Congress finally had its day with Robert Mueller on Wednesday, July 24, and the Athens-Clarke County Library made sure the public got its day as well. The library broadcast Mueller’s testimony on CSPAN from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Appleton Auditorium.
“The library is a place of public education and enlightenment,” said attendee Laura Driscoll. “I consider it an anchor of our civilization, and to offer this is to give the community an opportunity to be more well-informed about an important issue of our democracy.”
Driscoll arrived early this morning to see Mueller testify and planned to stay for the entire hearing. Laura hoped that Mueller’s testimony would add clarity to his report, which she thinks most people haven’t read.
“The analogy that has been bandied recently is that people don’t necessarily read the book, they see the movie,” Driscoll said. “The majority of the lay public and, I suspect, the majority of our Congress, has not read the Mueller report.
“I have been hoping that for Mueller to testify today would give the American public a better sense for what went into the investigation and how serious the issues are, and that they’re completely non-partisan,” Driscoll said.
Mueller appeared before the House Judiciary Committee at 8:30 this morning and the House Intelligence Committee at noon. The first hearing focused on the obstruction of justice investigations in Volume Two of Mueller’s report, while the second focused on the Russian election interference detailed in Volume One.
Driscoll said that the questioning in both hearings was extremely partisan, with Mueller’s responses being, for the most part, constructive. Mueller wasn’t expected to make any big revelations in his testimony, but rather, to defend his investigation and clarify what he could.
The Mueller Report Community Discussion Group will meet at the library on Sunday, July 28, to discuss the testimony. For more information, visit WUGA’s Facebook page.
