Barr Dances Around Question When Asked If WH Has Seen Mueller Report

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Source: Talking Points Memo

By Kate Riga
April 9, 2019 10:22 am

Attorney General William Barr performed some verbal contortions Tuesday when asked if the White House has seen Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.

“I said what I am going to say about the report today. I have issued three letters about it,” Barr said when asked at a House hearing whether the White House had been briefed on the report beyond Barr’s letters. “And I was willing to discuss the historic information of how the report came to me and my decision on Sunday. But, I have already laid out the process that is going forward to release these reports.”

“I’m not going to say anything more about it until the report is out and everyone has a chance to look at it,” he added during his testimony in front of a House Appropriations subcommittee.

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Fucking Federalist Society asshole..............bring in Mueller and investigation team...............

[Freethinker65]

1. So WH and WH legal will help with redactions?

[MyOwnPeace]

2. We already know the answer..........

we just wanted to see his special "dance-around-the-subject" response to it!

[Botany]

3. Lawyer speak for I will not answer the question you asked me.

“And I was willing to discuss the historic information of how the report came to me ..."

[DallasNE]

4. Sounds Like Sources And Methods

To me. And I am not limiting that to counterintelligence either. It also allows the Trump team to have ready answers for when the Barr report is released.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Sounds like Congress needs to arrest Barr when he spews nonsense like this. Arrest him on the ...

spot and see how he likes it, in circumventing the truth and preventing the Mueller report from being released to the American people, as it should be, in full. Especially since he allowed one side of the fence to view the report (rump and possible defendant(s)) and not the other side. Obstruction of justice, Alex, for $100 eh, anyone?

[Perseus]

6. Where are the subpoenas?

Please tell me that I am missing something that Democrats have in fact subpoenaed and working aggressively to get the unredacted report and I am just misinformed...Because so far, I have not seen anything but Barr refusing to provide the report and no come back from the Democrats...I want to be wrong on this, I want to find out that a process is in place to get the report, the full report with no redaction.

[Paladin]

7. Great question.

I am sick to death of Democrats taking it easy on trump's pimps. It would appear that trump has had his filthy paws on the Mueller report before Congressional Democrats, and that is inexcusable.

[YOHABLO]

14. I'm not seeing the 'sense of urgency' that I want from Nadler and Co. Let's get it done.

[LuckyLib]

17. You know Barr hand delivered the report to the Dumpster WH.

[Lock individual1 up]

13. Nadler has invited Mueller for a hearing in early May.

After Barr will send him his redacted version… (pages and pages blacked out, for sure…).

In close sessions, Mueller could tell the committee what Barr obstructed…

In public sessions, it will be fun to see how much BaRR has tried to obstruct Justice.

[riversedge]

8. I wouldn't call that dancing--my translation is YES, Trump has seen the report and someone read it

to him--or the highlights were read to him.

[Vinca]

9. Barr is executing the cover up.

[duforsure]

18. agree

And Barr will be the 3rd AG for trump who will end up going to prison

[Firestorm49]

10. Why was he doing the Hokey Pokey around the question when he took an oath to tell the truth?

Outfrickingrageous. Jail him until he tells the truth. Have some balls and go after these lying, deceiving crooks. They are spitting in the face of judicial decorum and procedure. SPIT BACK!

[NellieStarbuck]

11. So . . .

I'll take that as a "yes", then.

[NNYCDN51]

12. This entire bunch

from tRump on down should be put on trial for TREASON


Keep On Thinking Free

[oasis]

15. Picked and chose which questions he wanted to answer.

[KPN]

16. So we'll take that as a "yes", he has shared the

full report with the WH, probably with a request for any specific suggestions or direction about how to proceed.

Did anyone on appropriations subcommittee say this? Since you can’t or won’t say “no” we’ll take that as a “yes” you have.

[zentrum]

19. Why did Mueller say no

......to Barr's offer to see Barr's "summary" statement before it was presented to Congress?

Some of Mueller's people refuted the summary conclusions after the horse had left the barn. Barrn.

Why not deal with all this before the release?

[duforsure]

20. Barr is in deep trouble

HE has conspired with trump , obstructed justice , and is trying to tell Congress they have no rights to look at the Mueller report fully.He has no authority to prosecute, Congress does, and based on all the facts, and after seeing the full report, and Barr refusing to allow that is obstructing them from doing their job we elected them to do. Barr will live to regret this, and will be held accountable for his crimes . Its just a matter of time for these criminals.

[sandensea]

21. Which of course means they have, and discussed it down to fine detail

Except for Cheeto, who has the attention span of a 9 year-old with a video game and a soda can.