Mueller's Congressional Testimony Lays an Egg
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
His 7-hour Wednesday Q & A spectacle was much ado about nothing. | Undemocratic Dems wanting grist for their rage to impeach Trump got nothing to make their case. | The charade was an embarrassment to the maestro of malign intent, unable …
globalresearch.ca/muellers-congressional-testimony-lays-egg/5684599

No Accountability in Washington. The CIA Wants to Hide All Its Employees
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
Government that actually serves the interests of the people who are governed has two essential characteristics: first, it must be transparent in terms of how it debates and develops policies and second, it has to be accountable when it fails …
globalresearch.ca/no-accountability-washington-cia-wants-hide-all-its-employees/5684613

Robert Mueller Testimony Disappoints Democrats Who Bet on Special Counsel to Help Sink Trump
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-25
Special counsel Robert Mueller gave his much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he spoke for the first time about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections. Over the 7-hour hearing, Mueller stressed to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees that despite Donald Trump's claims, he had not exonerated the president of obstruction of justice. Mueller's report was handed in 124 days ago, but only a redacted version was made available to the public. Ahead of Mueller's testimony, the Justice Department warned Mueller in a letter to "remain within the bound…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/25/robert_mueller_congressional_testimony_impeachment_collusion

13 Shocking Facts About Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
First published in November 2017. Can we trust Robert Mueller with Trump-Russia probe? | *** | Talking heads act like Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is fair, impartial and unbiased. | But the facts are a wee bit different … | Failure to Aggressively Prosecute …
globalresearch.ca/13-shocking-facts-about-special-prosecutor-robert-mueller/5616426

Mueller's Testimony Didn't Herald Impeachment — But Don McGahn's Might
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-25
| SCHIFF: Russia committed federal crimes in order to help Donald Trump? | MUELLER: When you're talking about computer crimes in the charge in our case, absolutely. | SCHIFF: The Trump campaign officials built their strategy — their messaging strategy around those stolen documents? | MUELLER: Generally that's true. | SCHIFF: And then they lied to cover it up. | MUELLER: Generally that's true.In case you missed it during all the hand-wringing (or crowing) over the unsteady, understated perform…
truthout.org/articles/muellers-testimony-didnt-herald-impeachment-but-don-mcgahns-might/

Mueller's Testimony Didn't Herald Impeachment — But Don McGahn's Might
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-25
| SCHIFF: Russia committed federal crimes in order to help Donald Trump? | MUELLER: When you're talking about computer crimes in the charge in our case, absolutely. | SCHIFF: The Trump campaign officials built their strategy — their messaging strategy around those stolen documents? | MUELLER: Generally that's true. | SCHIFF: And then they lied to cover it up. | MUELLER: Generally that's true.In case you missed it during all the hand-wringing (or crowing) over the unsteady, understated perform…
truthout.org/articles/muellers-testimony-didnt-herald-impeachment-but-don-mcgahns-might/

Mueller's Testimony Exposes Trump for What He Really Is
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2019-07-25
This piece first appeared on Informed Comment. | Trump keeps trying to hypnotize people by saying "No collusion, no obstruction," and saying that Mueller exonerated him. Since so few Americans and so few in Congress will actually read the Mueller report, he thinks he can get away with the Big Lie. | Mueller explicitly denied yesterday that he had exonerated Trump. So that's a Trump lie. | The Mueller report contains ample evidence that Trump attempted to obstruct the Mueller investigation. In fact, we know that Trump tried as hard…
truthdig.com/articles/muellers-testimony-exposes-trump-for-what-he-really-is/

Time to forget the word Russiagate & look into FBI-gate instead — Ron Paul
rt.com | 2019-07-25
The Democrats' dream of impeaching President Trump over the Russiagate scandal has "totally failed," its fate confirmed by special counsel Robert Mueller's disastrous showing in Congress, former congressman Ron Paul told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/464996-ron-paul-mueller-russiagate/

Mueller testimony: Another debacle for the Democrats' anti-Russia campaign
wsws.org | 2019-07-25
The Democrats staged two House committee hearings with the former FBI head and special counsel in an attempt to revive their discredited claim that Putin stole the 2016 election for Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/25/muel-j25.html

'Algorithms don't write themselves': Google whistleblower on Big Tech merging with politics
rt.com | 2019-07-25
A senior Google software engineer has dismissed the idea that Big Tech can be politically neutral and called out his company as "very biased," joining Project Veritas' growing stable of whistleblowers. | …
rt.com/usa/465000-google-engineer-whistleblower-veritas/

