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Can you say..... Cover Up?WASHINGTON (AP) Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Muellers 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 Muellers conclusions unduly sanitized the full report in President Donald Trumps favor, including on the key question of whether the president obstructed justice. House Democrats on Wednesday approved subpoenas for Muellers entire report and any exhibits and other underlying evidence that the Justice Department might withhold.
The disparity in length between Barrs letter and Muellers full report, which totals nearly 400 pages, raises the likelihood of additional significant information that was put forward by the special counsels 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!
wishstar
(5,270 posts)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.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)...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...?
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)He got his asshole puckered up so tight he be shitting diamonds
He is part of the conspiracy and he belongs in jail
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)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)that the employment of his son and daughter were threatened if he didn't cover up for Donny and family
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)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)so the person threatening her job would be Trump. Does that start to make sense now?
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)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)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.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)Assholes.
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)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.
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)However, every bit as dangerous to America is Mitch McConnell.
bluestarone
(16,972 posts)Doesn't know EXACTLY what those reasons are!! COVERUP!!!! LOCK HIM UP!
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)"BULLSHIT"
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)and others may have reasons to want know more.
area51
(11,910 posts)his reason$.
librechik
(30,674 posts)"That's for Me to know and You to never ever find out. Poor You"