Ted Lieu Theorizes On Why Mueller Ruined His ‘Gotcha’ Moment

As I mentioned earlier today, Ted Lieu had his little heartbroken when what he thought was his GLORIOUS moment was squashed in an instant.

It all started with this little exchange:

Lieu: “The reason you did not indict Donald Trump… is because of the OLC decision. Is that correct?”

Mueller: “That is correct.”

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) July 24, 2019

Brilliant Questionning and analysis from Lieu 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

— De-Moore (@CoolMoore_) July 24, 2019

“YES! WE HAVE IT! THE SOUND BITE WE NEED!” the Democrats cheered.

OUCH. Democrats were circulating Mueller’s exchange with Ted Lieu on the OLC opinion as one of their big talking points.

Mueller just blew it up in this hearing. “That is not the correct way to say it.” #MuellerHearing

— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) July 24, 2019

WOOOMP WOOOMP.

Ted Lieu even retweeted his “big moment” replayed on the cable news that Mueller just walked back. Sad! pic.twitter.com/3lYB2roU7e

— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) July 24, 2019

This is so embarrassing for him, because as I said, Mueller COMPLETELY walked that back:

Mueller adding a correction to his testimony this morning…

“I want to go back to one thing that was said this morning by Mr. Lieu who said, and I quote, ‘you didn’t charge the president because of the OLC opinion.’ That is not the correct way to say it.” pic.twitter.com/H0iUJ03nyi

— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) July 24, 2019

Mueller clarifies his response to @tedlieu in the Judiciary hearing, that he “did not charge the president because of the OLC opinion”— “That is not the correct way to say it,” Mueller said. “We did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime.”

— Abigail Tracy (@abigailtracy) July 24, 2019

Mueller explicitly backs away from his comment to Rep. @tedlieu that Trump would have been indicted but for the OLC opinion. Mueller says that that is not quite correct, and he reverts to his standard phrasing that he did not reach a view on that. An important backtrack.

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) July 24, 2019

Lieu is now in disbelief. HOW COULD THIS BE?! WHAT HAPPENED?!

HE HAS A THEORY:

Rep. @tedlieu responds to Robert Mueller’s clarification regarding guidance against indicting a President: “I don’t know who got to him, I don’t know who talked to him, but that was very odd.” https://t.co/hKfyEFb7BC pic.twitter.com/kasLWHrjVu

— CNN (@CNN) July 25, 2019

LOL!

Basically, Lieu thinks Mueller was compromised because he didn’t get the answer he wanted.

That is one THICK tinfoil hat you’ve got on there, bub!