parts of this case to various deputies and had them own it. he picked a very talented team. he had them own it. he got briefed accordingly. and made decisions and executed his vision. the fact that he wasn t down in the weeds or that he was seemingly struggling with certain facts, i think i attribute to the age factor and the stress factor. but it doesn t mean he wasn t in command of the team and the investigation. jeremy bash, i feel compelled always at this point to point out that robert mueller has a bullet wound from the north vietnamese and entered public service because he felt thankful for having survived vietnam after choosing to go to vietnam as a marine because he lost one of his good friends from school. that said, jeremy bash, back to the discussion in the hearing room. why didn t they try harder to sit down across from the president of the united states? and this is one substantive area where i just fundamentally
factor, and i think that that is a factor. but we also have to understand, this is a massively complex investigation with a large team and likely what mueller did was delegate leadership to various parts of this case to various deputies and had them own it. he picked a very talented team. he had them own it. he got briefed accordingly. and made decisions and executed his vision. the fact that he wasn t down in the weeds or that he was seemingly struggling with certain facts, i think i attribute to the age factor and the stress factor. but it doesn t mean he wasn t in command of the team and the investigation. jeremy bash, i feel compelled always at this point to point out that robert mueller has a bullet wound from the north vietnamese and entered public service because he felt thankful for having survived vietnam after choosing to go to vietnam as a marine because he lost one of his good friends from school.
more heresy that i think is now in order at this moment. you raised the question earlier about whether we saw a diminished bob mueller tonight and raised the question there s no joy in talking about this. no, there s not, but the question is, are people going to say, was he diminished throughout his time that he was running this operation. i think the one thing that s clear, and is reflected in that kind of bafflement with the fusion gps references is that he s not a modern figure. and this debate, this the ferocity of it, the polarization, the bitterness, the way in which this war has been fought out in the modern media, how our politics are now conducted is foreign to him. he s not somebody said to today, if you turn on fox news for five minute, you would have heard for gps. bob mueller is not turning on fox news or msnbc. people told us that over and over again. i m not sure that s a strength. to understand, if you want justice to be done, if you want
delegate leadership to various parts of this case to various deputies and had them own it. he picked a very talented team. he had them own it. he got briefed accordingly. and made decisions and executed his vision. the fact that he wasn t down in the weeds or that he was seemingly struggling with certain facts, i think i attribute to the age factor and the stress factor. but it doesn t mean he wasn t in command of the team and the investigation. jeremy bash, i feel compelled always at this point to point out that robert mueller has a bullet wound from the north vietnamese and entered public service because he felt thankful for having survived vietnam after choosing to go to vietnam as a marine because he lost one of his good friends from school. that said, jeremy bash, back to the discussion in the hearing room. why didn t they try harder to sit down across from the president of the united states? and this is one substantive