BREAKING: Barr admits the obvious!
Barr says bluntly that he will not be giving Congress an unredacted report.
Okay, then.
Yeah, no shit he didn’t.
Mueller doesn’t want his reputation anywhere near what Barr is doing - that seems evident in his declining to even review the pieces of shit letters Barr has already released.
No more questions about whether or not Barr is a filthy partisan hack who will shield this criminal president and is himself willing to engage in obstruction of justice.
Barr refuses to answer whether the White House has seen or been briefed on the Mueller report, before his public summary or after.
Citing lawyer-client privilege, no doubt!
Well, this stinks like the dust cloud from a field being fertilized with chickenshit before spring planting.
(Yeah, that’s a very specific simile that the urban can understand but only those raised in an agricultural area can fully appreciate).
It appears Barr is doubling down on no obstruction.
Barr gave Mueller the “opportunity to review” the initial letter summarizing what he deemed the report’s “principal conclusions” before it went out, and “he declined that,” Barr said.
This simply means that Mueller played it by the book and did not see it as his place to review the letter. It’s a form of institutional subservience. Absent an actual physical smoking gun and a bullet-riddled report, he will never question the good faith or actions of the AG in any shape or form.
It will have to be leaked or litigated for the next year.
Barr gave Mueller the “opportunity to review” the initial letter summarizing what he deemed the report’s “principal conclusions” before it went out, and “he declined that,” Barr said.
I think that says a lot about what Mueller thinks of Barr and how Mueller expects this whole farce to play out. Mueller saw what Barr was trying to do and just thought to himself “Please proceed Mr. AG.”
Like everyone else who’s tried to cover for Trump, Barr is finding out that the price he’s paying for his loyalty to this administration is far more than he bargained for because Trump is determined to destroy himself and all those around him.
Barr gave Mueller the “opportunity to review” the initial letter summarizing what he deemed the report’s “principal conclusions” before it went out, and “he declined that,” Barr said.
Huck: Watcha doin’ there Tom?
Tom: Well, I’m just a-white-warshin’ the fence. Aunt Polly says it’s a reeeeeal importan’ job an’ I’m not supposed to let anyone help, cuz like I said, it’s reeeeeal important.
Huck: Well I reckon that’s a reeeeeal honor then. I’m reeeeeal happy for ya.
Tom: Say, Huck, I guess since we’re such great pals and all, I suppose maybe I could see my way clear to let you help with this-here a-whitewa-
Huck (interrupting): Hard pass.
Leakistan said Mueller team wrote summaries that were suitable for public release. When Barr decided to write his own letter, it was clear to Mueller that Barr was doing it because the facts in it were politically undesirable. So what is the point of reviewing it?
Barr: “Bob, would you like to help me with my summary ?”
Mueller: “Not with a ten foot pole from behind a lead shield in a haz-mat suit, Billy Boy”
What about Rosenstein? Did he have a role? Did anyone else?
Exactly! For the latest example see Nielsen, Kirstjen.
Only Mattis left with his reputation intact. Others range from potentially partially recoverable to hopelessly lost forever (although most of those were pretty problematic to begin with).
This is such a shit show.
“Why would I take help from Mueller? He’d just screw up things by citing evidence”, Barr stated. He added: “I’m here to whitewash my Leader, not let Americans know anything about illegal stuff”.
He “declined to say” whether he briefed Trump after he elbowed his way in and got a preview briefing on March 5. That would, of course, mean “yes he did.”