Former special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday is testifying before Congressional lawmakers regarding his investigation into now-debunked criminal conspiracy between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. Mueller will testify publicly at 8:30 a.m. EST before the House Judiciary Committee and at noon EST before the House Intelligence Committee.
Mueller has said that he will not stray beyond what’s already been revealed in his 448-page report. The Justice Department has instructed Mueller to stay strictly within those parameters, giving him a formal directive to point to if he faces questions he does not want to answer.
On Tuesday, Democrats on the House judiciary and intelligence panels granted his request to have his top aide in the investigation, Aaron Zebley, sit at the table with him. Zebley is not expected to be sworn in for questioning by the judiciary panel.
President Trump slammed the hearings ahead of Mueller’s testimony, writing on social media that “Democrats and others” are attempting to fabricate a crime and blame it on “a very innocent President.”
“Why didn’t Robert Mueller investigate the investigators?” the president tweeted.
So Democrats and others can illegally fabricate a crime, try pinning it on a very innocent President, and when he fights back against this illegal and treasonous attack on our Country, they call It Obstruction? Wrong! Why didn’t Robert Mueller investigate the investigators?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2019
Wednesday’s first hearing before the House Judiciary Committee will focus on whether the president illegally obstructed justice by attempting to seize control of Mueller’s investigation. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney and General Rod Rosenstein, citing the special counsel’s findings, ruled the president did not commit obstruction of justice during the two-year-long investigation that cost taxpayers over $25 million.
The afternoon hearing before the House intelligence committee will dive into purported ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
Many House Democrats hope Mueller’s testimony will re-energize efforts to impeach the president, though some political observers believe that is unlikely to occur. Today’s hearings come one week after the House voted 332-95 to table a resolution calling for impeachment brought by Rep. Al Green. (D-TX).
**Follow all of the events on the Breitbart News Live Wire below. All times in eastern.**
8:18 AM — President Trump tweets about reports that Mueller has said he did not seek the job of FBI director under the Trump administration:
….interview, including the Vice President of the United States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2019
8:16 AM — Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) Aconverse ahead of Mueller’s testimony.
Gaetz, Gohmert, and Jordan have arrived for Mueller Day pic.twitter.com/v9qXyXiwRt
— Sam Brodey (@sambrodey) July 24, 2019
8:11 AM — Former special counsel Robert Mueller has arrived on Capitol Hill.
Robert Mueller arrives on Capitol Hill. https://t.co/Bk6IKkfyg0#MuellerTime pic.twitter.com/RYKiDiT9Sq
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) July 24, 2019
8:10 AM — Photos of the line for former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
The end of the line to get into the Mueller hrng..all the way back to the office of GOP NC Rep Mark Meadows pic.twitter.com/XnaIpkOU6e
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 24, 2019
This is how long the line is to get into the Mueller hearing pic.twitter.com/V6oit2DUX5
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 24, 2019
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