there wasn t the kind of coverage they would like broadly on cable news and elsewhere. there was that crash in new york that distracted our and other cable news networks. but it served an important purpose for the house judiciary committee, giving them something of a dry run how they might consider and handle future high profile hearings. brian, it s interesting that the mueller report was released to congress and to the public on april 18th, almost two months ago. and there have been seven full committee hearings in the house judiciary committee since then. but until today we did not have any kind of extensive discussion like we saw on the mueller report, of the contents of the potential leads on obstruction of justice. so the things i keep hearing from judiciary committee staff and leadership aides is that this is an effort to bring to life the mueller report. that the 400-plus pages of the mueller report is a book no one reads. we have to make it a movie. so talking to committee aid
brian, it s interesting that the mueller report was released to congress and to the public on april 18th, almost two months ago. and there have been seven full committee hearings in the house judiciary committee since then. but until today we did not have any kind of extensive discussion like we saw on the mueller report, of the contents of the potential leads on obstruction of justice. so the things i keep hearing from judiciary committee staff and leadership aides is that this is an effort to bring to life the mueller report. that the 400-plus pages of the mueller report is a book no one reads. we have to make it a movie. so talking to committee aides and some of the members tonight, they feel they did show an effective use of their committee time preparing for future hearings to come. maya, i think mike is exactly right. the good government types assumed americans would run home and spend at least the first two nights reading the mueller report. that didn t happen. not all members
ago. and there have been seven full committee hearings in the house judiciary committee since then. but until today we did not have any kind of extensive discussion like we saw on the mueller report, of the contents of the potential leads on obstruction of justice. so the things i keep hearing from judiciary committee staff and leadership aides is that this is an effort to bring to life the mueller report. that the 400-plus pages of the mueller report is a book no one reads. we have to make it a movie. so talking to committee aides and some of the members tonight, they feel they did show an effective use of their committee time preparing for future hearings to come. maya, i think mike is exactly right. the good government types assumed americans would run home and spend at least the first two nights reading the mueller report. that didn t happen. not all members of congress have read the mueller report. with that in mind what do you think the significance of john