It's Happening

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify in open sessions before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17 (details here). It's unclear at this point whether there will be two separate hearings or a joint hearing before both committees concurrently.

Either way, this will almost certainly be a game-changer for the Trump presidency and either bring impeachment to the table or out of the picture.

Mueller no longer works at the Special Prosecutor so it will be interesting to see if the White House tries to block his testimony, claiming "executive privilege." Given that Mueller never met with nor counseled the President, one would be hard pressed to see how executive privilege would be involved here, but Trump might try that as a delaying tactic, forcing the matter through time-consuming litigation.

Nevertheless, this is a positive development, even if Trump tries to block it, because such an action would only brighten the spotlight on presidential obstruction of justice and further turn the public against the Trump presidency.