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Schiff 'heartbroken' by Mueller's decline during Russia probe: 'This was not the Bob Mueller I knew'
Fox News ^ | October 26, 2021 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 10/26/2021 2:22:30 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy

'I would not have pursued his testimony with such vigor,' Schiff wrote in new book Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in his new book it was "heartbreaking" to witness Robert Mueller’s mental state during his 2019 testimony on the Russia probe.

Mueller, 77, was appointed special counsel in May 2017 to oversee an investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In July 2019, Mueller testified on his findings, which determined the Russian government did interfere with the election but that there was no evidence of Russian collusion with then-candidate Trump.

Rep. Adam Schiff writes in his new book that special counsel Robert Mueller "was not the Bob Mueller I knew" by the time of his congressional testimony. (AP Photo)

Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said in his new book, "Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could," that he regretted pushing for Mueller’s testimony after seeing it firsthand.

"It was heartbreaking to see Mueller, this person whom I so admired, having difficulty answering some of the most basic questions," Schiff wrote. "Even on a bad day, Mueller had been capable of performing better than ninety-nine percent of the witnesses I had heard testify in my decades of public service.

"But this was not the Bob Mueller I knew," he continued. "Two years had brought a striking change, and I suddenly understood not only his own reluctance to testify, but the protective instincts of his dedicated staff. Had I known how much he had changed, I would not have pursued his testimony with such vigor—in fact, I would not have pursued it at all."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mueller; schiff
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An old "Ode to Pay Toilets" that I read on a toilet stall wall many, many years ago comes to mind.

Here I sit all broken hearted, paid to crap and only farted.

1 posted on 10/26/2021 2:22:30 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
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To: Bubba_Leroy

He didn’t sound as bad as Biden.


2 posted on 10/26/2021 2:24:13 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Arrest and charge Anthony Fauci. )
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To: Bubba_Leroy

At the time of his “investigation” I thought Mueller looked old, muddled and confused - another deep state apparatchik brought out from pasture to give the Democrat witch-hunt “gravitas.”

Now 2.5 years later, even Democrats are admitting it.


3 posted on 10/26/2021 2:26:10 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Your comment is certainly appropriate for Adam Schiff and Robert Mueller.


4 posted on 10/26/2021 2:28:10 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher )
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Go suck on a meat-popsicle you treasonous POS and Commie, Schiff!


5 posted on 10/26/2021 2:28:19 PM PDT by Bellagio
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To: PGR88
Meh. Schiff is just mad they didn't get their money's worth out of Mueller.
6 posted on 10/26/2021 2:28:35 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Funny how Schiff is not heartbroken for Ed Bucks victims


7 posted on 10/26/2021 2:31:25 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Watcha talkin’ ‘bout Adam (Willis?) Muellar is fit enough to be a Democrat president.


8 posted on 10/26/2021 2:34:08 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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But not heartbreaking to witness Biden’s mental state


9 posted on 10/26/2021 2:34:17 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Well Schiff should realize that it is difficult to turn a piece of falsified crap into a bouquet of roses.


10 posted on 10/26/2021 2:34:48 PM PDT by saintgermaine (Saintgermain the time traveler)
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To: Bellagio

with vigor like teaming up with your friend buck and some naked black men


11 posted on 10/26/2021 2:44:51 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: PGR88

What will they say about Biden? Probably nothing as long as he is a puppet that can just read the teleprompter.


12 posted on 10/26/2021 2:45:09 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

You need to meet God Mr. Schiff. I’d like to be in attendance when you do.


13 posted on 10/26/2021 2:45:39 PM PDT by Bullish (I'm only half kidding)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

For once I have to agree with Adam. Poor Bob Mueller and his staff were so senile that over thirty of them wiped their phones of all data. So sad. Clearly that wasn’t obstruction of justice just a horrible mistake by trained lawyers and investigators including Andrew Weismann who all happened to forget their own passwords and nobly and bravely kept trying to input a wrong password causing the phones to delete all their information. It has to be a mass wave of senility. It can’t be corruption. Thank you Adam


14 posted on 10/26/2021 2:45:53 PM PDT by freefdny
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Here sits Schiff all broken-hearted

Upset at the outcome of the mess he started

Swore to the public he had evidence to spare

He hit the talk shows promising to share

The liberals hung on his every word

While the Media sold his polished turd

Then the day it finally came

Mueller at bat with the intention to frame

But Bob arrived a broken man

Hardly able to to execute the plan

15 posted on 10/26/2021 2:46:03 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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oh yes he was, he was bought and paid for... just NOT the quality you were hoping for


16 posted on 10/26/2021 2:46:12 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Bobby Mueller destroyed his reputation on this gig.

As for Schiff, he had nothing to destroy.


17 posted on 10/26/2021 2:47:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Mueller at least started at a height from which to decline....unlike Schiff.


18 posted on 10/26/2021 2:48:02 PM PDT by G Larry (I speak to be precise and refusing to change doesn't mean you can assign imprecise labels.)
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To: Rusty0604
What will they say about Biden? Probably nothing as long as he is a puppet that can just read the teleprompter.

At the apparent rate of progression of Biden's dementia, it is extremely unlikely that he will even be able to do that for the rest of his term. The only question is whether they can continue to prop him up through the mid-term election next year.

If the Republicans take back the Senate next year, they will stop even trying to prop up Biden, since they will no longer need Harris' tie breaking vote in the Senate. Biden will resign (probably with no idea what he is resigning from) and Harris will become President. May God help the United States.

19 posted on 10/26/2021 2:51:06 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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IOW...if only Mueller had been in top form Trump would be doing 20 years in Federal prison.
20 posted on 10/26/2021 2:51:19 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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