Trevor Noah is impressed by Mueller's ability to not give a single juicy soundbite during his testimony

They tried really hard to get the soundbites of their dreams, but Democrats and Republicans alike weren't able to extract what they wanted out of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Trevor Noah said on Wednesday's Daily Show.

Mueller didn't reveal anything new during his public congressional testimony, and to be fair, he was pretty up front about that, Noah said, warning people months ago that he would only discuss things he wrote about in his report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. People thought the 448-page report would "shake America to its core," Noah said, but the "only issue was it was 450 pages too long, and because it didn't contain any boy wizards, no one wanted to read it."

Those who tuned into the proceedings heard Mueller bat away requests from Democrats to read certain passages, denying them "juicy soundbites," and answer multiple questions with the same refrain: "refer to the report." Republicans tried to "portray Mueller as incompetent, inconsistent, and biased," Noah said, but he "refused to play partisan games." It was all pretty tame stuff, so it's a good thing Noah sent his Daily Show correspondents to D.C. to ask Mueller all the tough questions, like what is up with that Cats trailer? Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia

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