Watergate Figure John Dean Suspects Barr May Be Hiding Something 'Fairly Ugly'

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John Dean, former White House counsel to President Richard M. Nixon, warned that Attorney General William Barr may be hiding something “fairly ugly” inside the report filed by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Barr’s summary of the report said Mueller had found no evidence of collusion between Russia and the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump.

Mueller, Barr wrote, did not exonerate Trump of obstruction allegations. However, Barr said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had concluded there wasn’t sufficient evidence to make that accusation against the president.

But Dean found the conclusion ― and the phrasing ― to be very curious.

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[democratisphere]

1. OBSTRUCTION!

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[coti]

3. "No evidence" again. I don't think even Barr's report used that incredibly irresponsible phrase nt

[uponit7771]

15. +1,

[Glimmer of Hope]

4. Smells like it.

[JoeOtterbein]

6. Paying Russians to urinate on a bed is ugly, but not a reason...

...to charge conspiracy.

[elleng]

7. "He put a little lipstick on something that might've been fairly ugly,"

he told CNN’s Don Lemon, adding:

“We haven’t really seen the underlying report, but I have some suspicions that the reason he boiled this down the way he did is because it’s not very attractive, Don. [Mueller’s] words are very different than Barr’s, I suspect.”

He also said Mueller might have backed off the obstruction issue because of a “fundamental disagreement” with the Department of Justice on whether or not a president is even capable of obstruction:'

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. I have enormous respect for John Dean.

And if he says that, I'm on board.

[JI7]

9. pretty obvious

[Linda Ed]

10. A saying for our times:

When someone wants you to accept their conclusions without having the opportunity to review & understand how they reached them, be skeptical. Joyce Alene

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Enter Executive Privilege

[2naSalit]

12. I would not go so far as to say I suspect

I am pretty damned sure that he's hiding a whole global conspiracy that he probably benefits from in some way.

[YOHABLO]

13. Who would know better than Mueller. When will the House subpoena Mueller for questioning?

[uponit7771]

14. THIS !!!! Seeing they're not rushing to release the report

[GoCubsGo]

16. Yeah. Dean would know about that kind of thing.

I'd say it's pretty obvious they're hiding some really ugly stuff.