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Twitter melts down over Barr press conference
thehill.com ^ | April 18, 2019 - 11:02 AM EDT | By Joe Concha

Posted on 04/18/2019 8:29:32 AM PDT by Red Badger

Twitter exploded throughout Attorney General William Barr's press conference ahead of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, with strong but varying reactions from members of the media.

Barr offered a staunch defense of President Trump during the press conference, where he previewed the report's findings and explained why they led him to conclude that Trump had not obstructed justice.

Barr called the report a vindication of Trump over the allegations of collusion with Russian officials to influence the 2016 election.

All of the top-trending hashtags on Twitter surrounded the Barr press conference and Mueller report on Thursday morning, with Barr's comments and media reaction to them dominating.

The redacted Mueller report will be sent to Congress by CD-ROM at 11 a.m. Thursday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barr; twitter
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To: Reno89519
Yes, hard to figure out this whole line of argument as AG Barr has been professional, definitely not defending Trump.

They're past worrying about if there's any intellectual defense of the lies they're spewing. They're at the point of hoping there are enough people that will accept what they say at face value that they can keep the charade going.

41 posted on 04/18/2019 9:07:30 AM PDT by Richard Kimball
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To: samtheman
Yours is definitely not the conventional FR take on Sessions.

Certainly not. This report actually quotes Trump cursing at Sessions as a disloyal ineffectual bonehead.


42 posted on 04/18/2019 9:08:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: dead

Ha! Yes!


43 posted on 04/18/2019 9:10:00 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Red Badger

So that’s why the nearby wash filled up. It was flowing with liberal tears from upstream. I bet the Waaambulance companies were swamped and flooded.


44 posted on 04/18/2019 9:10:09 AM PDT by Boomer (One can be an American or a Democrat but never both; not since Zero was elected anyway.)
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To: Red Badger

Translation: Barr did one hell of a fantastic job.


45 posted on 04/18/2019 9:10:09 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: bigbob

Wrong. You are way wrong.

Trump and America have been at a stalemate these last two years. Making America Great Again had to be put on hold. Investigating the real criminals of the 2016 election was not possible.

All this and more due to the Mueller witch hunt. Imagine the great things Trump could have done for America if not for the Mueller investigation.

Now that it’s over - the next 6 years will start to undo the corruption of the Bush/Clinton/Obama years.


46 posted on 04/18/2019 9:12:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: Red Badger

The left in full panic mode they can’t stop the one thing fear most the truth getting out and exposing the real crooks.


47 posted on 04/18/2019 9:12:06 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Red Badger
BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Page 1!

Releases of hacked materials - hacks that public reporting soon attributed to the Russian government - began the same month.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Neither the FBI nor any other intelligence agency attributed it to the Russian government?
Public reporting (known as the lying media conglomerates) did and this guy takes that as credible?!

What a joke that statement is!
I'll be looking for some official attribution later on in the report.

48 posted on 04/18/2019 9:13:56 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: IamConservative

We’ve arrived. The truth is now controversial.

Only for stupid people.


49 posted on 04/18/2019 9:14:21 AM PDT by heshtesh
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To: Vaduz
It appears "Q" is right: a LOT of people are going down.
50 posted on 04/18/2019 9:15:22 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Red Badger

Trending hashtags on Twitter is a lousy metric because their system is censored so that real trends don’t emerge.


51 posted on 04/18/2019 9:16:47 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Lurker; Electric Graffiti; nopardons; Windflier; FreeReign; for-q-clinton

Ya’ll need to read post #17


52 posted on 04/18/2019 9:17:23 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!!)
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To: bigbob

If Jeff Sessions had not recused himself and if Mueller had not been appointed, the last two years would have been a complete disaster and most likely Trump would be impeached. The brilliance of Session’s strategy is starting to become clear so some who have the ability to think independently, and more will see the light as events unfold. The same is true about the role Rod Rosenstein has played.


Maybe the most insane thing I’ve ever read on FR. Stay away from heavy machinery today, please.


53 posted on 04/18/2019 9:18:20 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Red Badger
Trump said "F**K" when he learend the government was going to audit him...

I have known people who said the F-word even when after said audit the government OWED them money...

54 posted on 04/18/2019 9:19:58 AM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: HombreSecreto

And Chris Wallace sounds like the press secretary for the DNC.


EXACTLY. In fact, I think I’ll type that every time Chris Wallace makes an utter @ss of himself.


55 posted on 04/18/2019 9:21:57 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: HombreSecreto

“And Chris Wallace sounds like the press secretary for the DNC.”

Ain’t that the truth


56 posted on 04/18/2019 9:23:21 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Sessions WAS/IS a DISLOYAL, INEFFECTUAL BONEHEAD SCARDEY CAT!


57 posted on 04/18/2019 9:26:54 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Badger
Page 4...more BS! In March 2016, the GRU began hacking the email accounts of Clinton Campaign volunteers and employees, including campaign chairman John Podesta. Since no investigative body was ever given access to the DNC servers how was this determined to be an act of "hacking" by the GRU?
A report by 'Crowd Strike' is hardly qualifying evidence.

Secondly, Podesta's email wasn't hacked. That man fell for a phishing trick and he opened the door to his own emails.

If this is atypical of the rest of this report it was all a waste of time and money.

58 posted on 04/18/2019 9:27:00 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: RayChuang88

Going to be a lot of people heading for south America soon.


59 posted on 04/18/2019 9:29:01 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Hatteras

No, capitulation is never in order.


60 posted on 04/18/2019 9:29:37 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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