Author: Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jaolnick & Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Former Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller finally faces congressional interrogators on Wednesday, testifying in televised hearings that Democrats hope will weaken President Donald Trump’s reelection prospects in ways that Mueller’s book-length report did not. Republicans are ready to defend Trump and turn their fire on Mueller and his team instead. The back-to-back Capitol Hill appearances,…