Ok sports fans, a grim op-ed to write, but with the record now in, Mueller was an overly reticent prosecutor who stayed his hand too often to the detriment of the truth-seeking function of the probe.https://t.co/LvTxnFuY8Q

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) July 23, 2019

THREAD: In advance of Mueller's testimony this week, I wanted to round-up some of the best pieces about Mueller's testimony and the questions he should be asked. So here's your definitive guide to the best definitive guides to Mueller's testimony: …

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) July 22, 2019

.@RepAdamSchiff: “We will make clear that far from an exoneration, the Mueller report is a devastating description of a campaign and administration led by a deeply unethical man who invited and welcomed a foreign attack on our democracy, lied about it, and tried to cover it up.”

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 24, 2019

DOJ's new letter to Mueller is notable for what's NOT there: any specific claim that Mueller's interactions w/ Barr are privileged.

Understanding how Barr distorted Mueller's work is vital.

So @rgoodlaw, @AshaRangappa_, & I urge Congress to ask about it: https://t.co/F3ib9B2P2Q

— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) July 23, 2019

I’ve been asked what I’ll be watching for at the Mueller hearing.

Simple: Beware political operatives who use the failed judgment of two FBI employees in their private lives to minimize and excuse efforts by a presidential campaign to seek help from a hostile foreign government.

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) July 23, 2019

Robert Mueller is about to unite the nation… in shared frustration towards Robert Mueller

My latest:https://t.co/TX9H4UY2Zb

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) July 23, 2019

Folks,

This is a set-up.

If you set the bar at "Mueller must offer something new," you're likely helping Trump.

He and his team are currently laying the groundwork to spin anything short of that as victory.

The report itself is damning enough:https://t.co/2ozLqBXrbU

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 23, 2019

Adam Schiff today: “People are pretty dug in on not just Trump and Russia, but they’re just dug in on this president. If that appalling display of racism over the last two weeks wasn’t enough to move people is there anything that Bob Mueller can say that will? “

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 23, 2019

"The American public is fully able to handle the truth. If Congress and the press act scrupulously, Mueller’s testimony will give it the chance to do so," writes former Acting Attorney General @stuartmgerson https://t.co/M5w2bakgAQ

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 23, 2019

The terrifying fact about the Mueller Report that no one is talking about is that the first and more important half of it—the part that discusses whether Trump or members of his campaign betrayed America—doesn't resolve the question. Much more at NEWSWEEK: https://t.co/xRovEYJEJU

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 23, 2019

A key reason we wrote the Special Counsel regs to permit a non-DOJ employee to serve as counsel was to avoid a situation like this,where political DOJ officials try to squelch testimony. Coming less than 48 hours before hearing,everything looks suspicious. And Mueller can testify https://t.co/uB7yOImN9g

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) July 22, 2019

DOJ tonight setting the expectations for Mueller’s testimony. All the reasons the letter says he can’t answer certain questions:

Executive privilege
Law enforcement sensitive
Deliberative process
Attorney Work Product
Presidential communication privilege

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) July 23, 2019

One striking thing about DOJ’s letter to Mueller is how Barr has ignored the same guardrails in his discussions of the probe. DOJ’s position is it’s ok for Barr to talk about decisionmaking, findings that go beyond the report, etc. but Mueller can’t.

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) July 23, 2019

We don't publish listicles on @lawfareblog–except when we do.
Everything Trump did or said in the Mueller report. Everything. https://t.co/3qpNGVGTv8

— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) July 23, 2019

The Trump Administration is abusing executive privilege in an attempt to muzzle Mueller. The purpose of executive privilege is to protect confidential deliberations between the President and others in the Executive Branch, not to limit an investigation of the President. https://t.co/MSRw80zY2a

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 22, 2019

The power move would be for Mueller to respond that he’s no longer bound by DOJ dictates and force DOJ to file suit for an injunction blocking his testimony. Short of that, if I’m Nadler I’m looking to get Mueller to say publicly that the administration is blocking his testimony. https://t.co/WEsyirkEks

— Austin Evers (@AREvers) July 22, 2019

The Mueller report outlines at least 77 times in which Trump's campaign staff, admin officials, family members and associates lied or made false statements to the public. https://t.co/ufVGulFMXP

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 3, 2019