Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies for six hours before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, Democratic leaders remain hesitant on impeachment, and Joe Biden gets scrappy with his opponents over health care and criminal justice reform. Then House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff talks to Jon F. about the Mueller hearing and impeachment.

Show Notes

Mueller

NYT : Mueller Rejects Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Label and Warns of Russian Meddling

WaPo : Mueller, in occasionally halting testimony, points to foreign interference and offers some sharp criticism of Trump

NYT : Mueller Warns of Russian Sabotage and Rejects Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Claims

WSJ : Robert Mueller Defends Investigation as ‘Thorough’ and ‘Fair’ in House Testimony

Vox : Mueller’s testimony, and what it means for President Trump, explained

CNN : Here’s what you need to know about Mueller’s day

New Yorker – Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony

New Yorker – In Search of a Viral Moment at the Robert Mueller Hearings

Axios : 1 big thing: The Mueller moments that mattered

NYT : What We Learned From Mueller’s 7 Hours on Capitol Hill

WSJ : Key Moments From the Mueller Hearings

WaPo : 6 takeaways from Robert Mueller’s testimony

NY Mag – The 5 Biggest Lies Republicans Told at Mueller’s Hearing

Vox : 5 losers and 0 winners from Robert Mueller’s testimony to the House of Representatives

Politico : Here’s what surprised us during the Mueller testimony — and 4 other takeaways

CNN : 10 key takeaways from Robert Mueller’s testimony

WaPo : Robert Mueller kneecaps President Trump’s no collusion, no obstruction mantra

WaPo : Trump’s new ‘Article II’ comments illustrate stakes at Mueller hearings

Politico : Mueller walks back explosive part of testimony

New Yorker – Mueller Testimony: “The President Was Not Exculpated”

New Yorker – Mueller’s Testimony Strongly Suggests That Trump Would Be Indicted If He Weren’t the President

Vox : Why Mueller said he couldn’t indict Trump, explained

Vox : Mueller said Trump could be indicted once he leaves office

The Atlantic – Three Ways Mueller Says Trump Is Lying

The Atlantic – The Most Revealing Exchange of the Mueller Hearing

The Atlantic – Republicans Take Their Shot at Mueller—And Narrowly Miss

WaPo : On Mueller’s final day on the national stage, a halting, faltering performance

NY Mag – How Republicans Used Mueller’s Conservatism to Discredit Him

The Atlantic – Robert Mueller Kept His Promise

WaPo : Mueller answers Trump taunts in testimony unlikely to change the political dynamic

Politico : ‘Bob Mueller is struggling’

Politico : Mueller dodged lawmakers’ questions roughly 150 times

WaPo : Here are the times Mueller objected to Congress’s interpretations of his report

WaPo : Mueller muddies the water on why Trump didn’t face indictment

NY Mag – Adam Schiff Tells a Story of Disloyalty to Country, Greed, and Lies

Vox : The flaw in House Democrats’ strategy with Robert Mueller’s testimony, explained

Vanity Fair – REPUBLICANS USE MUELLER’S SILENCE TO PUSH CONSPIRACY THEORIES

New Yorker – Mueller Revealed the Conspiracy-Theory-Driven State of American Politics

NYT : Mueller’s Labored Performance Was a Departure From His Once-Fabled Stamina

Media Matters – Punditry on the Mueller hearing fell into the “optics” trap

The Hill : Todd calls Mueller hearing an optics disaster for Democrats

Columbia Journalism Review – MSNBC public editor: The Chuck Todd show

NYT : Asked to Put on a Show, Mueller Wishes You’d Read the Book

NYT : Robert Mueller, Caught in the TV Spotlight

WaPo : Mueller and Dems’ low-energy performance was an optics disaster!

Politico : ‘Euphoria’: White House, GOP exult after a flat Mueller performance

NYT : Trump Says Mueller Was ‘Horrible’ and Republicans ‘Had a Good Day’

NYT : The Blockbuster That Wasn’t: Mueller Disappoints the Democrats

WaPo : Trump says ‘we had a very good day’ after Mueller hearings end

WaPo : White House summit on social media gave a boost to key Trump supporters. They used it to attack Mueller.

Vox : It took the Trump campaign 2 minutes to lie about Mueller’s testimony

WaPo : Emails from Oppositeland: Trump campaign celebrates Mueller ‘confirming’ no collusion

WaPo : Trump again claims Mueller wanted to return as FBI director, an assertion Mueller disputes

Politico : Mueller’s finally done. Here’s how his probe lives on.

Politico : Pelosi rebuffs Nadler on impeachment after Mueller flop

WaPo : Democrats are now left with one option to end Trump’s presidency: The 2020 election

Politico : Impeachment drive slowed by Mueller’s stumbles

NYT : Full List: Who Supports an Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump?

WSJ : House Judiciary Panel Prepares Lawsuit to Enforce Subpoena of Don McGahn

Talking Points Memo – Pelosi Stands By Anti-Impeachment Position After Mueller Hearings

HuffPo : Mueller Hearings Don’t Sway House Democratic Leaders On Impeachment

LA Times – Mueller’s testimony seems unlikely to boost impeachment — but could vindicate Pelosi

Esquire : Nancy Pelosi and Her Caucus Are Slowly Moving Towards the Inevitable

Bloomberg – Democrats Fail to Gain a Mueller Jump-Start for Trump Probes

Roll Call – After Mueller testimony, Pelosi, Democratic chairs crack door on impeachment

The Atlantic – The Tragedy of the Congress

Politico Magazine – ‘A New Legal Argument for Impeachment’

WaPo : As Mueller’s testimony concludes, Democrats revisit an old question: Is Trump a blackmail risk?

New Yorker – “Accountability”? The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes It