Democrats Fail to Gain a Mueller Jump-Start for Trump Probes
- Former special counsel even declined to read aloud from report
- Republicans seized on shaky performance to lob criticism
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Democrats approached Robert Mueller’s testimony with a list of goals that they largely failed to accomplish.
Some wanted the former special counsel to read damning portions of his report aloud for a live television audience, which he declined to do. Others hoped for fresh details on possible obstruction of justice by Donald Trump, but Mueller didn’t offer any.