Barr told Nadler how long the Mueller report is but Nadler is mum. Why?

[triron]

Link to tweet

[Jarqui]

1. The exchange I saw was something like

"long ... less than 1,000 pages" but Nadler was annoyed Barr would not specifically tell him how many pages.

[dewsgirl]

2. Ooh I know...700 pages. Per Andrew Napolitano Fox News

[RKP5637]

3. The whole thing is damn bizarre. I can only conclude there is something in it

extremely damaging to tRump, and that is why Mueller basically passed it on to Barr, of course as it should have been, and then congress will make a call ... eventually. Well, it sure looks like it's a hot potato they are tossing around.

[manor321]

4. It's possible Nadler didn't get the exact page count

Or doesn't want to believe what Barr told him. Nadler said it is "substantial" and less than 1000 pages.

[Triloon]

5. Manaforts charging documents by themselves were 800 pages. n/t

[rzemanfl]

6. On Rachel now. n/t

[RHMerriman]

7. As a point of comparison, the "Pentagon Papers," were 7,000 pages long...

As a point of comparison, the "Pentagon Papers," were 7,000 pages long...

[link:https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers|]

...The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force", was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. In June of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed. However, the publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were incomplete and suffered from many quality issues.

On the 40th anniversary of the leak to the press, the National Archives, along with the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidential Libraries, has released the complete report. There are 48 boxes and approximately 7,000 declassified pages. Approximately 34% of the report is available for the first time.

What is unique about this, compared to other versions, is that:

The complete Report is now available with no redactions compared to previous releases.

The Report is presented as Leslie Gelb presented it to then Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford on January 15, 1969.

All the supplemental back-documentation is included. In the Gravel Edition, 80% of the documents in Part V.B. were not included
This release includes the complete account of peace negotiations, significant portions of which were not previously available either in the House Armed Services Committee redacted copy of the Report or in the Gravel Edition. ...

The Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force covers a period of 27 years, and a conflict that had led (as a point of comparison) to some ~20,000 US military deaths by the end of '67.