The big news from the Barr hearing this morning

[malaise]

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Mueller and the Special Counsel had no input in that summary or the follow up letter.

And he does not intend to go to court to release some sections.
My intention is not to ask the Court. So there!

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[dewsgirl]

1. Didn't we already know that?

[uponit7771]

35. Through "sources" not from Barr's own mouth

[dewsgirl]

54. True.

[MattP]

2. Nunes snipe hunt will get more attention for justice department

That's how much of kids ass he is

[malaise]

3. Great questions re the ACA and the DOJ

Oh yes!!
Watch the repeat of this clip on CNN shortly

[mchill]

4. That was a sad answer

Admitting problem solved if Barr’s lawsuit against ACA failed.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. What did I miss?

[True Blue American]

52. Barr said even if the Court ruled to get rid of the ACA

They would not do it immediately. He was asked by a Democrat what would happen if the Court ruled against the ACA!

He used weasel wordsbecause he had no answers.

[malaise]

6. Really sad performance

period

Love how all the stations are discussing during the ReTHUGs' obfuscation

[George II]

7. Mueller was asked to give input on the summary and declined. That was brilliant!

It eliminated the possibility of "Mueller concluding....xxxx, yyyy, zzzz" being used by trump to say "I'm exonerated". Even without
the summary explicitly saying he was exonerated he's trying to say that.

Imagine if Mueller had any input?

[malaise]

8. That's really big news

He declined

[George II]

18. He's a shrewd man. Had he participated in it's drafting or commented on it's contents....

....he would have ruined his position of impartiality.

Now, when the time comes, he can dispute the summary.

[scrutineer]

21. The summary is a fraud and Mueller declined to be a participant in the fraud.

[kentuck]

26. That is why he had to put that one sentence by Mueller into his letter

Mueller told him point blank that he could not "exonerate" Mr Trump. Otherwise, why would Mr Barr put that sentence in his letter??

[Hoyt]

53. I'm not sure that was his reasoning. The photos of Mueller, with a ball cap, etc., looked to me

like as soon as he finished that report, he was done. Don't think he was being shrewd necessarily, I think he was over with the whole mess and was out of there.

[uponit7771]

56. +1, This makes Barr's summary Barr's alone

[ashredux]

9. Barr lies

He first said That he couldn’t recall if he shared his short summary letter with anyone outside the Justice Department. Representative Crist pressed him a bit on this and he said that he was sure he didn’t. It was obvious he was lying

[malaise]

10. Better than a corpse

[ashredux]

11. LOL...that's what I get for using voice texting

[malaise]

12. Hehehehhe

[SWBTATTReg]

19. Isn't it amazing how quickly they deliberately forget details and what they did etc. Especially ...

with something this sensitive. What a d**k and like you said, an obvious liar.

[uponit7771]

37. THIS !!!!

[spanone]

13. The other Big news is that Barr is all we feared he was. A sycophant for trump.

he stated emphatically he will not release the report without redactions....to anyone.

[malaise]

15. Bigger than that - he will not ask the Courts to release

aspects of the Report

[spanone]

16. he's covering for the prick in the WH

[malaise]

17. Barbara Lawrence is tearing him a new one

He is the President's AG and not the people's.

[OnDoutside]

22. The question now is, when this goes to court, will Barr fight its release ?

[watoos]

29. He said he would for 1 reason,

if Democrats hold hearings to impeach Trump he will release the grand jury information to Congress.

Also, the vast majority of the juicy information is going to be contained in the grand jury hearings, that's why Barr isn't releasing any of it.

I don't know but it may be time for Speaker Pelosi to bring impeachment back on the table, the information from the grand juries is too important to bury. Politics be damned.

[malaise]

30. Well then

ITTMF!!!

[uponit7771]

39. THIS !!!!

[greymattermom]

42. So she can just say

that they had no plans to hold impeachment hearings until Barr forced them to. Right?

[calimary]

44. Yep.

[onit2day]

50. Impeachment is a win win. He can't pardon people if impeached. Gives congress

massive amounts of power to investigate. We get Mueller report, tax returns and will restrict presidents power while proceedings are happening. The majority of citizens are demanding impeachment and accountability so Pelosi no longer has an excuse to refuse to impeach.

[uponit7771]

55. +1

[onit2day]

48. Impeachment proceedings will force its release.

[More_Cowbell]

49. I'm not sure that this is a bad thing

Barr said that he's not involved in the redactions for grand jury information. Mueller and other prosecutors are redacting information concerning ongoing cases and uncharged people.

