The Mueller Congressional Testimony: Two Take-a-Ways

1) Former special counsel Robert Mueller refused to answer questions Wednesday regarding the so-called Steele dossier, the opposition research document Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign commissioned in 2016, which contained allegations about Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.

In a tense exchange with Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., Mueller disputed the assertion by Republicans on the committee of the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele was the basis for an FBI investigation that would eventually be incorporated into the special counsel’s Probe.

2) Former special counsel Robert Mueller got through more than three hours of questioning at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday without once mentioning the word on the minds of everyone in the room: impeachment.

Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, who supports an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, attempted several times to push Mueller to discuss impeachment. Mueller skirted the subject, refusing to explain the wording of his report on Russian Meddling in the 2016 presidential election.