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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Critical Part of Mueller's Report That Barr Didn't Mention
http://on.theatln.tc/PWdomH3The special counsels most interesting findings about Trump and Russia might be in the counterintelligence portion of his report.
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On Sunday afternoon, Attorney General Bill Barr presented a summary of Special Counsel Robert Muellers conclusions that contained a few sentences from Muellers final report, one of which directly addressed the question of collusion between Donald Trumps campaign and Russia: The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities. In a footnote, Barr explained that Mueller had defined coordination as an agreementtacit or expressbetween the Trump campaign and the Russian government on election interference.
Muellers full report has not been made available to the public yet, so its not clear whether it sets forth everything the special counsels office learned over the course of its nearly two-year investigationincluding findings about conduct that was perhaps objectionable but not criminalor whether it is more tailored and explains only Muellers prosecution and declination decisions. But national-security and intelligence experts tell me that Muellers decision not to charge Trump or his campaign team with a conspiracy is far from dispositive, and that the underlying evidence the special counsel amassed over two years could prove as useful as a conspiracy charge to understanding the full scope of Russias election interference in 2016.
As described by Barr, at least, Muellers report was very focused on criminal-law standards and processes, said David Kris, a founder of Culper Partners, who served as the assistant attorney general for the Justice Departments National Security Division under former President Barack Obama. We wont know for sure if that is the case, and if it is the case, why Mueller confined himself in that way, until we see the full report. Kris noted, however, that there is no question that a counterintelligence investigation would have a wider aperture than a strict criminal inquiry as applied here, and would be concerned, for example, with the motivations and any sub-criminal misconduct of the principal actors.
A counterintelligence probe, he added, would ask more than whether the evidence collected is sufficient to obtain a criminal convictionit could provide necessary information to the public about why the president is making certain policy decisions. The American people rightly should expect more from their public servants than merely avoiding criminal liability, Kris said.
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The Critical Part of Mueller's Report That Barr Didn't Mention (Original Post)
G_j
Mar 2019
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uponit7771
(90,348 posts)1. K&R, We also don't ... IF ... Mueller only focused on the Russian GOVERNMENT. Putin isn't going
... to have his hand in this directly and Russians are smart enough to be 6 degrees separated.
cilla4progress
(24,760 posts)2. Right, just read in full
this illuminating article by Bertrand.
It is unbelievable the degree to which we are.being gaslighted.
G_j
(40,367 posts)3. Gaslight
Is certainly the correct term. Its became a science.