If Mueller doesn't want Congress seeing unredacted information right away, than *I* don't want them see it. There are still a lot of bad actors in Congress. Of course, there's no way of knowing whether Trump has ordered his friends in Congress to see the full report.

If Nadler wants to sue to get the unredacted report, then he can do that, as Barr said.

[uponit7771]

57. +1, you have a good point; if Mueller's doing the redacting then leave him alone but we wont

... know that seeing Barr's a partisan lying hack.

[calimary]

43. I have also heard "Jabba the Barr."

I apologize for not knowing who came up with that. But I know greatness when I see it!

[djacq]

20. COVER UP!

Barr is expressively making the decision not to seek the court.

[pangaia]

23. Okey doeky, now everybody get out there...

and contact your local newspaper, radio station, tv station.

wrote letters to editors--

contact your congress critters and tell them to get on THIS and everythig else..

tell your dentist to turn off fox news

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. just tuned in. Man, he is dry and boring.

[malaise]

25. COVER UP King

Please pour me a drink

[George II]

27. I watched an hour of it, one of the slowest moving boring hearings I've ever seen...

...I feel bad for Serrano, he's really slowed down a lot. Perhaps his Altzheimer's is progressing faster than he thought. Walking out of the hearing room his hands are trembling.

Barr is droll and boring, seemed much less animated than during his Attorney General hearing.

[Pepsidog]

31. Speaking of nobody in particular, but it's amazing how ignorant to the facts and brainwashed many

members in Congress are. I recall a republican Senator, can’t recall who, but an older one being interviewed and talking about the fairness doctrine like it still existed. Many live in the same Fox world as their constituents. As do many federal judges like the one who sentenced Manafort.

[Pepsidog]

28. where's Ellsberg when you need him?

[watoos]

32. Calling Alan Weismann

[Pepsidog]

38. I mean for Mueller report. At some point, if needed, Mueller gonna have to be a patriot and tell

what he knows. Not now, but if we are stonewalled he must step up and do the right thing.

[gratuitous]

33. Is Barr still insisting that his summary letter wasn't a summary?

Or has he come off that bogus talking point?

[malaise]

36. Yes - he said that

BIg cover up for Needy Amin

[moonseller66]

34. Time to request Barr's Tax Forms

...and his wife's and children's and relatives and friends.
Call them all and question them as charater witnesses, just like in court.
And yes, it's now political since the NeoNazis think they're above the law.

Oh and his little dog's papers, too!

[uponit7771]

40. +1

[RANDYWILDMAN]

41. We should call it the BARR report

cause Mueller didn't have anything to do with this crap. BARR owns this all by himself.

[luvallpeeps]

46. These things must be done delicately, or you'll hurt the spell. n/t

[vlyons]

45. Barr may not go to court

but congress can go to court

[Grammy23]

47. I couldn't help but notice that Barr sat there with his bloated face & round glasses

looking remarkably like a big, fat toad. It was one of the few things that gave me a smile during his appearance.

[malaise]

59. I had the same thought - indeed I wondered how the vile MAGAcretin

could refer to Jerry Nadler as fat Jerry when both he and his AG are significantly fatter.

[spanone]

51. Barr lied when he said he didn't know that trump wanted to restart the family separation BS.

It was ALL OVER THE NEWS yesterday and he didn't know? bullshit.

He said he supported the president's policy of not separating families...

[Apple Fritter]

58. What could come first the President's taxes or the report. The chicken or the egg n/t

[moonseller66]

60. Judging from his raport with Stormy...

trump seems to always come first...and probably in the first minute or so.

[Apple Fritter]

67. Hehe Eureka, you have it! Will you do my taxes next year? n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

61. wow - just saw rerun of Rachel. She, in the nicest way possible, said that committee

unprepared and asked same questions - didn't work in tandem - and is hoping they will study up, co-ordinate, and zing him with potent follow-ups.

[malaise]

63. Rachel is a pro

She gave them some hints for today

[Laura PourMeADrink]

66. Hope they were watching, There's got to be a better way to go about it. Everyone

has to ask a question. Some good, some not so good, just like in Cohen hearing. Think he
had more beans to spill.

It reminds me of church sports teams. Everyone gets to play no matter how talented. Lol

[DeminPennswoods]

62. Apparently he also said Mueller could give the SCO report

to Congress just like he gave it to Barr although that would be "unfortunate" according to Barr. I think this was Maddow's opening last night.

[malaise]

64. I found that interesting