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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs an American, I would have never followed the rules like Mueller did.
I would have sent a copy of the report to Barr AND to the judicial committees in both the House and Senate. I would have never trusted Barr to do the right thing because he made his views public.
leftieNanner
(15,124 posts)Do you think Barr has the ONLY copy?
I know this is all speculation at this point, but I can't imagine that there isn't another. Even if it's just electronic from the word processor.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)trumps being an American. There is always unintended consequences so just because we think that he should have just released the report to others doesnt mean it would play the way you think. He would have been immidiately indicted facing criminal charges and lengthy prison sentences losing even more credibility. His investigation was extremely limited in scope. Anything uncovered beyond the scope his investigation was referred to prosecutors.
Prime example - Snoweden. He thought he was being an American. Result - complete loss of credibility and he is now viewed as an enemy of the state.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,185 posts)He will do what his RepubliCON bosses tell him to do....even if they are protecting a criminal.
onenote
(42,714 posts)There are a whole bunch of folks from Mueller's team that know exactly what is in the report (and what all the evidence is). And they're not all tools of the GOP.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Mueller was military before he was a top FBI guy. If anyone would be a rule-follower, it would be Mueller. Comey was the exception, not Mueller.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Along with Parscale's 'magically' coming up with Dem's polling data and discovering Trump had a chance in MI, WI, PA with a couple weeks left, and taking the actions needed ... unlike Hillary, sad to say.
What Comey did there was wrong, but I understand the logic.
Fact is, the media COMPLETELY blew it out of proportion and misrepresented what was going on. Kinda like they're doing now with this 'no collusion' BULLSHIT.
But I don't think that's main reason Hillary lost. I think Bernie voters staying home, or voting for Stein, thanks to Guccifer and Cambridge and Wikileaks, making it look like Hill & the Dems cheated Bernie ... is much more what f***ed us.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)DC needs to stop hiding behind bullshit intelligence sensitivity in matters of utmost public interest like this report.
Jarqui
(10,126 posts)Mueller has gone by the rules - impeccably. To date, I haven't found real substance for fault (ignoring the GOP noise).
Barr (Trump) hasn't gone by the rules. That letter got into stuff that was not his call. He stomped all over Mueller's work on an issue Mueller did not agree with him on: obstruction.
Link to tweet
It is Congress who must evaluate and make the call.
Just like the question "why did so many of them lie?" will be "why did Barr try to short circuit Mueller and cut the legs out from his report?" The answers are obvious to many.
Actions speak louder than words.
Link to tweet
Barr has to answer for his actions in front of the whole world.
And then Mueller will fill us in with the facts ... which I strongly suspect will be accepted as far more credible.
I think it is all downhill for Barr and Trump ... a report that does not exonerate Trump and will have plenty of facts on why they looked so long and hard at collusion is not going to help Trump.
erronis
(15,303 posts)reporting than will be submitted via Barr's redacted report. And Barr/dump will need to explain the discrepancies - in public.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)of good FOR FUCKS SAKE. It's not like the soul/brain of the country is at stake or anything.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)Following Rules doesnt work against fascism.
onenote
(42,714 posts)Sure.