Bad news. Between Trump’s statements already indicating he wants the report kept ‘confidential,’ and Barr’s cute word play around being bound by department regulations, getting the report out in public or even Congress through official channels will likely not happen. If they refuse to release it to Congress, where it will get out one way or another, the only chance for it to surface will be leaking or litigation. Where’s Daniel Ellsberg when we need him – again.
As with all of Trump’s nominees and picks for his maladministration it should give everyone pause as to why anyone with two working brain cells would join this administration.
What will be Barr’s agenda? Will he continue zero tolerance, stiffer drug sentences, white collar crime, or will he be there to protect a dirty rotten President?
Every appointment, decision, executive order, bill signed into law by trump is suspect. This administration is kinda like the steroid era in baseball. There will always be an asterisk.
Many, many asterisks, no one as seen as many asterisks in one place, the asterisks will have asterisks.
Are we absolutely certain that Barr isn’t Bannon with a shave and a haircut?
The fact that this guy was even nominated should’ve ended this presidency on the fucking spot and yet not only has it not, he’s going to get the damn job. Disgraceful.
Bring in the Barr and play ‘Save the Nitwit’.
Even if the Muller report does not become public the NY Feds report will make it. The Dolt is out-numbered.
In the interests of a more efficient government, while voting to confirm Barr they should also vote on the authority to subpoena him. You know it’s coming.
"I don’t know what Bob Mueller is writing,”
Indictments, motherfucker. He’s writing indictments.
For me, it comes down to whether I can really trust Mueller. All evidence to date says, yes. If Mueller can prove that trump and cohorts really did conspire with foreign governments to influence the 2016 election I cannot fathom how Mueller will let that slide in any way, shape or form. I can also believe that Mueller will not report derogatory information that he cannot prove in a court of law - we’ll never hear it from Mueller. He seems to be anal about the rules.
I’ve never met the man, but my gut tells me he has a high degree of integrity and can be trusted to do the right thing. Now then… how does a man like that become such good friends with the likes of Barr? I must assume he knows Barr much better than we do. We’re making a lot of assumptions based on past partisan behavior (Iran contra) - but trump and company are world away from the Iran contra stuff. I don’t think Barr will carry water for trump if he knows that trump is guilty - not in plain sight of a close friend who knows the truth. I think he’s smart enough to know that trump will NOT get away with it. He doesn’t want his legacy tied to that.
Bottom line - the truth will come out. One way or another.