Mueller complained that Barr’s letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe

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  1. Egoboy

    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wrote a letter in late March complaining to Attorney General William P. Barr that a four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation into President Trump “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of Mueller’s work, according to a copy of the letter reviewed Tuesday by The Washington Post.

    Mueller wrote. “There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.”
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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...82d3f3d96d5_story.html?utm_term=.fb0549088273

    Sorry for the WaPo paywall, but this is their breaking story.. Use incognito browser mode to read in full....

    Wow, who is looking forward to Bob Mueller in front of Congress Now??

    I don't want to overpost from the URL, but those 2 paragraphs say it all...

    And Mueller is being political and kind, if you ask me.... Cherry picking 4 pages and a handful of partial conclusions is a lot worse than "failing to capture context:...

    What say ye?
     
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    hawgsalot Well-Known Member

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    I am for sure, I mean he said he wanted public confidence in the outcome of the investigations. So no American colluded with Russia all good. There were instances when Trump could've obstructed but didn't follow through therefore it didn't happen. If he feels like we should charge people that criticize an investigation with obstruction we should know. My counter we should charge those that leaked false negatives during and investigation as well.
     
  3. AmericanNationalist

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    Agreed. This sounds a lot like whining by Robert Mueller. If he didn't want his work interpreted by another, he should have either indicted the President on Obstruction, or gave much stronger statements of Obstruction. He chose to do neither, and now he wishes to satisfy himself with this letter?

    For two years, he was a coward and right until the end, he's still a coward. Now that he has no official post, his letter, or a million letters doesn't save his pathetic reputation.
     
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    opion8d Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    When Mueller testifies before Congress, to quote a biblical passage, "there will be great wailing and gnashing of teeth."
     
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    I hope he leaves no regret in his testimony, because we can see he's already a very regretful individual.
     
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    As soon as Mueller says something I would ask him why he didn't put it in his report or be more specific? His report speaks for itself.
     
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    Barr factually and in a legal manner summarized the report. He then went on to release it with around 4% redactions.

    As far as Mueller coming in to testify, sure let’s do it but you’ll be fooling yourself if you think that Trump will be the only one damaged by Muellers testimony.
     
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    It sure does.. which is why the Barr summary is officially deader than Melania's sad smile these days...
     
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    Hmmm... who else do you think will be damaged, besides Trump and now Barr??
     
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    Where have I heard that before, hmmm wait til the report just wait til the report. The only special counsel in our lifetime that couldn't get even an impeachment by the opposing party's House, much less an a crime by the president. Even with all the uproar and promises by you and the media. What a waste.
     
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    Strictly from a political sense potentially Hillary Clinton and DOJ and Mueller himself. There is definitely a potential for that as well
     
  12. JakeStarkey

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    The right skips over Mueller's complaint and says all is good.

    That is lie.

    Obstruction is on the tickle file for the next administration while another dozen investigations continue.

    The American people as a whole have no confidence in this President.
     
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    Why didn't he file for obstruction, when he had the opportunity? And no, I don't buy his sitting indictment crap because he could've kept it under seal.
     
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    Yeah, I don't see that happening, vis-a-vis Hillary or Bob..... I find it unlikely Mueller would say anything about Rosenstein, but you never know....

    I'd love to see tools like Jim Jordan or Doug Collins come after a career professional like Bob Mueller.... would be a George Custer level mismatch...

    But Mueller will face questions on why he left it as he did, but I suspect his answer will be simple, as it was basically described in his report.... This is a matter for Congress, not for the legal system...
     
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    AN, a sitting president cannot be indicted. So the file on obstruction is waiting for the next administration.

    No one cares if you buy or not the sitting president can't be indicted regulation.

    That's the way it is.
     
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    Cool let me know when you get him even impeached on it much less in chains. As bad as you want it you just missed yet again on your prediction, sorry that's the breaks.
     
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    AN, a sitting president cannot be indicted. So the file on obstruction is waiting for the next administration.

    No one cares if you buy or not the sitting president can't be indicted regulation.

    That's the way it is.
    That makes no sense by you but OK.
     
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    The Department of Justice acts independently of the executive(or legislative) branches. Rosenstein bragged as such to Jim Jordan(R-Ohio). If I take Rosenstein at his words, there was absolutely NOTHING stopping Mueller from indicting the President. Nothing.
     
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    Can a sitting president be impeached? Let me know when your side gets that done because he sure as heck isn't going to jail for any of this crap even after he leaves office, it would be laughed out of court.
     
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    Except, perhaps we might find out, the Attorney General of the United States.... wouldn't that be a hoot, in addition to attempting to spin Bob's report from day 1...
     
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    There will be hell to pay! The truth has come out slowly but it has come out. It must enjoy the full force of the public in the election and other judgement against Trump!
     
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    You don't understand. The DOJ rules and regulations also rule and regulate what Mueller could do.
     
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    It won’t matter if the dude from subway was asking the questions lol

    I’m sure he will say or not say something that will just give ammo to both sides. I’m willing to bet he will be asked about those Russians ties with Fusion GPS how much was looked into Hillary’s shenanigans etc.

    In the end we will get no closer to definitive answers imo
     
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    All of the deep state.

    Barr released the full report with only about 6% redacted. Whatever Mueller is whining about is a totally moot point.
     
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    Do Trump supporters on here actually believe that the Mueller Report was the "end to all this"? "Okay, the report is done, Barr says it's nothing so let's just move along and forget anything happened. Is anyone really that naive?

    This guy Trump and his henchmen have been festering like a boil on the national conscience ever since they came to town. That boil is getting lanced by Congress, the Mueller team, a free press, and the law. Now that Barr has been exposed as a liar acting in the interest of Trump, not America, look for things to get ugly in coming weeks. The Mueller Report has hit the bookstores and Amazon (practically giving copies away). Public anger will grow exponentially during this time and the call for public Congressional hearings will reach a crescendo.

    If Barr tries to thwart the Mueller testimony, he will be held in contempt of Congress. His career, in any event, is over. Those that disobey Congressional subpoenas will face jail time. Washington will start leaking like a broken thermos and the levels of corruption exposed will be shocking to Americans. Look for calls for impeachment to get a lot louder and I put the odds of Congress moving on this as more than 50%. Anyone standing in the way of Congress will face charges of obstruction of justice. Mueller took the gloves off Congress and they will act.
     
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