US Secretary of State Pompeo announces "new era" of US-Latin America reaction
wsws.org | 2019-07-25
Pompeo boasted about extraditing Assange, while demanding greater spying, anti-immigrant crackdowns and alignment with the US drive against its geopolitical rivals.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/25/pomp-j25.html

Chelsea Manning's lawyer refutes conspiracy allegation against Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-07-25
"I don't think Chelsea was played at all," Nancy Hollander told Australian television.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/25/assa-j25.html

Russiagate devotees bemoan Mueller's deflating testimony… but at least Maddow liked it
rt.com | 2019-07-25
Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress failed to live up to the expectations of many Russiagate-peddling pundits, with one notable exception being MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who had glowing praise for the former special counsel. | …
rt.com/usa/465037-russiagate-maddow-testimony-congress/

In Crisis of Democracy, We Must All Become Julian Assange
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The US government's indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the worst attack on press freedom in modern history. Assange has been charged with 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. James Goodale, former general counsel of The New York Times, who urged the paper to publish the Pentagon Papers during the Nixon…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/in-crisis-of-democracy-we-must-all-become-julian-assange/

WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society's scrutineers, has become something of a rabble, and, as a confederacy of strewn dunces and the ongoing compromised, is ripe for analysis. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/wikileaks-julian-assange-and-decoding-the-national-security-commentariat/

In Crisis of Democracy, We Must All Become Julian Assange
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The US government's indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the worst attack on press freedom in modern history. Assange has been charged with 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. James Goodale, former general counsel of The New York Times, who urged the paper to publish the Pentagon Papers during the Nixon…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/in-crisis-of-democracy-we-must-all-become-julian-assange/

WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society's scrutineers, has become something of a rabble, and, as a confederacy of strewn dunces and the ongoing compromised, is ripe for analysis. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/wikileaks-julian-assange-and-decoding-the-national-security-commentariat/

Iran Hints at Possible Swap of Seized Tankers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that they would be open to returning a British tanker that Iran seized if Britain returns the Iranian tanker they seized in Gibraltar adding that while his government is open to dialogue, Iran will not back down from defending its waters from western "mischief" in the Strait of Hormuz. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death | "If Britain steps away from the wrong actions in Gibraltar, they will receive an a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Hints-at-Possible-Swap-of-Seized-Tankers-20190724-0006.html

The UK Media's Spurious Campaign Against Labour "Antisemitism"
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
While I was in London recently, the BBC programme Panorama aired a supposed exposé on Labour's "antisemitism crisis". In the Panorama programme, titled "Is Labour Anti-Semitic?", a series of whistleblowers formerly employed by the Labour party accused the party's leadership of failing to tackle antisemitism within its ranks.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/the-uk-medias-spurious-campaign-against-labour-antisemitism/

The UK Media's Spurious Campaign Against Labour "Antisemitism"
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
While I was in London recently, the BBC programme Panorama aired a supposed exposé on Labour's "antisemitism crisis". In the Panorama programme, titled "Is Labour Anti-Semitic?", a series of whistleblowers formerly employed by the Labour party accused the party's leadership of failing to tackle antisemitism within its ranks.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/the-uk-medias-spurious-campaign-against-labour-antisemitism/

Joe Biden's New Foreign Policy Adviser Supported Iraq War and Dubbed Edward Snowden a "Traitor"
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Nicholas Burns worked under presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush before leaving public service and becoming a lobbyist.
theintercept.com/2019/07/24/joe-biden-nicholas-burns-foreign-policy/

Mueller: I Did Not Clear Trump of Obstruction of Justice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller on Wednesday bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump's claims of total exoneration in the federal probe of Russia's 2016 election interference. The former special counsel told Congress he explicitly did not clear the president of obstructing his investigation. | The televised Capitol Hill appearance, Mueller's first since wrapping his two-year Russia probe last spring, unfolded at a moment of deep divisions in the country, with many Americans hardened in their opinions about the success of Donald…
truthdig.com/articles/mueller-i-did-not-clear-trump-of-obstruction-of-justice/

Rep. Ted Lieu's Recap During Mueller Testimony Makes Obstruction of Justice Case Against Trump
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2019-07-24
Amid congressional testimony on Wednesday in which former special counsel Robert Mueller reiterated publicly that President Donald Trump "was not exculpated" of wrongdoing in his report, Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu of California also provided a succinct recap of why the only reason Mueller did not recommend charges against the president was because of an existing Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo stating that a sitting president could not be indicted. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mueller_olc_ted_lieu.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/24/rep-ted-lieus-recap-during-mueller-testimony-makes-obstruction-justice-case-against?cd-origin=rss

