***To read the full blog, please check out the complete post on NewsBusters***
While many on CNN were trying to keep the faith and suggest the disastrous House hearings with Special Counsel Robert Mueller were somehow going to lead to President Trump’s impeachment, some couldn’t help but admit that Mueller’s testimony was an absolute mess that hurt their cause.
During the five-o’clock-hour of CNN’s Situation Room, senior justice correspondent Evan Perez kicked off a round on criticism when he whined about how “Mueller essentially muddied the waters a lot today” when it came to impeachment.
“I think he could have been clearer in some of his answers as to what exactly happened here with what the Russians did. And it is not okay,” he continued.
Perez gave way to crime and justice reporter Shimon Prokupecz, who didn’t seem pleased that Mueller “struggled” and “didn't have a good command of the facts”.
Mueller’s command of the facts was so poor that at times it seemed as though he was learning about what was in his report for the first time, even appearing skeptical when Republican lawmakers would directly cite its contents.
(...)