During the course of the House Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees’ hearings on Wednesday, the star witness, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, refused to answer or deflected questions 198 times, as tallied by NBC.

Mueller deflected or declined to answer questions 198 times, by NBC's count. Among them: Did you find the president credible? — Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 24, 2019

Waste of time, much?

How many times did Robert Mueller deflect, decline or defer a question during the hearings? The final count is 198. https://t.co/B4VcWGhGC0 pic.twitter.com/RGkEkH78tA — NBC News Graphics (@NBCNewsGraphics) July 24, 2019

Here are many of Mueller’s refusals to answer and deflections as edited by Grabien.

Supercut: Robert Mueller isn't going to answer your questions #MuellerHearings pic.twitter.com/eQIDlmW9jr — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 24, 2019

A big “thank you” should go out to the Democrats in Congress from President Trump’s 2020 reelection team for putting the national spotlight on this disaster.

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