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William Barr is in deep trouble (CNN Alert)
CNN ^ | 05/01/2019 | Silly Cillizza

Posted on 05/01/2019 6:36:09 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

(CNN) — Attorney General William Barr did two strange things between the time he received special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and when he released it to Congress and the public.

The first came on March 24 when, two days after receiving the Mueller report, Barr released a four-page summary letter in which he made clear his conclusion that the report found no collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians and that Mueller hadn't made any recommendation as to whether President Donald Trump should be charged with obstructing justice.

The second came on the morning of April 18 when Barr, with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein by his side, held a press conference to reiterate those findings -- in remarkably Trumpian language -- 90 minutes before actually making a redacted version of the report public.

On Tuesday night, those two moves came into far sharper -- and more troubling -- focus when it was revealed that Mueller sent a letter to Barr on March 27 expressing concern about the ways in which Barr's summary document described the evidence surrounding obstructive behavior.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barr; chriscillizza; cillizza; cnn; cnnfakenews; fakenews; fizzle; mueller; tds; teamromney; teamsoros; witchhunt
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To: Responsibility2nd

Durbin just let the cat out of the bag on CNN. He stated that Congress will want to know if Barr will be recusing himself from future criminal referrals. That’s what it’s all about. They are trying to discredit Barr to the point of resignation/recusal before action on the criminal referrals that have been given to him by the House Republicans, and before the IG and Huber reports.


41 posted on 05/01/2019 6:57:36 AM PDT by NImerc
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To: Responsibility2nd

That disgusting Mueller better step forward and tell the truth for a change.


42 posted on 05/01/2019 7:00:11 AM PDT by Maris Crane (`)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Well, this is coming from the National CNNquirer, so I guess I’ll just get back to watching the grass grow.

C_E
43 posted on 05/01/2019 7:00:27 AM PDT by clueless_expert
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To: Col Frank Slade
IG Report will name media who knowingly received illegal classified leaks from Comey / McCabe etc.

Ayuh.

And bribed FBI agents in exchange for leaks.

PANIC IN DC


44 posted on 05/01/2019 7:00:44 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Blueflag
CNN grasping at ANYTHING to keep their hope network alive.

CNN is nearly doornail dead!

45 posted on 05/01/2019 7:02:12 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It’s sad that the media of our country seems to be run, lock stock and barrel, by sworn enemies of our country.

The ONLY way to break them out of their “Russia! Russia! Russia!” narrative is to introduce a narrative that’s going to suck all of the oxygen out of their misinformation campaign - say, ARREST HILLARY CLINTON and her cohorts for treason.


46 posted on 05/01/2019 7:02:24 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Responsibility2nd

Two strange things:
1) that anyone cares what CNN spews;
2) that CNN is still in business.

Let’s hope #2 is a temporary situation.


47 posted on 05/01/2019 7:02:33 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: everyone

CNN is fake news.


48 posted on 05/01/2019 7:02:49 AM PDT by lerker
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To: Responsibility2nd

CNN is in deep trouble...there fixed it!!!


49 posted on 05/01/2019 7:05:16 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Responsibility2nd
Anyone who is honest and speaks Truth is in trouble as far as the Democrats are concerned.

After all, the Democrat Party is the Party of slavery, Jim Crow, racism, segregation, infanticide, the Trail of Tears, voter fraud, abortion, Japanese internment, coup d'état, lynching, sexual perversion, hate, and evil.

50 posted on 05/01/2019 7:05:23 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The Mueller Report: Donald Trump is the most uncorrupted President in US history!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Think how ballistic these losers are going to go if they are unsuccessful in stealing the 2020 election and Trump wins again.


51 posted on 05/01/2019 7:05:23 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

If Barr was going to prevent Comey and Hillary from being indicted this sh** show may give him second thoughts.


52 posted on 05/01/2019 7:05:54 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: madprof98

The Cretin News Network absolutely refuses to leave Lefty
Fantasy Land.


53 posted on 05/01/2019 7:06:46 AM PDT by Bayan
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To: precisionshootist

If Barr stands strong the way Trump does, both of them will go down in history as exposing the most corrupt congress, media and federal agencies since our country was founded. They have been manipulating and stealing from the people under the guise of taxes for decades and continue to do so.


54 posted on 05/01/2019 7:07:22 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: NImerc
Durbin just let the cat out of the bag on CNN. He stated that Congress will want to know if Barr will be recusing himself from future criminal referrals. That’s what it’s all about. They are trying to discredit Barr to the point of resignation/recusal before action on the criminal referrals that have been given to him by the House Republicans, and before the IG and Huber reports.

There it is, right there.
55 posted on 05/01/2019 7:07:29 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: jersey117
if the coup plotters aren’t held accountable

When have these people ever been held accountable? This isn't a recent phenomenon. The architects of this treason are the usual suspects from as far back as Bush 1. The same players through Clinton, Bush 2, Obama.

56 posted on 05/01/2019 7:13:25 AM PDT by LouAvul (Freedom without responsibility is chaos. Next step? The Abyss.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Yes, two strange things indeed.

1) Barr asked Mueller to review the letter before it was released, and Mueller refused. Barr also said at the press conference where the letter was released that the full report would be released after it was redacted as little as possible, redacting only those things required by law to be redacted, or to protect ongoing investigations.

2) Mueller and his team assisted in the redactions prior to the release of the full redacted report, and there is (so far) no leaked Mueller letter complaining about the redactions.

57 posted on 05/01/2019 7:15:06 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

They forgot to write “BOMBSHELL” AND “MUST RESIGN” in the headline.


58 posted on 05/01/2019 7:16:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Responsibility2nd

Lindsay is doing Awesome!


59 posted on 05/01/2019 7:17:46 AM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: Responsibility2nd
The reality is that Mueller wrote a letter to Barr complaining, not about how Barr summarized the results, but how the media was exploiting it from what his original intentions were in the report.

Which is exactly what CNN and Cillizza are trying to do here.

60 posted on 05/01/2019 7:20:55 AM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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