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Robert Muthafukin Mueller... (Original Post) NightWatcher Apr 2019 OP
I wouldn't bet the farm on Mueller either nt doc03 Apr 2019 #1
I knew someone couldn't help themselves tymorial Apr 2019 #7
It certainly is. dewsgirl Apr 2019 #2
If Barr even shows up, he will refuse to answer most questions Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #3
No way he testifies tomorrow now. NightWatcher Apr 2019 #4
Lol Fullduplexxx Apr 2019 #15
Mueller may have spent the last month doing a few things vis-a-vis DoJ and The Report... CincyDem Apr 2019 #5
Barr lied to congress Gothmog Apr 2019 #6
But... but... but... JohnQFunk Apr 2019 #12
I just read the quote in the wash post .... 4139 Apr 2019 #8
From the Washington Post article Gothmog Apr 2019 #13
This came from the Justice department...is leaked from Barr. OnDoutside May 2019 #28
Maybe you should read the actual article and not some snippet. n/t pnwmom Apr 2019 #26
To quote Trumps a-hole kid "love it!" cpamomfromtexas Apr 2019 #9
⬇︎ JohnQFunk Apr 2019 #10
I quote tRumps statement that he knows abqtommy Apr 2019 #11
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Apr 2019 #14
Indeed, it is. Oh, yes. But. Senators will act as if nothing happened. ancianita Apr 2019 #16
theory floated in MSNBC that BARR leaked it bc he knew it would come out EveHammond13 Apr 2019 #17
That's the way it read to me too.... getting ahead of the story. OnDoutside May 2019 #29
If Mueller did that flamingdem Apr 2019 #18
Hubby thinks Barr was paid big, laundered money by Ilsa Apr 2019 #19
Ego. Late in career. Got BushCo off. Need another notch in my belt. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #21
Nope. Barr is a racist Theocrat. GulfCoast66 Apr 2019 #22
Then I hope Barr's last At Bat leaves him Ilsa Apr 2019 #24
only to us, not our leaders. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #20
The DOJ pros must hate what trump has done to their workplace. Demoralization. spanone Apr 2019 #23
Recommended. H2O Man Apr 2019 #25
Wish Mueller were upset with Barr over characterization of collusion/conspiracy. Hoyt Apr 2019 #27
You Just Don't Mess With Mueller colsohlibgal May 2019 #30

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
4. No way he testifies tomorrow now.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 08:07 PM
Apr 2019

Dems will be demanding more investigations and that Barr design immediately.

CincyDem

(6,336 posts)
5. Mueller may have spent the last month doing a few things vis-a-vis DoJ and The Report...
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 08:14 PM
Apr 2019

1) Spent time with a lot of experienced lawyers to understand his legal position and ethical boundaries.

2) Put his ducks in a row when it comes to political cover/support.

3) Worked on his testimony...know full well that it was going to happen.


I'm not sure that he's a "savior" but I'm not willing to give up on the idea that he's a country before party republican. I believe there are a few left around DC. In the house, you might count them on one hand (if that). In the Senate, nah....nobody there. But career exec folks, like Mueller and other...just maybe. Not ready to give up hope.


JohnQFunk

(408 posts)
12. But... but... but...
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 08:49 PM
Apr 2019

… perjury trap! Hillary's emails! Benghazi®!!
Nice going, fat boy. You flucked yourself REEEAL good!



4139

(1,893 posts)
8. I just read the quote in the wash post ....
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 08:22 PM
Apr 2019

... it sounds like Mueller is complaining that Barr did rain accolades on mueller and his team for what a wonderful and thorough job they did.

Gothmog

(144,919 posts)
13. From the Washington Post article
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 08:51 PM
Apr 2019

I have a subscription to the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-complained-that-barrs-letter-did-not-capture-context-of-trump-probe/2019/04/30/d3c8fdb6-6b7b-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html?utm_term=.fea3790cfc14

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.

The letter and a subsequent phone call between the two men reveal the degree to which the two longtime colleagues and friends disagreed as they handled the legally and politically fraught task of investigating the president.

At the time Mueller’s letter was sent to Barr on March 27, Barr had days prior announced that Mueller did not find a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian officials seeking to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. In his memo to Congress, Barr also said Mueller had not reached a conclusion about whether Trump had tried to obstruct justice, but that Barr reviewed the evidence and found it insufficient to support such a charge.

Justice Department officials said Tuesday that they were taken aback by the tone of Mueller’s letter, and that it came as a surprise to them that he had such concerns. Until they received the letter, they believed Mueller was in agreement with them on the process of reviewing the report and redacting certain types of information, a process that took several weeks. Barr has testified to Congress previously that Mueller declined the opportunity to review his four-page memo to lawmakers that distilled the essence of the special counsel’s findings.

This article is great but pisses me off

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
11. I quote tRumps statement that he knows
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 08:47 PM
Apr 2019

he's toast: "I'm fucked". All the little reich wingers can line up for the same.

 

EveHammond13

(2,855 posts)
17. theory floated in MSNBC that BARR leaked it bc he knew it would come out
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 10:57 PM
Apr 2019

and this administration is a wound that is constantly leaking pus and he thought it would just blend in with the rest of the pus

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
19. Hubby thinks Barr was paid big, laundered money by
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:10 PM
Apr 2019

Russians to cover their puppet, Trump. I can't help but wonder if there could be any other reason for Barr to disgrace himself by going to work for the moron-in-chief.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
22. Nope. Barr is a racist Theocrat.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:26 PM
Apr 2019

He sees this as the last chance to crack down on the liberal wave that is coming as the old codgers die. He will double down and start using the Justice Department as a means to his desired ends.

He will fail, but it will get ugly.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
24. Then I hope Barr's last At Bat leaves him
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:30 PM
Apr 2019

Looking as Mueller hurls a 95mph grenade at his life's mission. I hope he dies crying.

spanone

(135,791 posts)
23. The DOJ pros must hate what trump has done to their workplace. Demoralization.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:30 PM
Apr 2019

These folks should not be fucked with.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
27. Wish Mueller were upset with Barr over characterization of collusion/conspiracy.
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 11:41 PM
Apr 2019

Don’t think Obstruction will get trump. It should, but trump hasn’t even tried to hide his attempts at obstruction. It’s no secret and Congress has done nothing, and electorate seems content to avoid Impeachment.

But, will be nice to see what Mueller says, now. If he sticks with no collusion/conspiracy, he can join Fitzgerald in the Hall of Shame.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
30. You Just Don't Mess With Mueller
Wed May 1, 2019, 09:16 AM
May 2019

Bet SNL has great new bits for DeNiro playing Bad to the Bone Bob in a cold open or two.

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