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Subject: The Daily 202: Five things to watch when Bob Mueller testifies 
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:28:11 +0000 
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Five things to watch when Bob Mueller testifies 
'The report is my testimony': Mueller would not provide Congress new information 
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BY JAMES HOHMANN 
with Joanie Greve and Mariana Alfaro 
THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller thought his public statement last 
month could get him out of testifying before Congress about 
his 448-page report and 22-month investigation. He thought 
wrong. 
Complying with a subpoena issued yesterday, the former special 
counsel has agreed to appear in back-to-back public hearings on 
July 17 before two House committees. Intelligence Chairman Adam 
Schiff (D-Calif.) and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) 
needed to issue a subpoena to persuade Mueller to appear, but the 
duo pledged in a letter that they will work with him to address his 
"legitimate concerns about preserving the integrity" of his probe and 
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said they will respect his desire not to discuss the "several criminal 
investigations" that he referred to other Justice Department offices, 
which are ongoing. 
Here are five things to watch for at the hearing three 
Wednesdays from now: 
What you need to know about Trump, Mueller and obstruction of justice 
1) Will Mueller say anything he hasn't said already? 
Don't count on it. 
"The report is my testimony," the former special counsel said on 
May 29. "Any testimony from this office would not go beyond our 
report. ... I would not provide information beyond that which is 
already public in any appearance before Congress." 
The 74-year-old is no novice. It seems exceptionally unlikely that 
Mueller will be baited into saying something he doesn't want to say. 
He's testified before Congress more than 50 times, including during 
high-profi…
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