Appearance before Congressional Committee in his career. Here on cspan 3 we are going to take your calls and comments and cspan radio as well. Heres how to join the conversation. Democrats call 2027488920. Republicans 2027488921. For all others 2027488922. We plan to show the hearing as well, both hearings today, to reair the hearings in their entirety on the cspan network. If you missed any of the earlier testify, well have it for you much later this evening after the house gavels out. Lets go if you arefirst to joh francisco on our others line. John, san francisco, go ahead, youre on the air. Caller disappointing as everybody thought it was going to be, but i was wondering that it seemed someone should have asked if he report because his john, youre breaking up on us a little bit. Im going to let you go here and go to jackie in irvine, california, democrats line. Jackie in, irvine gor, go ahead caller thank you for taking my call. I am so proud to have the opportunity to participate in democracy. Can you hear me . Go ahead, jackie. Caller okay. I am so proud to have this opportunity to watch cspan and listen to the hearing and participate in democracy the way i have this morning. I have to say that to see figures such as chairman schiff and mr. Mueller, they are gentlemen of integrity, someone that can make every american very proud. It really breaks my heart, to be honest, that when i see the president speak, when i see how he conducts himself, when i see how he represents us as americans, i cringe. Now, i think they did a very good job of bringing forward to all americans key points of fact that we should be concerned about. Its clear that trump has a corrupt presidency and he had a corrupt campaign. And with all of the answers of the questions, im hoping that independents and undecideds out there really take it to heart and really understand the threat that were facing. Thats jackie from california. The president departing shortly from the white house headed out to a fundraiser, a private fundraiser in wheeling, West Virginia. We may hear some comments from the president at that time. As we are able, well bring them to you as we can. If you dont see them here shortly, well have them laettnlater in our coverage. Well reair both of the hearings tonight. Lets go to kyle in portland. Kyles on our republican line. 2027488921. Hey there, kyle. Caller hi. Thank you for having me. I just have to say that this testimony and having actually been one of the few americans to have read the report myself, i have to agree completely with justin amash and his conclusions. The president s behavior is shocking. The testimony regarding don mcgahn and the instruction by the president to remove mueller from office and obstruct justice in which his aides and his Legal Counsel were forced to ignore out of compromise to themselves ultimately leading to mcgahns filing are incredibly damning. I encourage everyone within the gop to look beyond Party Politics and the party of donald trump at this stage and see within themselves to do what is right on behalf of america and decry this as wrong. It is morally objectionable. It is wrong. If this man were not the sitting president of the United States, he would have already been indicted and punishment would be pursued for these actions. As were taking your calls, youre seeing on your screen our cameras, waiting to hear possible comments from members of the intelligence committee. Theyve just wrapped up their questions of Robert Mueller, his second appearance of the day. Kenneys next up in seattle, washington, others line. Caller hello. Hi, kenny. Go ahead. Caller anybody that thinks that this president is is for america has got their head screwed on wrong. Its obvious hes out for himself. Its obvious that he didnt want to be president to begin with and its obvious he was going to use it as an infomercial for his product line. I just find it disgusting about how the republicans back his every word, and i really hope that the coming president doesnt use his behavior as a way to keep the president in line. The president was very active this morning on twitter ahead of the hearings this morning. After the judiciary wrapped up, tweeting just a few moments ago, truth is a force of nature. Letslinda, northport, florida, the republican line. Donna. Im sorry go ahead. Donna in east norwich, new york. Go ahead. Caller thank you very much for taking my call. I didnt have a very high bar. I was able to watch both hearings fortunately. I came away with several things. One, my frustration with mr. Mueller even though i felt very empathetic with him at times, at times he just seemed like my befuddled uncle. But he is a true patriot. But i was very frustrated that he would not go out of the lines of the report itself. I was very proud of the way the democrats comported themselves and i have to say that i was deeply moved by adam schiffs opening and closing statements both. I learned nothing new. Actually, i have read the report and i follow trumps presidency from the inception and i just pray that we can wash this all clean in 2020. Thank you for taking my call. Thank you for your call. Donna pointed out director mueller pretty much stayed within the lines of what the report revealed. That was fairly well known ahead of the testimony. A few new tidbits of information toward the end in terms of whether the president would be called to testify before the special counsel. The special counsel said, we negotiated with president for a little over a year, had little success in negotiating to get the interview and decided we did not want to exercise subpoena powers because of the necessity of expediting the end of the investigation. Linda, northport, florida, republican line. Caller hi. Thanks for taking my call. I heard congressman greg stubby. Hes my congressman. Get right to the point this morning asking mueller pointblank about the Christopher Cross investigation. The 30,000, the last two years investigating is based almost entirely on Christopher Cross. Hes a liar and he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And also id like to compliment the louisiana republican, congressman johnson, on his questioning of mueller. Id also like to say im proud of my congressman. Im proud of my president , donald trump and hes going to win the next election in a landslide. Thank you. Thank you, linda. 