Mr. Tribe going for the “optics” angle:

Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster. Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it. The effort to save democracy and the rule of law from this lawless president has been set back, not advanced.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 24, 2019

I agree but for different reasons.

Dems had an opportunity to set the stage for impeachment hearings.

They could have used this hearing to establish that they have no choice but to take up the cause of justice since Congress is the sole venue for presidential accountability.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 24, 2019

I have a different take. Dems repeated the refrain “No one is above the law.” Dems made a public justification to subpoena Don McGahn. When McGahn is questioned impeachment will be unavoidable.

— Jan Rivero (@prplpreacher) July 24, 2019

Professor, with all due respect, if you think you’re so good at this then I encourage you to actually run for Congress so you can show people how it’s done.

Perhaps then you’ll learn the difference between ivory-tower academism and actually governing. Perhaps.

— Talia #Kamala2020 (@_talia_t) July 24, 2019