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Mueller expressed misgivings to Barr about 4-page letter
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Posted on 04/30/2019 6:15:56 PM PDT by janetjanet998

Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed concerns in a letter to Attorney General William Barr that Barr's four-page letter to Congress summarizing the "principal conclusions" of Mueller's findings didn't fully capture his 448-page report, according to a source with knowledge of Mueller's letter. Later, Barr and Mueller spoke by phone and while Mueller didn't think Barr's letter was inaccurate, the special counsel believed his report was more nuanced on the obstruction of justice issue, according to Justice Department officials. Mueller was frustrated by media coverage, and wanted more of the report to come out, those officials told CNN.

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To: janetjanet998

Barr stated that he and Mueller disagreed about obstruction law when he introduced the four page letter.


41 posted on 04/30/2019 6:45:39 PM PDT by odawg
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To: janetjanet998

Barr said he offered Mueller the chance to read the four-page summary before it was released, and Mueller turned him down.


42 posted on 04/30/2019 6:46:50 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: janetjanet998

BS. If he expressed misgivings why wouldn’t he have taken the opportunity Barr offered him to review his summary?


43 posted on 04/30/2019 6:47:34 PM PDT by truthkeeper (All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
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To: janetjanet998

Finally, Mueller is frustrated!

Oh, this is going to hurt a bit Bob.

Trump sized dress shoe sent flying to your exposed a$$!

Wait..let me grab some popcorn first!


44 posted on 04/30/2019 6:48:08 PM PDT by pacificus
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To: janetjanet998
...Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed concerns in a letter to Attorney General William Barr that Barr's four-page letter to Congress summarizing the "principal conclusions" of Mueller's findings didn't fully capture his 448-page report...it wasn't meant to "capture" the full report - just to summarize the major points - that's why Barr later released the whole report minus a few redactions.......
45 posted on 04/30/2019 6:48:41 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: janetjanet998

Barr’s four-page letter to Congress summarizing the “principal conclusions” of Mueller’s findings didn’t fully capture his 448-page report

DUH - you mean if I do not read War and Peace but rather the Readers Digest version it does not “fully capture” the full book? Shocked.


46 posted on 04/30/2019 6:51:06 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: truthkeeper

Why get into an editing battle. Barr lied about the main findings of the report. Pretty simple.


47 posted on 04/30/2019 6:52:58 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: God luvs America

There are 2 reasons why the MSM released this story today. Nothing is done without coordination with the Dems, (House in this case). This is the money quote that they want the public to read;

Barr told lawmakers in congressional testimony on April 10 — weeks after Mueller’s letter — that he didn’t know if Mueller supported his conclusions.
Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen asked Barr during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, “Did Bob Mueller support your conclusion.”
“I don’t know whether Bob Mueller supported my conclusion,” Barr responded.

1. The Nadler crowd need to allege that AG Barr lied to congress, thus must recuse from anything Mueller related.

2. to justify the need for staff attorneys to question AG Barr because he lied to congress and should be treated as a, (potentially hostile), fact witness, not an appointed cabinet member.

My take on this story.


48 posted on 04/30/2019 6:53:49 PM PDT by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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To: janetjanet998

An anonymous source with “knowledge”. Right. Just another smear by the left.


49 posted on 04/30/2019 7:01:02 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: janetjanet998

Bill Mitchell, a staunch supporter of President Trump, tweeted this evening that the Washington Post’s headline is not what’s in the actual content of the story.

I haven’t read any of the media articles, which are clearly being spun ahead of Barr’s appearance before the Democrat’s committee tomorrow, but Bill Mitchell said that the actual article says that Mueller agreed with how Barr summarized his report but he didn’t like the way the media was spinning it.

In other words, the media is running more lying spin, which is probably one of the reasons Democrats aren’t demanding that Mueller appear before them first.


50 posted on 04/30/2019 7:09:42 PM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: janetjanet998

Nuance? GMAFB!


51 posted on 04/30/2019 7:10:18 PM PDT by semaj (We are the People)
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To: janetjanet998

Wow, really surprises me that some here actually believe CNN’s “...source with knowledge of Mueller’s letter” as proof Mueller said this.

Sorry, but I do NOT trust CNN’s Fake News!


52 posted on 04/30/2019 7:13:55 PM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: janetjanet998
I betcha a million dollars this is

FAKE NEWS

53 posted on 04/30/2019 7:19:34 PM PDT by atc23
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To: janetjanet998

Give the Special Counsel staff a week to pack up the office, turn in government equipment and records, cut the final paychecks and CLOSE UP SHOP. This isn’t supposed to be a permanent operation or office.


54 posted on 04/30/2019 7:28:41 PM PDT by Skybird
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To: Southnsoul

The article clearly states that when Barr asked Mueller if there was anything inaccurate in his (Barr’s) synopsis, Mueller said no, he just didn’t like the way the media was characterizing it.


55 posted on 04/30/2019 7:30:47 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: fidelis

No really, but I would guess Andrew Weissman .... a well known unrespected bloodsucking bottom feeding low life leftist lawyer.


56 posted on 04/30/2019 7:35:53 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: janetjanet998

Barr has publicly stated that if Mulehead wants to find a microphone and let the world know what he thinks about his own report he can go for it.

But this whiny Deep State criminal has no intention of risking his arse with public statements.


57 posted on 04/30/2019 7:37:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: usnavy_cop_retired
Mueller did not decide whether Trump obstructed justice in violation of the law, though he investigated it thoroughly and found in several instances both potentially obstructive behavior and motive.

"potentially obstructive." IOW, depends on what Trump was thinking.

58 posted on 04/30/2019 7:40:12 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: boycott
"Drudge has become a fake news site."

Drudge Who? I recall a couple of centuries ago, or maybe it was a couple of decades ago, there was such a website. It even introduced me to Free Republic. You mean it's still around? There are far better websites for getting real news now.

59 posted on 04/30/2019 7:46:30 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: janetjanet998

is he saying that any obstruction was minor? and more a case of Trump fighting back politically with his low-information accusers in the media?

or is he saying that his own judgement was clouded by his own past record of finding scurrilous excuses to persecute innocents?

or, did he say nothing and this is all wishful fluff fed to a reporter by a) Comey b) Brennen


60 posted on 04/30/2019 7:48:00 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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