Mueller Hearing: Trump Would be Indicted if He Weren't President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday told a U.S. congressional hearing he had not exonerated President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice and indicated he would have sought his indictment were it not for a Justice Department policy against bringing charges against a sitting president. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | Democratic Representative Ted Lieu asked Mueller if the reason he did not bring a criminal indictment agains…
telesurenglish.net/news/united-states-mueller-congress-hearing-donald-trump-impeachment-20190724-0011.html

Mueller Has Provided Congress With Everything It Needs to Impeach Trump
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Mueller Has Provided Congress With Everything It Needs to Impeach Trump…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-trump-testimony-impeachment/

Following Mueller Hearings, House Democrats Must Stop Slow-Walking Impeachment Inquiry
commondreams.org | 2019-07-24
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/24/following-mueller-hearings-house-democrats-must-stop-slow-walking-impeachment?cd-origin=rss

WATCH: Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Testifies on Capitol Hill
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is testifying on Capitol Hill today for the first time about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections.
truthout.org/video/watch-former-special-counsel-robert-mueller-testifies-on-capitol-hill/

Key Moments From Robert Mueller's Congressional Testimony
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Robert Mueller, the former special counsel, testified on Wednesday morning to the House Judiciary Committee and on Wednesday afternoon to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and President Donald Trump's efforts to obstruct that inquiry. Updates on key moments in the hearings appear below. | Did Mueller's Replies to Rep. Adam Schiff Provide Enough Cover for Democrats to Impeach Trump?: | At the end…
theintercept.com/2019/07/24/updates-robert-muellers-congressional-testimony/

Rep. Lieu's Recap During Mueller Testimony Makes Obstruction Case Against Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Amid congressional testimony on Wednesday in which former special counsel Robert Mueller reiterated publicly that President Donald Trump "was not exculpated" of wrongdoing in his report, Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu of California also provided a succinct recap of why the only reason Mueller did not recommend charges against the president was because of an exis…
truthout.org/articles/rep-lieus-recap-during-mueller-testimony-makes-obstruction-case-against-trump/

Democrats to Seek More Russia Probe Information
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
WASHINGTON — The Latest on former special counsel Robert Mueller's congressional testimony on the Russia probe (all times local): | 6: 35 p.m. | House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says his panel will file lawsuits this week to obtain more information about special counsel Robert Mueller's report and to enforce a subpoena against former White House counsel Donald McGahn. | Democrats have been preparing the lawsuits for weeks and were waiting until after Mueller's testimony on Wednesday. They will seek to obtain secret grand jury…
truthdig.com/articles/mueller-raises-alarm-on-russian-interference/

Mueller: Only Justice Department ban stopped indictment of Trump
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-24
WASHINGTON–Only a 20-year-old Justice Department ban on indicting a sitting president for any crimes while in office stopped Special Counsel Robert Mueller from indicting GOP President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice, Mueller told Congress on July 24. Testifying in a nationally televised four-hour hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, which is pondering whether to …
peoplesworld.org/article/mueller-only-justice-department-ban-stopped-indictment-of-trump/

The Mueller Hearings Are a Preview of 2020 Election Arguments
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
The Mueller Hearings Are a Preview of 2020 Election Arguments…
thenation.com/article/mueller-hearings-2020-election-arguments/

While Nation Watched Mueller, Hearing Down the Hall Focused on 'Harmful Chaos' and Real Victims of Trump Era
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-24
"Numerous studies have demonstrated the long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences on children's developing neural networks and their physical health," one expert said of the administration's family separation policies | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kids_5_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/24/while-nation-watched-mueller-hearing-down-hall-focused-harmful-chaos-and-real?cd-origin=rss

Mueller says he found 'insufficient evidence' that Trump conspired with Russians
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former special counsel Robert Mueller told a House Judiciary Committee hearing that his two-year investigation has found "insufficient evidence of the president's culpability" in conspiring with Russians in 2016. | …
rt.com/usa/464947-mueller-trump-testimony-collusion/

Mueller's Seven-Hour Testimony Changed Nothing
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-24
Former FBI Agent Coleen Rowley talks about Mueller's past incompetence and describes how the hearing is the movie following the book and amounted to "Much Ado About Nothing."
therealnews.com/stories/muellers-seven-hour-testimony-changed-nothing

One hearing down, 'Shifty Schiff' to go: Trump mocks Democrat Intelligence Chairman
rt.com | 2019-07-24
As former Special Counsel sat down to his second Congressional hearing of the day, President Donald Trump mocked House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, calling him an "embarrassment to our country." | …
rt.com/usa/464977-mueller-trump-adam-schiff/

