DOJ not sending 'principal conclusions' of Mueller report to Hill today

[UpInArms]

Source: CNN

Attorney General William Barr is not sending the "principal conclusions" of special counsel Robert Mueller's report to lawmakers Saturday, multiple congressional sources and a DOJ official tell CNN.

Barr's submission to Congress and the public is being eagerly anticipated on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue, with lawmakers and the White House waiting to learn more about Mueller's findings.

But the waiting game will continue for at least one more day now, after Mueller submitted his report to Barr on Friday.

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"Even if DOJ chooses not to prosecute additional individuals, the underlying findings must be provided to Congress and the American people," Pelosi wrote in a letter to House Democrats released Saturday. "The Attorney General's offer to provide the Committees with a summary of the report's conclusions is insufficient. Congress requires the full report and the underlying documents so that the Committees can proceed with their independent work, including oversight and legislating to address any issues the Mueller report may raise."

Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/23/politics/doj-barr-mueller-report-saturday/index.html

[RHMerriman]

1. Seems early for anyone to be especially hubristic...

Seems early for anyone to be especially hubristic...

[BamaRefugee]

2. I'm shocked, deeply shocked!

[cureautismnow]

3. Why can't they just call Mueller up and tell him to stop by...

and tell the House what his findings were in person? Does he have an unlisted number?

[LiberalFighter]

10. It is best to have many of the answers as possible to questions first.

[Igel]

17. Because law.

"At the conclusion of the Special Counsel's work, he or she shall provide the Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel."

See the word "confidential"? Mueller's required to keep his report confidential. The only person that he, under the law, provides his report to is the US Attorney General.

After that, it's up to the AG in accordance with, well, law: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.9

Depending what the contents are and how they're governed by relevant law, he can decide what he wants to do with them.

Mueller is otherwise still constrained by laws concerning ethics and security, esp. since this is a "counterintelligence" investigation. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.7

[Augiedog]

4. And so the coverup of the coverup covering up the covered up.....

[Texin]

5. Barr's just waiting on tRump's approval to shine it on.

[Downtown Hound]

6. Translation: this report does not exonerate Trump.

If it did, it would be released today.

[Botany]

8. +1

If it cleared Trump it would be out already

[Hugin]

25. That's my guess, too.

It takes awhile to chop up a report and paste all of the words together in the order President McGovernment Cheese wants them... Like an old fashioned ransom note.

[INdemo]

7. We all know what is going to happen and its started already

with the Corporate media..(not just Faux)
talking points scripts will be "Will/ or Are the Democrats overreaching"

and the probably Lindsey Graham will be the first to probably say "We have had two years of this and its time to move on" and then pass that Talking Point on to the White House.

Am I pretty close?

[Botany]

9. My guess is that they will go for that you can't indict a sitting President defense

n/t

[toddwv]

11. I find it hard to believe that the Mueller team didn't write a list of the significant points

I don't trust Barr even a little bit.

[INdemo]

13. I dont trust any Republican and that includes Mueller

Think about it even though Trump supposedly cant be indicted. If Mueller would have facts that yes Trump did commit obstruction of Justice that could be the final nail for the demise of the Republican (Trump) Party

[Honeycombe8]

12. The Republicans released the entire Ken Starr report re Bill Clinton.

Sure, it was an independent counsel, rather than special counsel, but isn't that a distinction w/o a difference?

[Igel]

18. No.

The laws were rewritten to avoid some of the abuses in the '90s.

The old order was trashed. What resulted was a different set of laws.

I'm tired of arguing that a kind of reverse tu quoque is utter moral gibberish. "How can you say it's wrong if I did it when you did it, too?" at zero rationality is arguably a more rational thing to say than "you did it, too, so while I thought it was wrong before now I'm fully justified in doing it."

[Honeycombe8]

22. For all your fancy words, you missed the point entirely.

I did not say or imply that releasing the Ken Starr report was wrong. I think just the opposite, in fact. (Except maybe for some redaction of the more vulgar parts, since minors could read the report or hear those parts discussed.)

The implication was that the concept of Congress's right to know the entirety of the findings, as well as the public's, was followed previously, when it was an independent counsel for a Democratic President, but not this time.

Tu quoque, indeed.

[wasupaloopa]

27. What the hell does that mean in plain English.

[former9thward]

19. That is not what happened.

The Starr report was delivered to Congress on September 9, 1998. Two days later a majority of both Democrats and Republicans voted to release the report on September 11, 1998.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report

[Honeycombe8]

23. A distinction without a difference, as I said.

The point being...the report in full was delivered to Congress and released to the public.

Ironic that it was done so before, when it was to the detriment of the Democrats, but not so now. I get that different laws apply for a Special Counsel. I just mentioned that the concept (the Congress and the public's right to know) is not being adhered to this time.

[former9thward]

24. The report is one day old.

If you believe that a report that took two years to produce should be released instantly without checking for issues with contacts and other investigations then you are not in the real world. But you have company...

[Thekaspervote]

14. As has been said..if the DOJ or the WH stall or stonewall congress will subpoena mueller to testify

[WhoWoodaKnew]

15. This makes me very happy.

[kentuck]

16. My first impression:

He got a call from Trump from Florida.

I guess I am just conspiracy-minded?

[BlueFlorida]

20. The principal conclusions must be really bad

If they were benign, Barr would have sent them immediately.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Barr has to first 'correct' the report?

Barr has to first 'correct' the report?

[wasupaloopa]

26. I think they are looking for a way to seal the report until some time in the future. It is not

good news for trump or the right. They do not want us to ever know what is in it until it doesn't really matter.

[struggle4progress]

28. "It'll take us some time to explain how it completely clears Trump and why you can't see it"

[fascisthunter]

29. Release the Full Report... What are you Worried about Reich Wing?

[durablend]

30. IDK it's still strange

Others have said this same thing...if the report did exonerate Individual 1, why isn't he on Twitter gloating about it?