Washington Roundup: Mueller (Finally) Heads To Capitol Hill

Washington Roundup: Mueller (Finally) Heads To Capitol Hill

By Newsy Staff

By Newsy Staff
July 23, 2019

July 23, 2019

Robert Mueller will deliver one of Washington's most heavily anticipated Capitol Hill testimonies in decades.

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The Fulcrum editor-in-chief David Hawkings and Newsy senior political editor Andrew Rafferty discuss Robert Mueller's heavily anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill.

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