Bill Barr just left the justice department. Why is he not working overtime

[applegrove]

reading the Mueller Report?

Update: CNN showing footage of Bill Barr entering his home. I wonder if the cameras will be outside his house all night. ....because if you don't laugh you have to cry.

[elleng]

1. It's SATURDAY, all day Saturday IS overtime.

Anyone else working in the Justice Department now?

[applegrove]

3. I guess so. I'm just getting antsy.

[Ms. Toad]

8. My thoughts, as well, after checking to make sure the post wasn't made yesterday. n/t

[Sherman A1]

14. Indeed it is

I have been amused at the number of posts today wondering why the Mueller Report is not being sent to the Congress, The White House The Mickey Mouse Club, etc.

1). It likely will take more than a few minutes to look the thing over, come up with a summary and then make decisions on the particulars (I believe some National Security things were mentioned along the way)

2). It's Saturday and one would expect most of the staffers to be enjoying their weekend.

[elleng]

19. and I suspect most of Barr's top staff has been working along with him

(and no overtime pay.)

[Sherman A1]

27. Maybe they have or maybe they haven't

I have no way to know, but I do know it is Saturday and less stuff gets done on the weekends when the normal work week is M-F.

[elleng]

29. except when working on a major matter, LOTS of work gets done on weekends.

(I know, worked as a Federal employee on major matters, and later in private sector, and worked very hard in both those capacities on weekends AND during regular hours.)

[True Blue American]

23. What?

556 pages? That would take some time. Kenneth Starr’s was just over 400. Probably blank until he stumbled on to Monica. Yet Republicans are complaining at cost. Mueller actually made money with his confiscations.

And I imagine SDNY will make much more.

[RandySF]

20. Not for people in the DOJ top tier

They probably get paid on a monthly basis.

[elleng]

24. No, they don't,

twenty-one federal officials have Level I jobs and earn $210,700 annually, as of 2018. These positions include all cabinet secretaries, such as secretary of state, secretary of defense and secretary of education, as well as the U.S. attorney general, U.S. trade representative, the director of the Office of Management of Budget, the commission of Social Security for the Social Security Administration, the director of the National Drug Control Policy in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and the director of national intelligence.

https://work.chron.com/much-money-government-officials-make-1946.html

[BlueintheSTL]

2. There is only so much nefarious activity one can read in a day

Probably needed to go home and shower down.

[applegrove]

9. True. He probably needs to process all the details. Means there are details.

Means there is complexity. Means I'm probably seeing too much into it.

[Doreen]

4. He must be like his buddy trump.

Work as little as possible.

[dawg day]

5. He's been vomiting since page 3.

Needs to rehydrate before he can read much more about Trump's treason.

[NCjack]

6. Perhaps, invited to dinner at the White House to discuss his future. nt

[dumbcat]

16. With who?

Who is at the White House?

[NCjack]

22. Perhaps he who extracts loyalty pledges. nt

[dumbcat]

30. Who is

who?

[Celerity]

31. nope the orange one is at Mar-a-Lago

https://factba.se/topic/calendar

[bdamomma]

7. They need to have

him in front of a committee. He's a traitor too. Back in history they knew how to handle traitors.

[manor321]

10. Who has reported he left? Someone on TV?

[applegrove]

12. CNN.

[manor321]

17. Thanks :)

[applegrove]

18. .

[BlueJac]

11. He just might need a scotch...

he is in for a war for sure!

[OnDoutside]

15. Check his desk drawer....

[LonePirate]

13. I'm sure he's either read all of it or has read an in depth summary. He's in spin mode now.

[panader0]

21. I thought he had gone to Mar a Lago

I think the Mueller report is shaking these guys up.

[mr_lebowski]

25. Have to say I'm glad there's some physical evidence he's not actually at Mar-A-Lago ...

Though I suppose he could just be getting home, having pulled an all-nighter w/the Trump team.

[democratisphere]

26. Barr is operating on drumpf executive time.

[SWBTATTReg]

28. I think he's trying to figure out a way to fudge the report(s) conclusions possibly come up by ...

Mueller. It does seem suspect here...although I could reaching here too.

[KatyMan]

32. Curious, how large would the report be?

The full one--hundreds of pages? Thousands of pages of exhibits and evidence? I have no idea, but maybe someone does?

[madamesilverspurs]

33. tick tick tick . . .

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