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Re: Mueller's Testimony

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Re: Mueller's Testimony

Post by WiseOne » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:43 am

Finally got a look at the videos of the testimony.

Armchair diagnosis being what it is....it looked to me like he had problems understanding rapid fire, Southern-accented speech. So maybe some hearing loss, perhaps on top of existing difficulty following auditory information (which is very common). Otherwise, he looked ok cognitive-wise to me, although I don't have a previous comparison.

I thought his main problem was that he was doing his level best to convey his report's findings without actually stating them clearly. That's difficult under any circumstances. For example, I gathered that he thought that Trump did indeed step across the "obstruction of justice" legal line, but not severely enough to provide a strong case for impeachment. He responded "yes" confidently several times to direct questions about whether Trump could be indicted once he was out of office. Why he had to go down the "I couldn't exonerate him" path I'm not quite sure, because that's a strange legal concept. Also, since his "could not exonerate" line was limited to obstruction of justice, it was also pretty clear that he had nothing of substance on Trump with respect to Russian election interference (i.e. the original goal of the investigation). Like, he couldn't connect his real estate interests in Moscow with election hacking.
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Re: Mueller's Testimony

Post by jacksonM » Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:21 pm

WiseOne wrote:
Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:43 am
Finally got a look at the videos of the testimony.

Armchair diagnosis being what it is....it looked to me like he had problems understanding rapid fire....
He earned a Bronze Star and purple heart as an infantry marine in Vietnam. Time has a way of catching up with you.
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