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Mueller and the Special Counsel had no input in that summary or the follow up letter.
And he does not intend to go to court to release some sections.
My intention is not to ask the Court. So there!
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)uponit7771
(90,404 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)MattP
(3,304 posts)That's how much of kids ass he is
malaise
(270,045 posts)Oh yes!!
Watch the repeat of this clip on CNN shortly
mchill
(1,025 posts)Admitting problem solved if Barrs lawsuit against ACA failed.
Baitball Blogger
(46,884 posts)True Blue American
(18,009 posts)They would not do it immediately. He was asked by a Democrat what would happen if the Court ruled against the ACA!
He used weasel wordsbecause he had no answers.
malaise
(270,045 posts)period
Love how all the stations are discussing during the ReTHUGs' obfuscation
George II
(67,782 posts)It eliminated the possibility of "Mueller concluding....xxxx, yyyy, zzzz" being used by trump to say "I'm exonerated". Even without
the summary explicitly saying he was exonerated he's trying to say that.
Imagine if Mueller had any input?
malaise
(270,045 posts)He declined
George II
(67,782 posts)....he would have ruined his position of impartiality.
Now, when the time comes, he can dispute the summary.
scrutineer
(1,156 posts)kentuck
(111,147 posts)Mueller told him point blank that he could not "exonerate" Mr Trump. Otherwise, why would Mr Barr put that sentence in his letter??
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)like as soon as he finished that report, he was done. Don't think he was being shrewd necessarily, I think he was over with the whole mess and was out of there.
uponit7771
(90,404 posts)ashredux
(2,613 posts)He first said That he couldnt recall if he shared his short summary letter with anyone outside the Justice Department. Representative Crist pressed him a bit on this and he said that he was sure he didnt. It was obvious he was lying
malaise
(270,045 posts)ashredux
(2,613 posts)malaise
(270,045 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,449 posts)with something this sensitive. What a d**k and like you said, an obvious liar.
uponit7771
(90,404 posts)spanone
(136,133 posts)he stated emphatically he will not release the report without redactions....to anyone.
malaise
(270,045 posts)aspects of the Report
spanone
(136,133 posts)malaise
(270,045 posts)He is the President's AG and not the people's.
OnDoutside
(19,998 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)if Democrats hold hearings to impeach Trump he will release the grand jury information to Congress.
Also, the vast majority of the juicy information is going to be contained in the grand jury hearings, that's why Barr isn't releasing any of it.
I don't know but it may be time for Speaker Pelosi to bring impeachment back on the table, the information from the grand juries is too important to bury. Politics be damned.
malaise
(270,045 posts)ITTMF!!!
uponit7771
(90,404 posts)greymattermom
(5,754 posts)that they had no plans to hold impeachment hearings until Barr forced them to. Right?
onit2day
(1,201 posts)massive amounts of power to investigate. We get Mueller report, tax returns and will restrict presidents power while proceedings are happening. The majority of citizens are demanding impeachment and accountability so Pelosi no longer has an excuse to refuse to impeach.
onit2day
(1,201 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,193 posts)Barr said that he's not involved in the redactions for grand jury information. Mueller and other prosecutors are redacting information concerning ongoing cases and uncharged people.
If Mueller doesn't want Congress seeing unredacted information right away, than *I* don't want them see it. There are still a lot of bad actors in Congress. Of course, there's no way of knowing whether Trump has ordered his friends in Congress to see the full report.
If Nadler wants to sue to get the unredacted report, then he can do that, as Barr said.
uponit7771
(90,404 posts)... know that seeing Barr's a partisan lying hack.
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calimary
(81,824 posts)I apologize for not knowing who came up with that. But I know greatness when I see it!
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djacq
(1,635 posts)Barr is expressively making the decision not to seek the court.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)and contact your local newspaper, radio station, tv station.
wrote letters to editors--
contact your congress critters and tell them to get on THIS and everythig else..
tell your dentist to turn off fox news
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)malaise
(270,045 posts)Please pour me a drink
George II
(67,782 posts)...I feel bad for Serrano, he's really slowed down a lot. Perhaps his Altzheimer's is progressing faster than he thought. Walking out of the hearing room his hands are trembling.
Barr is droll and boring, seemed much less animated than during his Attorney General hearing.
Pepsidog
(6,256 posts)members in Congress are. I recall a republican Senator, cant recall who, but an older one being interviewed and talking about the fairness doctrine like it still existed. Many live in the same Fox world as their constituents. As do many federal judges like the one who sentenced Manafort.
Pepsidog
(6,256 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)Pepsidog
(6,256 posts)what he knows. Not now, but if we are stonewalled he must step up and do the right thing.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Or has he come off that bogus talking point?
malaise
(270,045 posts)BIg cover up for Needy Amin
moonseller66
(430 posts)...and his wife's and children's and relatives and friends.
Call them all and question them as charater witnesses, just like in court.
And yes, it's now political since the NeoNazis think they're above the law.
Oh and his little dog's papers, too!
uponit7771
(90,404 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,716 posts)cause Mueller didn't have anything to do with this crap. BARR owns this all by himself.
luvallpeeps
(935 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)but congress can go to court
Grammy23
(5,817 posts)looking remarkably like a big, fat toad. It was one of the few things that gave me a smile during his appearance.
malaise
(270,045 posts)could refer to Jerry Nadler as fat Jerry when both he and his AG are significantly fatter.
spanone
(136,133 posts)It was ALL OVER THE NEWS yesterday and he didn't know? bullshit.
He said he supported the president's policy of not separating families...
Apple Fritter
(131 posts)moonseller66
(430 posts)trump seems to always come first...and probably in the first minute or so.
Apple Fritter
(131 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)unprepared and asked same questions - didn't work in tandem - and is hoping they will study up, co-ordinate, and zing him with potent follow-ups.
malaise
(270,045 posts)She gave them some hints for today
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)has to ask a question. Some good, some not so good, just like in Cohen hearing. Think he
had more beans to spill.
It reminds me of church sports teams. Everyone gets to play no matter how talented. Lol
DeminPennswoods
(15,333 posts)to Congress just like he gave it to Barr although that would be "unfortunate" according to Barr. I think this was Maddow's opening last night.