There is no such thing as a 'green' war
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-24
The military industrial complex is a major contributor to climate change. This calls for a merger of anti-war, climate and refugee solidarity movements, writes Eleanor Goldfield.
greenleft.org.au/content/there-no-such-thing-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-war

'They are a mess': Trump unloads on Russiagate cultists' post-Mueller stress disorder
rt.com | 2019-07-24
US President Donald Trump slammed former special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited House testimony, reserving his harshest words for the Democrats who "knew it was a hoax" — and the media who enabled them. | …
rt.com/usa/464990-trump-slams-mueller-democrats/

Must-see or much ado? Mueller testimony in Congress to rehash 'Russiagate'
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Americans who somehow missed the 'Russiagate' book can now see the movie adaptation, namely former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before two committees of Congress. A must-see event, or much ado about nothing? | …
rt.com/usa/464908-mueller-congress-testimony-russiagate/

Trump rejects Mueller testimony, demands he 'investigates the investigators'
rt.com | 2019-07-24
US President Donald Trump has ridiculed Robert Mueller during the former special counsel's testimony to Congress, arguing the investigator led a "witch hunt" in his collusion probe and failed to investigate the right officials. | …
rt.com/usa/464954-trump-reject-mueller-testimony/

As Mueller Testifies, Trump Rape Accuser Says She Wishes President's Alleged Victims 'Got 1/20th of That Congressional Focus'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-24
While former special counsel Robert Mueller testified at two U.S. House hearings Wednesday about his probe of alleged 2016 election meddling and potential obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump, one of the two dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct said she wished such accusations garnered even a fraction of the attention from lawmakers that Mueller has captured. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11522597641.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/24/mueller-testifies-trump-rape-accuser-says-she-wishes-presidents-alleged-victims-got?cd-origin=rss

Defense Lobbyist Mark Esper Sworn in as Pentagon Chief
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Army Secretary Mark Esper was sworn in as U.S. secretary of defense Tuesday, hours after the Senate cast a strong bipartisan vote, ending the longest period the Pentagon has been without a permanent top official. | RELATED: | From Boeing to Raytheon: A New Lobbyist to Run the Pentagon | Esper was sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a White House ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump and attended by a number of Republican lawmakers. He was confirmed by the U.S…
telesurenglish.net/news/united-states-new-defense-secretary-pentagon-chief-mark-esper-weapon-lobbyist-20190724-0008.html

Fusion who? Mueller doesn't seem to know the name of firm that compiled infamous 'Steele Dossier'
rt.com | 2019-07-24
With Republicans questioning the origins of former special counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' investigation, Mueller claimed he was not familiar with one of the key players behind the whole affair: Fusion GPS. | …
rt.com/usa/464985-mueller-fusion-gps-steele/

Mueller hearing 'very big mistake' for anti-Trump #Resistance, but will they give up?
rt.com | 2019-07-24
President Donald Trump's Democratic opponents have shot themselves in the foot by forcing Robert Mueller to testify publicly, not realizing he already done his best to make the probe look credible, journalist Aaron Maté told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/464994-mueller-hearing-very-big-mistake/

Trump wanted me fired, Mueller tells Congress
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller told a House Judiciary Committee hearing that President Donald Trump wanted him fired once his investigation shifted towards alleged obstruction of justice. | …
rt.com/usa/464957-trump-wanted-mueller-fired/

Robert Mueller testifies before House Intelligence Committee about 'Russiagate' probe (WATCH LIVE)
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former special counsel Robert Mueller is testifying before the House Intelligence Committee about his investigation into alleged collusion between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Kremlin. | …
rt.com/usa/464941-robert-mueller-testimony-congress-russiagate/

Mueller's testimony was a major anti-climax. Will Democrats finally realize he won't save them?
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Democrats expected Russiagate fireworks from former special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited testimony on Capitol Hill, but were once again disappointed, witnessing only the last fizzles of a dying conspiracy theory. | …
rt.com/usa/464984-mueller-testimony-democrats-collusion/

Mueller denies he ever asked to be Trump's FBI chief
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former US special counsel Robert Mueller has said he'd never applied to President Donald Trump to be the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, contradicting earlier statements by Trump. | …
rt.com/usa/464970-mueller-trump-fbi-director/

Indian auto workers speak out in defence of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2019-07-24
The Trotskyists in India are building support in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for rallies to demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/24/assa-j24.html

'You managed to violate every principle!' — Republican Rep. unloads on Mueller
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe came out swinging at former special counsel Robert Mueller, using his entire five minutes' speaking time to attack Mueller for refusing to completely exonerate President Donald Trump for obstruction. | …
rt.com/usa/464955-mueller-ratcliffe-exonerated-innocence/