LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Justice Dept. Tells Mueller to Stay in His Box. “Consistent with standard practice, Department witnesses should decline to address potentially privileged matters, thus affording the Department the full opportunity at a later date to consider particular questions and possible accommodations that may fulfill the committees’ legitimate need for information while protecting Executive Branch confidentiality interests.”

I’ll liveblog the hearing, and have already stockpiled plenty of Bloody Mary fixins.