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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Wilson: There's some bad blood in the water for this to be leaking now.
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The Mueller graf in my new piece was added literally seconds after it posted and seconds before we went to press, and the more I contemplate the leak, the more interesting I find it.
Ask yourself why this is leaking now, kids.
There's some bad blood in the water.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)swamp and caught a big fish. He's a patient man...likely more to come.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)It may flop in the water for a while, but eventually it finds its way to the stringer......
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)I hope the whole fucking Trump obstruction cabal comes unraveled.
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)I'm sorry, I don't speak DC Insider...
Help?
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)I wasnt familiar with the term. Now the tweet makes sense!
many a good man
(5,997 posts)Short for paragraph
yonder
(9,674 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Or maybe that's just me
calguy
(5,326 posts)A final FU?
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)why write it. CYA, too.
Karadeniz
(22,572 posts)paper " is the expression used at DoJ for when someone has thought about something, often writing drafts and taking days to think and finally "goes to paper." Going to paper is a serious decision. Neal Katyal casually used the phrase talking to Lawrence. Then Lawrence, who has worked as Senate staff, said that letters aren't meant for only the addressee. It's understood that letters are for potential public consumption. So Mueller took a significant step in going to paper.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Thats a very important part of the reason to write them. They become part of the public record.
shanny
(6,709 posts)Mueller himself, I bet. It is his work product that was being subverted.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)Don't insult the Mustelidae family by comparing them to GOP scum. Weasels are noble beasts compared to GOPhers.
CaptainTruth
(6,601 posts)He's in a position to know about Mueller's letter & the phone call, & he deliberately shared this with reporters the day before Barr is scheduled to testify to ensure Barr will be asked about it.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)All he can look forward now is that when the shit hits the fan, the buffoon will grab him by his big ears and shove him under the first bus that drives by.
Rosenstein will live in infamy for the rest of his life, he deserves it, he seems to have worked hard at it.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Pandering, so obsequious, that it is probably being viewed as sarcasm by the DoJ. It was really beyond ridiculous.
cilla4progress
(24,766 posts)And I think his resignation letter flattering trump was sarcastic!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Do you really think Rosenstein was just kidding?
watoos
(7,142 posts)in the Senate tomorrow. If he backs out it isn't going to look too good, if he goes to the hearing he is going to have to answer a lot of questions about why he lied to Congress and to the American people.
It's getting close to time for Democrats to call for Barr's resignation. Time to play hard ball.
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)I bet Barr is a no-show tomorrow.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)Quemado
(1,262 posts)"Time to play hard ball" is his signature line.
watoos
(7,142 posts)he doesn't have the guts to leak this, Andrew Weismann would leak it.
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)I'm afraid they'll be nice to him.
Still, not over 'til it's over.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Feinstein, Klobuchar and Harris, three Benihana chefs waiting to carve up a side of ham.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)patphil
(6,207 posts)Ya think?
Mueller's people work for nearly two years and Barr pisses all over it.
They just needed a proper setting to begin their counterattack...
...like Barr testifying tomorrow in the Senate and Thursday in the House.
It's about fuckin time.
Patrick Phillips
Quemado
(1,262 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)calimary
(81,466 posts)What an epic disgrace.
Pluvious
(4,315 posts)J/K of course.
But the fact is, Bill's comments are just the obvious questions on all Patriots' minds today.
And Mueller is seeing the corruption ongoing, and hopefully, is moving on to the backup plan.