

I see a man who is true to what he has always been. If anyone expected Mueller to swoop down and save us all from this insanity they had unrealistic expectations.

[redstateblues]

5. True. He has always been a Republican

I think Trump outsmarted him. During all Trump’s years as a crime boss he learned how to leave little or no evidence. He is a very cunning criminal.

[Skittles]

6. LOL

um, no....BARR shut it down, that's why he was hired

[redstateblues]

10. And he meekly just went into the quiet night with nothing but

a semi sternly worded letter sent to Barr? What a display of courage!

[Skittles]

12. I agree he certainly should have done more

especially since leaving it up to Democrats seems to be a big fat nothing

[samir.g]

3. They probably have something on him

[rampartc]

17. +1

[Hoyt]

4. He really had to work hard to let trump, Jr, and Kush off conspiring with Ruskies.

He knew Obstruction wouldn’t take trump down.

He wimped out on America.

[Grasswire2]

8. If I hadn't heard a weakness in his voice, I wouldn't have questions about his status.

But I did, and so I do.

Maybe he has lost his edge. Maybe there's something wrong with his health. Maybe when he was met with the perfidy of Barr, he just couldn't summon up strength to be enmeshed in politics. Maybe he has been threatened somehow.

[redstateblues]

13. Something wasn't right

[Hoyt]

26. I read somewhere that Mueller has never been comfortable speaking. Add the fact that he had

let America down by not going aggressively after trump, Jr, Kushner, etc., and his nervousness makes sense.

I agree that his age (about ready to pack it in when called), avoidance of politics, etc., might have something to do with it. But, he should have declined the job if that were the case.

To be fair, Fitzgerald wimped out on us as well.

[NanceGreggs]

9. Bullshit.

Mueller had a job to do, and he did it. The fact that you "don't get it" is your problem, not his.

[redstateblues]

11. Failing to subpoena Trump is not "doing his job" . Weak excuses from Mueller on that.

He didn’t even try. Pathetic. I can see why he is reluctant to testify in front of the nation.

[NanceGreggs]

14. Given the choice between ...

... Mueller's judgment and that of an anonymous poster on a message board, I'll go with the career professional.

[dweller]

16. + 100,000

👍🏻

✌🏼️

[redstateblues]

18. Career professionals are above reproach? Really? Comey, Rosenstein, Barr all career pros.

Your ad hominem attack aside, I’m still not hearing any defense as to why Mueller didn’t try to get Trump in person under oath and as to why he won’t testify in front of Congress. Did you read Trump’s written answers to Mueller’s queries? What a joke. Totally useless.

[NanceGreggs]

20. I never said career professionals are beyond reproach.

What I did say is that given Mueller's history and experience, he's a lot more credible than a guy on the internetz.

Perhaps the next time a special counsel is needed, you can put your name up for consideration. No doubt you would do a much better job than Mueller - or anyone else, right?

[redstateblues]

34. nice snide comment. I still haven't heard you defend Mueller's timidity

He’s a Republican.Why didn’t he put Trump under oath?Your resort to ad hominem attacks shows that you have no defense for Mueller’s failure to finish his job. He won’t testify because he doesn’t want this to be partisan? Sorry, that’s a pant load. All your career professionals have not moved the needle in holding Trump accountable.

[NanceGreggs]

38. I have no need to defend Mueller.

You’ve already created your own little narrative about him – you claim to know his thoughts, his motives, and his reasons for doing or not doing things.

Why waste my time debating with someone who so obviously knows everything?

[StarfishSaver]

40. Thank you!

[Turin_C3PO]

35. Mueller pushed the WMD lie that led us to a war with Iraq.

I think he’s basically a good guy but he’s not above criticism.

[spanone]

28. Barr is another career professional.

[NanceGreggs]

39. There are literally millions ...

... of career professionals - your point being exactly what?

[dansolo]

23. I'm more bothered by the lack of action with Don Jr and Jared Kushner

DOJ policy only applies to the president, not his family members.

[Hoyt]

24. Exactly. Mueller went out of his way to say Jr & Kushner weren't chargeable for trump tower meeting

because they were too stupid to have the intent needed to violate the law and it was difficult to put a value on any assistance the Ruskies were offering.

What a load of BS.

[emmaverybo]

15. So well said. nt

[Tipperary]

21. Thank you.

And now Congress needs to do theirs.

[redstateblues]

32. Dream on. The Senate will never indict Trump. Impeachment goes nowhere.

Beat Trump in the election

[CentralMass]

19. The GOP has become a cult.

[DLevine]

22. At the end of the day, he's a Republican.

I never trust a Republican to do the right thing.

Agree, he should have subpoenaed Trump. He also should have spoken up- publicly- the minute Barr lied about his report. And, he should happily agree to testify before Congress. In the end, he's just another Trump enabler.

[redstateblues]

33. Thank you for your clarity

[struggle4progress]

25. "The GOP is jumping all over Mueller. So let's all jump on Mueller! Otherwise we'll look left out!"

[StarfishSaver]

29. SMH

[obnoxiousdrunk]

30. Mueller has never been

in the 108 keyboard regiment. That explains his timidity.

[Turin_C3PO]

36. He's a Republican who didn't want to rock the boat too much.

I think he’s ok with the status quo and knew that truly going after Trump would be a national scandal that he wanted no part of. That’s my theory anyway.

[redstateblues]

37. That makes as much sense as anything I've heard.