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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:29 AM Apr 2019

BARR: I HAVE MY REASONS Attorney General William Barr Defends Handling Of Mueller Report

Can you say..... Cover Up?


WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation, saying the confidential document contains sensitive grand jury material that prevented it from being immediately released to the public.

The statement came as Barr confronts concerns that his four-page letter summarizing Mueller’s conclusions unduly sanitized the full report in President Donald Trump’s favor, including on the key question of whether the president obstructed justice. House Democrats on Wednesday approved subpoenas for Mueller’s entire report and any exhibits and other underlying evidence that the Justice Department might withhold.

The disparity in length between Barr’s letter and Mueller’s full report, which totals nearly 400 pages, raises the likelihood of additional significant information that was put forward by the special counsel’s office but not immediately shared by the attorney general.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/barr-mueller-report-defense_n_5ca6919fe4b0a00f6d3d2495



Reach for it!!!!! Way to go Barr!
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BARR: I HAVE MY REASONS Attorney General William Barr Defends Handling Of Mueller Report (Original Post) UCmeNdc Apr 2019 OP
Now he's saying each page has "confidential information" as excuse to not release anything wishstar Apr 2019 #1
+1, then he should just release the summaries uponit7771 Apr 2019 #10
We Have Our Suspicions What Those "Reasons" Are... The_Counsel Apr 2019 #2
Yep. Nixon's attorney general , forget his name,got twenty months. notdarkyet Apr 2019 #12
John Mitchell. notdarkyet Apr 2019 #13
CYA Motherfucker GusBob Apr 2019 #3
BS, Mr.Barr, BS! Firestorm49 Apr 2019 #4
Yea billy, we know you have your reasons spanone Apr 2019 #5
Other people have pointed this out: ScratchCat Apr 2019 #6
His reasons are NewJeffCT Apr 2019 #7
That makes no sense ScratchCat Apr 2019 #14
his daughter works at the Justice Department ProfessorPlum Apr 2019 #20
Barr's daughter is in Treasury NewJeffCT Apr 2019 #22
hmm. I read that somewhere ... ProfessorPlum Apr 2019 #23
His reasons are personal and has nothing to do with his JOB. GemDigger Apr 2019 #15
The hell with his kids! WyattKansas Apr 2019 #21
BS, Mr. Barr. Pure BS! Firestorm49 Apr 2019 #8
There is NOT one person here that bluestarone Apr 2019 #9
To quote our "bestes pResident COLGATE4 Apr 2019 #11
He may have his reasons Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #16
Of course he has area51 Apr 2019 #17
What a lame POS--Can't even dissemble with any credibility. librechik Apr 2019 #18
THAT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO CONGRESS. HAND IT OVER. EveHammond13 Apr 2019 #19

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
1. Now he's saying each page has "confidential information" as excuse to not release anything
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:44 AM
Apr 2019

He knows that Mueller team already provided summaries suitable for public release that did not have classified info, so he can't claim classified info as excuse so now he has invented new term of "confidential" when in reality it's just that the whole report is a major political and ethical embarrasment to Trump and the entire Repub establishment that is supporting him.

The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)
2. We Have Our Suspicions What Those "Reasons" Are...
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:45 AM
Apr 2019

...just waiting for the confirmation.

Trump's minions keep making the argument that the President cannot be indicted (i.e., "above the law" )...I wonder if the sitting Attorney General could be...?

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
3. CYA Motherfucker
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:49 AM
Apr 2019

He got his asshole puckered up so tight he be shitting diamonds

He is part of the conspiracy and he belongs in jail

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
6. Other people have pointed this out:
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:54 AM
Apr 2019

Unless by some crazy chance they were able to keep it from the public for the next several years, we ARE going to see it and everyone will know what is in it. At some point, everyone will know Barr is being deceptive at best. So why on earth is Barr going through all these efforts when he has to know that at some point, everyone will know he is lying about what it says? The simple answer was to control the narrative from the start, but that has not seemed to work out at this point as 60% of people don't think Trump has been exonerated at all. Him doing this for Trump makes little sense, when he KNOWS the charade will be exposed at some point.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
7. His reasons are
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:54 AM
Apr 2019

that the employment of his son and daughter were threatened if he didn't cover up for Donny and family

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
14. That makes no sense
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:26 AM
Apr 2019

He is the damn AG. He can just have the DOJ arrest whoever is threatening him. There is no way Trump can threaten an acting AG with such a thing.

No, this all came about way back in 2018 and you can be sure Lindsay Graham is somehow involved. Maybe they have a picture of the two together or something. The letter was a "set-up"; Graham has been meeting with Barr behind closed doors and is now acting like Trump's personal butler, traveling with him to his personal residence while Barr was reviewing the file. I bet if you figure out what's going on with Graham, it would answer many questions about Barr's participation.

Both those individuals know Trump is a complete security risk and has no business being President. IMO, the only way Trump got then on his side was having something really bad on them.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
20. his daughter works at the Justice Department
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 12:54 PM
Apr 2019

so the person threatening her job would be Trump. Does that start to make sense now?

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
22. Barr's daughter is in Treasury
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 01:37 PM
Apr 2019

and his son works for Trump's legal team.

and, I'm sure it's not a direct threat... just an implication that if Trump goes down, he's taking a lot of people with him.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
23. hmm. I read that somewhere ...
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 02:31 PM
Apr 2019

oh, here it is. but it isn't the only source that says she is at Justice.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/william-barr-family-wife-children-daughter/

ah, I see - she moved from Justice to Treasury a couple of months ago.

In any case, the implied threat comes from Trump and the people around him, I"m sure

in addition, I'm sure Barr is just happy to screw the American people in the service of the powerful, yet again.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
21. The hell with his kids!
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 01:28 PM
Apr 2019

If his kids didn't want to be in jeopardy of losing their government jobs by the nuts destroying the U.S. then they shouldn't have allowed themselves to rolled out like props at Barr's confirmation hearing. They should have told their daddy not to use them as props!

All of this corruption and destruction by Republicans will never end until Democrats go scorched earth policy on them, just like the republicans have been doing to everyone else for decades. And yes, his kids should feel ashamed when they walk into any government building. Piss on all of them and their spawn.

bluestarone

(16,972 posts)
9. There is NOT one person here that
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:57 AM
Apr 2019

Doesn't know EXACTLY what those reasons are!! COVERUP!!!! LOCK HIM UP!

librechik

(30,674 posts)
18. What a lame POS--Can't even dissemble with any credibility.
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:58 AM
Apr 2019

"That's for Me to know and You to never ever find out. Poor You"

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