2027488920 is the number for democrats. 2027488921 for republicans. All ovthers 2027488922. Among the guests this afternoon will be gomert. Also isikou Michael Isikoff. Thats coming up on washington today 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Lets go to manhattan, kansas, scotts on the line with us. Caller thank you for having me. I have two points really. The first is i felt as though both testimonies were seriously compromised by the memorandum from attorney general barr limiting mr. Muellers responses to questions that were not already clarified in the report and how that allowed which leads into my second point, which is in a very similar vein to the president offering commentary following sworn testimony, that he himself was not willing to be sworn in to offer, kind of pits his opinion against what other people have already, i guess, staked their reputation and their lives on through sworn testimony. In the same manner that today i felt the republicans agenda was more aligned with just throwing things out that they knew mr. Mueller could not respond to in an effort to as an independent voter, what i would like to see is just putting this whole thing to bed by connecting dots and allow whatever affects the president and his administration to be handled as a separate topic. Really those are my comments. Thank you very much. Lets hear from ann from trenton, michigan, on our democrats line. Go ahead, ann. Caller good afternoon. Good afternoon. Caller i would like to thank cspan for this broadcast. I have to say that mr. Mueller is a man of very strong integrity. He loves his country and you could tell that. I think part of it was very showy when they knew he couldnt answer questions, they directly asked those questions. And i just felt that he sat there for hours and just took direct questioning. I do believe that this does answer the question of is our president guilty of some conspiracy. And i think the answer is obvious to every american. God help us all and we need a change. I thank you very much for this opportunity. On the specific testimony, thanks for that call. Brad a republican from ohio did ask director mueller specifically, so your report says that President Trump is not a russian agent . And special counsel Mueller Reported back, quote, that is accurate. Lets go to lucy from deerborne, michigan. Caller i did watch the mueller hearing. Im very proud of the republican politicians today. They covered everything hopefully for attorney general barr to continue with what is left over, the origins of the case and hopefully some charges. Im a new republican voter because of how corrupt Hillary Clinton became. When did you become a republican voter . Did that happen in 2016 . Yes. Go ahead. Caller and lastly, its a shame how the dirty immoral Majority Democrats have created and promoted a new trump hate crime. Thats just a shame for america. Thats all i have to say. Thank you so much. Well hear from steve in glenn oak, maryland. Caller thanks again to cspan. You guys are the best in the world. Really appreciate you. But my observation leads me to believe that the general public did not read the complete report and this exercise gives some insight into the factual matters of that report of which the republicans never challenged. I counted at least 60 times factual matters were presented as to possible criminal activity and they were never addressed by any republican member. So i appreciate the hearings and thank again to cspan. Well go to kansas city next and hear from jeannie on our democrats line. Caller hi. Thank you for having me. I have read the Mueller Report three times and as a veteran i was just horrified. I follow politics very closely and i was horrified. I find something in the Mueller Report, Something Different each time. I thank you for airing this today. So did you hear anything different youve read it three times, you said. The special counsel was asked obviously pretty closely about a lot of its specific page references and volume references in that 448page report, oftentimes he said, its in the report. Did you hear anything new from the former special counsel in his testimony today . Caller what i was struck by was when the former special counsel said that he could be indicted once he left office. Right. I think that was the response to congressman lieus question in the first hearing. By the way, when we finish up with our phone calls here in just a few minutes, were going to show you the judiciary hearing from earlier today. Well go to chris next from walkersville, maryland. Caller i really want to thank the Democratic Party because they have pretty much ensured that donald trump is going to be reelected in 2020. This fiasco that schiff has been putting on since the election ended has pretty much solidified what most of the country outside of what the meainstream media wants people to believe to be false. I want to thank the Democratic Party. I encourage them to go forward with impeachment. Good luck to them in 2020. Thanks. Okay. Well go to gretchen next, montauk, new york. Oh were getting some comments from members. Well go there now. Inadequate responses anyway. Have you changed where you stand . No. I was already there. I think its pretty clear cut. We will never, i think, hopefully have a president that monarch or a dictator as we have right now. Do you both sections made a good enough of a did a good enough job of having the people understand exactly what was in the report. I think the public has a better understanding today than they had yesterday. Whether or not they feel that its a grounds for impeachment, if theres grounds, i dont know that thats the case, but, you know, its not our job to look at a poll and decide whether or