Judge cites Barr's 'misleading' statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions

[DippyDem]

Source: Washington Post

A federal judge in D.C. sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday for a “lack of candor,” questioning the truthfulness of the nation’s top law enforcement official in his handling of the report by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton, overseeing a lawsuit brought by EPIC, a watchdog group, and BuzzFeed News, said he saw serious discrepancies between Barr’s public statements last year about Mueller’s findings and the public, partially redacted version of that report.

Because of those discrepancies, Walton ruled, the judge would review by himself an unredacted version of the Mueller report to see if the Justice Department’s redactions were appropriate.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mueller-report-attorney-general-william-barr/2020/03/05/3fa7afce-5f2c-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html

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[empedocles]

1. 'The Process' keeps grinding on - on many fronts.

[William769]

2. Kick & recommended.

[wiley]

3. Whooooooooooooa!

This is huge!

[leftieNanner]

4. The problem here is

For the judge to actually GET a copy of the unredacted Mueller report. My guess is that Barr will just refuse to turn it over. It's been working for them so far.

[bluestarone]

5. Will or can he appeal the order?

If he can he will! Another STALL!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. It's like prying open a can of sardines

They're working on it!

[choie]

7. from the judge:

Judge Reggie B. Walton said Mr. Barr could not be trusted and cited “inconsistencies” between his statements about the report when it was secret and its actual contents that turned out to be more damaging to President Trump. Judge Walton said Mr. Barr’s “lack of candor” called “into question Attorney General Barr’s credibility and, in turn, the department’s” assurances to the court.

[riversedge]

8. WHOW. JUST WHOW. Here we have a judge smaking #BillBarr. te he.

[Mz Pip]

9. Appointed by GW

Guess they won’t be able to whine about him being an Obama appointee.

[rickyhall]

10. "misleading?" Why don't they call a liar a liar?

[ancianita]

11. NOW there's lack of candor? NOW a court wants to square Barr's words with the redactions? Puh-lease.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

[JudyM]

12. We owe some serious props to EPIC and Buzzfeed.

[Grasswire2]

13. How long until Trump tweet-trashes that judge?

And will Justice Roberts care then?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Barr gets his peepee slapped