--- title: Please Enjoy the Memes While You Wait for the Mueller Report description: Please enjoy the memes while you wait for the Mueller Report from jokes about technical difficulties to all the ridiculous things it could contain. canonical: https://time.com/5557020/meuller-report-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-22T17:16:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:17.282Z og:title: Please Enjoy the Memes While You Wait for the Mueller Report og:description: "I swear I hit save" og:url: https://time.com/5557020/meuller-report-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd72e6135364f4e9e/69894725db2987ed3126208a/robertmueller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: FBI Director Mueller Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Please Enjoy the Memes While You Wait for the Mueller Report twitter:description: "I swear I hit save" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd72e6135364f4e9e/69894725db2987ed3126208a/robertmueller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Please Enjoy the Memes While You Wait for the Mueller Report > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee July 26, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was held to examine whether the FBI have misused their power. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Alex Wong-Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 22, 2019 5:16 PM UTC People are killing time waiting for the [Mueller](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217584/robert-mueller/) report by making jokes. Whether or not Special Counsel Robert Mueller is about to submit his [long-anticipated report](http://time.com/5539438/robert-mueller-report-democrats/), people are keeping busy doing what they do best: making memes. In the moments leading up to the public release of his investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign worked with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election among other issues, people are dealing with the stress with humor. Chances are, you’re aware there are expectations that the report will contain an onslaught of evidence, but until it’s Mueller time, at least we have the jokes rolling in at full force. “I swear I hit save,” [Emily Favreau](https://twitter.com/ebfavs/status/1109118269598789632) tweeted with a photo of Mueller getting some technical support at an Apple store. “What if the Mueller Report is just a comparison/contrast essay about regional BBQ styles?” comedian [Todd Barry](https://twitter.com/toddbarry/status/1109125624705232896) wondered. A fair question at this stage. Below, see sampling of Mueller report memes to sustain you. > [](https://twitter.com/toddbarry/status/1109125624705232896) > [](https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1109112452682342400) > [](https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1109094348367556608) > [](https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/1109105186969145345) > [](https://twitter.com/ebfavs/status/1109118269598789632) > [](https://twitter.com/jaredskolnick/status/1109138021859893248) > [](https://twitter.com/WenzlerPowers/status/1108817123445481472) > [](https://twitter.com/AshleyRParker/status/1109121787642736640) > [](https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1108884370918645766) > [](https://twitter.com/DevonHeinen/status/1109138095926996992) > [](https://twitter.com/BrianLynch/status/1109201796466016256) > [](https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/1109211624005648387) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5557020/meuller-report-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5557020/meuller-report-memes/"},"headline":"Please Enjoy the Memes While You Wait for the Mueller Report","datePublished":"2019-03-22T17:16:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:17.282Z","description":"Please enjoy the memes while you wait for the Mueller Report from jokes about technical difficulties to all the ridiculous things it could contain.","url":"https://time.com/5557020/meuller-report-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd72e6135364f4e9e/69894725db2987ed3126208a/robertmueller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd72e6135364f4e9e/69894725db2987ed3126208a/robertmueller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FBI Director Mueller Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee","caption":"People are killing the Mueller Report waiting time with memes.","creditText":"Alex Wong-Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5557020/meuller-report-memes/","name":"Please Enjoy the Memes While You Wait for the Mueller Report"}}]}] ```