not someone has created a high crime and misdemeanor in their action. Thats something we should do based on the facts in front of us. When the guy this morning said i call the democrats socialist, why isnt there a comeback as far as the republicans being oligarchs . Well, we oftentimes are dismissive of some of the name calling that theyre throwing from the other side. Look, there was a hope that director mueller would bring this report to light in the words. Given his limitations there today, did that happen . In part, i think it did happen. I mean, there were elements, certainly by the members kind of setting the stage and giving him the opportunity to say yes or no, there were issues that were raised. I mean, for one thing i didnt do that i would have done in hindsight is i would have painted the picture of Paul Manafort and rick gates going into this private club in Downtown Manhattan to have a meeting with ckonstatin kilimni and pass detailed polling data they could then have him use to use with the i. R. A. Or any other e enti entity. They did it two time in person and many times in email. Then, of course, would trash the emails the same day. So there is such overwhelming evidence that there was conspiracy. Now, that was a conspiracy, Donald Trumps two top Campaign Aides meeting with a russian ope operative about the campaign and sharing data. That was a conspiracy. Did it rise to a criminal conspiracy for mr. Mueller . Probably not because he never got to interview the president. It looked as though the republican side was more muted in the afternoon. Yeah, it does seem that way. Is it just the gravity of what was being discussed in this one . That somehow, you know, especially going part into 2020, the election is a little bit more serious than he talked i dont know because they still try to raise the idea that it was a hoax. Yeah. That russia didnt engage in this gross cyber war. So i cant really say that but they were certainly not the top of their game. I love you. Hi. Okay. So which way do i go . California democratic congresswoman jackie speier, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaking to reporters. One of several locations on capitol hill where were getting some reaction from members as the hearings wind up this afternoon. 2027488920. For democrats. 2027488921. For republicans. And all others, 2027488922. Still some reporters and others waiting for comments. We look forward to your comments as well. Just a Quick Response from the Trump Campaign on the hearings today. Brad parscale sending out this release saying, these hearings were a disaster for democrats. This entire spectacle has always been about the democrats trying to undo the legitimate result of the 2016 election and today they, again, failed miserably. Robert mueller confirmed what we already knew, no collusion, no obstruction, and the way President Trump has been treated is unprecedented. Almost 3 years and 10 million have been wasted on this witch hunt and now it is more apparent the democrats r s are completel consumed with their hatred of the president. Part of the statement from the Trump Campaign. Lets go to gretchen whos been waiting in montauk, new york, on our democrats line. Caller hi. Thank you, cspan. Youre the best. I have two points to make. Really three. One, obama did not warn america about the russians enough. Two, hillary won. And trump keeps saying that this is a witch hunt. Its really a war hes a w warlock. He is not a witch. Im a woman and i dont want to have anything to do with that guy. Thank you, cspan. I love you. Bye. All right. To jim, manchester, new hampshire. Our others line. Caller yeah, this is jim. First of all, i want to thank cspan because thats my primary things i watch on television. But i think somebody should Say Something about this adam schiff character. You know, the speech he gave at the first on the intelligence thing he was discredited right away. Especially with, who was it, that democrat, nunes, and he said he said, just sort of discounts him and everybody that asked questions forgot what he said to start with and he had to be quiet. But for the last two years ive been watching this schiff character. I dont think people should vote for him for sure. Jim, let me ask you about adam schiff because very in there, he said he said this about the report from Robert Mueller. He said, this is a disturbing tale of a massive russian intervention in our election. Would you agree with congressman schiff on that . Caller well, theres always been a russian intervention. Im over 70 years old and ive seen russian intervention, you know, since ive been voting, since, you know, like 68 on. You think the russians have been interfering for that long . Caller yes. Easily. Jim in new hampshire, thanks. Lets go to lisa, shreveport, louisiana, democrats line. Caller hi. That happen was exactly right. They have been in our elections for many, many, many years. I will never, ever, become a democrat again. Lisa, you there . All right. Well go to scott. Excuse me, dan. Watertown, new york, on our democrats line. Dan in new york. Youre on the air. Caller very interesting series of calls, isnt it . Lightning. You know, this whole thing, i watched this from start to finish and ive read the Mueller Report twice, at least. I guess thats my old military background being an intelligence officer. I like to read stuff and analyze it. But, you know, its very astonishing what we heard. It was very enlightening. Very educational for the people who might have been on the margins. Let me just say, the hatred for democrats, ive been a democrat my whole life but i voted for republicans when i thought they were on the best side, its still very strong in this kun tra country. The misinformation and disinformation we talk about seems to be stronger than ever. Put that aside for a minute. You know, mr. Mueller, im really proud of him. By the way, we were both lieutenants in vietnam together, so i dont know him personally but i know how loyal our service is, were both marine lieutenants. This is a wa