Democrats Don’t Need New Information from Mueller

Greg Sargent: “With Robert Mueller set to appear before Congress on Wednesday, the Justice Department is trying to constrain Mueller’s testimony… Whether intentional or not, this directive serves to pre-frame the hearings, potentially in a manner that politically benefits President Trump.”

“It sets up the core question as this: Will Mueller go outside the four corners of what’s in his report, or will he remain inside them?”

“But Mueller doesn’t have to ‘go beyond’ his report for his testimony to be very damaging to Trump. What’s in his report is already deeply devastating.”

“The obvious game here is to frame the hearings as leaving Democrats with only the last ditch hope of prodding Mueller into revealing new information — and to spin any failure to make that happen as a fizzle for Democrats, and a victory for Trump. In reality, if Democrats can simply bring to life what Mueller did document — and convey that to a national audience — that alone will be a real victory, and an important public service.”

That said, Aaron Blake thinks there are ways for Democrats to get new information from Mueller.