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Justice Department defends Barr's summary of Mueller report
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:20 am
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:20 am
quote:Will the New York Times and Washington Post retract?
In a new statement, Department of Justice spokesperson Kerri Kupec defended Attorney General Bill Barr's letter to Congress summarizing his "principal conclusions" from the Mueller report, reiterating that it was not an attempt to summarize the report itself.
"Every page of the "confidential report" provided to Attorney General Barr on March 22, 2019 was marked "May Contain Material Protected Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)" - a law that protects confidential grand jury information - and therefore could not be publicly released. Given the extraordinary public interest in the matter, the Attorney General decided to release the report's bottom-line findings and is conclusions immediately — without attempting to summarize the report — with the understanding that the report itself would be released after the redaction process. As the Attorney General stated in his March 29th letter to Chairman Graham and Chairman Nadler, he does not believe the report should be released in "serial or piecemeal fashion." The Department continues to work with the Special Counsel on appropriate redactions to the report so that it can be released to Congress and the public."
The backdrop: The new statement follows reports in the New York Times and Washington Post that members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team were upset that Barr did not adequately summarize the report in his letter. Some Mueller investigators have reportedly told associates that their findings were more troubling for President Trump than Attorney General William Barr has indicated.
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Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:26 am to cajunangelle
Team Trump AG spins summary to favor POTUS. Any AG for any POTUS would have done the same, which is why the summary is not particularly meaningful. In essence, it was a press release from the Executive branch.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:26 am to cajunangelle
Now the MSM will take this
the shite never ends. it's always something. 
Trump should declassify all already.
quote:As there is something bad about Trump in the honest Bob report.
reiterating that it was not an attempt to summarize the report itself.
the shite never ends. it's always something. Trump should declassify all already.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:27 am to AggieHank86
quote:
Team Trump AG spins summary to favor POTUS
Spins summary?
A direct quote of "no collusion" is spin?
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:29 am to AggieHank86
quote:
Team Trump AG spins summary to favor POTUS. Any AG for any POTUS would have done the same, which is why the summary is not particularly meaningful. In essence, it was a press release from the Executive branch.
Be that as it may, still doesn’t dispute that redactions are needed before releasing. Am I mistaken that such redactions are required by law, the very laws enacted by the legislative branch now claiming entitlement to the entire unredacted report?
Edit: spelling
This post was edited on 4/4/19 at 10:31 am
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:31 am to AggieHank86
But Hanky, the Left told us Obama’s handpicked AGs Holder and Lynch were nonpartisan and would never cover for POTUS. Now we’re told the opposite...Barr is covering for Trump.
In conclusion Orange Man Bad. You people are sick.
In conclusion Orange Man Bad. You people are sick.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:31 am to AggieHank86
quote:
Team Trump AG spins summary to favor POTUS. Any AG for any POTUS would have done the same, which is why the summary is not particularly meaningful. In essence, it was a press release from the Executive branch.
Do you honestly believe that Bill Barr would just make shite up that’s completely different to what’s actually in the report?
Your obsession with being apolitical, bipartisan or nonpartisan is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:32 am to AggieHank86
quote:
Team Trump AG spins summary to favor POTUS. Any AG for any POTUS would have done the same, which is why the summary is not particularly meaningful. In essence, it was a press release from the Executive branch.
You can’t help yourself.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:33 am to Jack Bauers HnK
quote:Agreed. Criminal law likely MANDATES certain redactions.quote:Be that as it may, still doesn’t dispute that redactions are needed before releasing. Am I mistaken that such redactions are required by law, the very laws enacted by the legislative branch now claiming entitlement to the entire unredacted report?
Team Trump AG spins summary to favor POTUS. Any AG for any POTUS would have done the same, which is why the summary is not particularly meaningful. In essence, it was a press release from the Executive branch.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:33 am to Sentrius
quote:Mister middle of the road believes!
Do you honestly believe that Bill Barr would just make shite up that’s completely different to what’s actually in the report?
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:35 am to PanhandleTigah
quote:You seem to have missed the entire sentence in which I said any AG would do the same. Holder is a political animal. So is Barr. Anyone who challenges EITHER of these assertions is somewhat naive.
But Hanky, the Left told us Obama’s handpicked AGs Holder and Lynch were nonpartisan and would never cover for POTUS. Now we’re told the opposite...Barr is covering for Trump.
In conclusion Orange Man Bad. You people are sick.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:36 am to DallasTiger11
quote:
You can’t help yourself.
He really is one of the most effeminate, bleeding wound posters that’s obsessed with being nonpartisan.
He’s like Chief Justice John Roberts.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:37 am to Sentrius
quote:Who said anything about falsification?
Do you honestly believe that Bill Barr would just make shite up that’s completely different to what’s actually in the report?
“Spin” is emphasizing the positive and minimizing (or ignoring) the negative. It is what politicians DO.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:37 am to AggieHank86
quote:
In essence, it was a press release from the Executive branch.
I know you are an "educated" person, but your blinding hate of what has actually been a very, very good President makes you look stupid.
That sounds like I'm just taking a "shot" at you, but I'm not joking one bit.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:37 am to AggieHank86
Where is your evidence that proves Barr is a "political animal?"
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:39 am to Jack Bauers HnK
quote:
Am I mistaken that such redactions are required by law
Smart people know this, dumb people dont. You're the former.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:40 am to AggieHank86
quote:I didn’t miss anything. It’s easy to say that now because you need to state that to make your misguided point.
You seem to have missed the entire sentence in which I said any AG would do the same. Holder is a political animal. So is Barr. Anyone who challenges EITHER of these assertions is somewhat naive.
During the last administration all the Lefties told us how fair and impartial Holder and Lynch were.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:42 am to AggieHank86
quote:
“Spin” is emphasizing the positive and minimizing (or ignoring) the negative. It is what politicians DO.
Spin implies some sort of semblance to the truth and is technically accurate as Barr did say that Mueller presented two sides of the argument towards obstruction and that he could not make a conclusion on that and left it to Barr to decide that.
Oh and Mueller agrees that there is no equivocation in the fact that not a single American that conspired with Russia to hack anything, steal or dispense information or anything else illegal.
If you call that a spin, well then.....
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:43 am to oogabooga68
quote:As I have said 463 times, I support the vast majority of Trumps policies, but I am perfectly willing to speak out regarding those policies on which I disagree with him. If Texas looks close, I will even vote for him.
I know you are an "educated" person, but your blinding hate of what has actually been a very, very good President makes you look stupid.
But, yes, I dislike him intensely as an individual. I damned-sure do not worship him like his merry band of sycophants that comprises the majority of this forum. To the contrary, he is essentially the exemplar of every personal trait that I dislike in a human being..
If you feel that this makes me “stupid,” you are certainly entitled to your opinion.
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:44 am to cajunangelle
quote:
Will the New York Times and Washington Post retract?
Why should they? It's not like they are a news org
Business as usual. "You lied in your NYT piece?"
"Yup, so?"
"Ok carry on"
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