The Lawfare Podcast Bonus Edition: Robert Mueller vs. the Committees with No Bull

Elena Kagan
Thursday, July 25, 2019, 5:43 PM

On Wednesday, former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. There was plenty of repetition and plenty of pontification. So we cut all that out to just bring you the testimony that you need to hear. Not only that, but—in both committees—the Democratic and Republican members advanced very different narratives about the Mueller report and investigation. Listening to the questions alternate between the two sides almost gave the audience a sense of whiplash.

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On Wednesday, former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. There was plenty of repetition and plenty of pontification. So we cut all that out to just bring you the testimony that you need to hear. Not only that, but—in both committees—the Democratic and Republican members advanced very different narratives about the Mueller report and investigation. Listening to the questions alternate between the two sides almost gave the audience a sense of whiplash. So we’ve done something a little different for this “No Bull” Podcast, we’ve combined all of the Democratic no-bull questions into one segment and the Republican no-bull questions into another.

Robert Mueller vs. the Committees with No Bull—Just the Republicans:

Robert Mueller vs. the Committees with No Bull—Just the Democrats:

Editor’s Note: During Rep. Martha Roby’s (R-AL-2) questioning, there are four seconds of audio missing due to a technical error in the House of Representatives recording.


Elena Kagan is a J.D. Candidate at New York University School of Law, Class of 2023. Prior to law school, she was the assistant editor of the Journal of Democracy.

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