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‘Can’t get into that’: Mueller’s testimony was too hot to handle — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of July 22, 2019

Rep. Mark Meadows takes a photo with his phone as former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mark Meadows takes a photo with his phone as former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III made a splash on Capitol Hill this week, despite clearly not wanting to be there and not really saying anything new. For the House’s last week in session before recess, check out Rep. Doug Collins’ light speed Mueller questioning, Rep. Tom Cole’s magic moment, and praise for Roll Call photographer Bill Clark’s work from old friend and “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert. That and more happened this week, in the lead-up to an August break that will be “too hot to handle.”

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