Oh dear Robert Mueller said nothing to excite anyone

The biggest surprise about Robert Mueller's testimony to two House committees yesterday was that people seemed to be surprised that he said nothing. He was always going to say nothing, or, rather, he was always going to stick to his script which he had written and learnt by heart when he published his mammoth report on the allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign team and Russia, and the suspicions of obstruction of justice by the president himself. There had been huge hype about the upcoming televised performance, with the broadcasters desperate to pick up every word and glance and raised eyebrow. But it was probably the most boring, unexciting, unspectacular "show" ever broadcast. If special counsel Mueller could say yes or no only he said yes or no only. Nothing, not even the most penetrating questions from the Democratic members of the two committees, would divert him from his determined effort to avoid anything remotely controversial. Or just different! To be fair to the "old man" as one Washington newspaper kindly described him, he always said he intended to say nothing new. And as a long-time FBI director I guess he knows how to block the most cunning interrogators with meaningless answers. So all in all the Mueller Revelation Show was deeply disappointing and not worth the ridiculous amount of air time given to it. It needed a David Frost - may he rest in peace - to winkle out something devastating, just as he did when he interviewed Richard Nixon post-resignation and got him to confess he did wrong and apologise over the Watergate scandal and cover-up. Mueller outmatched his interrogators and bored the nation to death. No wonder Trump came out and said the witchhunt was over. I think he's probaby right. Mueller is done. There's no way he can help the Democrats with their inquiries any more. He has said what he plans to say in public - or private - and unless a special counsel is appointed to investigate the special counsel, Mueller can now return to private life and retire and if he has grandchilren, to focus on them. Please please we don't want a Mueller show again, ever!