Outside the Beltway

Wednesday’s Congressional testimony by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller wasn’t exactly a ratings blockbuster.

While much of the talk about Robert Mueller’s testimony has focused on the Trump campaign, there was another part to his testimony that brings attention to a far more serious threat.

The Mueller hearing has weakened the political argument for impeachment. Democrats need to proceed with caution, and concentrate on winning in 2020 rather than removing the President from office prematurely.

After weeks of protests and years of frustrations, Ricardo Rosselló, the Governor of Puerto Rico, announced last night that he will be resigning from office.

Everything you always wanted in a hearing. And less.

Robert Mueller didn’t provide a smoking gun yesterday, but the President and his supporters are wrong to claim that the hearing vindicated the President.

Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

On Wednesday, much of official Washington, and likely a good part of the country itself, will pause to watch what are likely to biggest hearings since the late 1980s.

Delay of game.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

Detroit shows how modern technology can lead to a virtual police state.

Well, of course they are.

Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire investor previously charged with sex crimes involving minors, has been charged with sex trafficking involving minors.

Stephanie Grisham, presently a top aide to First Lady Melania Trump, has been named the new White House Press Secretary and Communications Director.

Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.

Eight months later, the President and his Administration continue to refuse to acknowledge the truth about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

The latest is about deportations

Not surprisingly, the President’s opening speech of the 2020 campaign was filed with lies.

Patrick Shanahan is out as nominee to be Secretary of Defense after questions were raised during his background investigation.

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

A new report in The New York Times raises both national security and Constitutional concerns.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump during the campaign and in the White House, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

Beginning tomorrow in a British courtroom, the United States will begin the process of having Julian Assange extradited to the United States to face espionage and other charges.

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who hid from fire during last year’s school shooting in Florida has been charged criminally. The legal basis for those charges seems flimsy.

A dozen people died late yesterday in a workplace shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.

For the first time since being appointed Special Counsel, Robert Mueller spoke to the media regarding his report on the Russia investigation. The news was not good for the President.

Yet another violation of norms by the 45th President.

As it has in so many other areas, the right has sacrificed it’s previously held beliefs on international trade to feckless obedience toward President Trump.

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

Jack Goldsmith pushed back on “over the top” reaction to the AG’s handling of the Mueller report.

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

Another one bites the dust. And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust.

A Virginia Judge has ruled that automated license plate collection systems violate state law.

A cautious analyst makes a strong claim.

President Trump is trying to politicize monetary policy. He should be resisted on this front.

Counter-Intelligence officials are warning that Russia is preparing another election interference campaign for the 2020 election.

The Deputy Attorney General has some things to say about Congress, the press, and others.

ISIS is claiming responsibility for Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka, a strong sign that the claims by the Trump Administration that it had largely defeated the group were not true.

It seems as if Donald Trump finally has the AG he has always wanted.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

Thus far, the full(ish) release provides plenty of juicy details but no real revelations.

The White House appears to be preparing for the worst when it comes to the nominations of Herman Cain and Stephen Moore to the Federal Reserve Board.

The law is not on the President’s side.

It now appears that the Attorney General is keeping publicly-releasable information hidden away longer than necessary.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

The Lawfare gang and Popehat weigh in.

The Speaker says she will reject any attempt to deliver it in a “highly classified” manner.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.