Epstein Secrets

eller's six hours of testimony Mueller: 'We have underplayed' Russia's effect on our elections BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altar° THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller chose his words carefully. The former special counsel responded monosyllabically to hundreds of questions on Wednesday. He clearly did not want to

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ngness to meddle in Europe, and the willingness of pro- Russian nationalists in the heart of Western Europe to accept that help." -- Special counsel Bob Mueller will testify before Congress in six days, and Democrats are looking for ways to navigate land mines amid concerns over the hearing's format. CNN's

perin reports: "Rod Schoonover — who worked in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research's Office of the Geographer and Global Issues - spoke before the House Intelligence Committee on June 5 about the security risks the United States faces because of climate change. But White House officials would not let him submit the bureau

SA and Microsoft did not immediately respond to our requests for comment Sunday.) Page 13945 EFTA00044456 -- Hostile witness or Democratic hero? Bob Mueller will probably be neither. "On Wednesday, when he delivers long-awaited testimony about his investigation, Democrats are hoping to coax from the fo

r three hours — a hearing that aims to focus on the question of whether the president obstructed justice. Mueller will also spend two hours before the House Intelligence Committee answering questions about Russia's election interference," Barrett explains. "The back-to-back hearings will probably be the last public word from

ki Peritz: (The CIA, the NSA and Microsoft did not immediately respond to our requests for comment Sunday.) -- Hostile witness or Democratic hero? Bob Mueller will probably be neither. "On Wednesday, when he delivers long-awaited testimony about his investigation, Democrats are hoping to coax from the for

r three hours — a hearing that aims to focus on the question of whether the president obstructed justice. Mueller will also spend two hours before the House Intelligence Committee answering questions about Russia's election interference," Barrett explains. "The back-to-back hearings will probably be the last public word from

ation of laws.'" (Daily Beast) 7 questions Mueller did not answer in his report THERE'S STILL A BEAR IN THE WOODS: -- The Justice Department told Bob Mueller not to answer a wide variety of questions about his Russia investigation when he testifies before lawmakers on Wednesday. Devlin Barrett and Matt

ons, and he continues to do so," he writes in an op-ed for The Post. -- Trump recently met with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, to discuss who should replace Dan Coats as the next director of national intelligence. Politico's Natasha Bertrand and Eliana _ report that Fred