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Watch AG Barr's Press Conference LIVE at 9:30 AM EDT
Fox News YouTube Channel ^ | 4/18/19 | Fox News

Posted on 04/18/2019 6:11:19 AM PDT by Yo-Yo

Fox News' live feed is now up on YouTube. Watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmcc0fLF4AQ

Should start around 9:30 AM EDT.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: barr; barrpresser; barrtranscript; doj; livebarrpresser; mueller; muellerreport; muellerrptreleased; trump
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To: maggief

Thank you, Maggie.


381 posted on 04/18/2019 8:20:47 AM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: janetjanet998

Catherine Herridge is amazing.

She gleaned all of this information so quickly.


382 posted on 04/18/2019 8:21:19 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Correction link has both vol 1 & 2

Was able to download but server s-l-o-w


383 posted on 04/18/2019 8:22:32 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Yo-Yo

A tour de force.


384 posted on 04/18/2019 8:22:54 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Fishtalk
oh boy the media will run with this..
ABC News ‏ Verified account @ABC 21s22 seconds ago More

Mueller probe “uncovered numerous links” between Trump campaign officials and individuals having or claiming ties to Russian gov't, but determined it would be hard to prove “campaign officials or individuals connected to the campaign willfully" broke law.

385 posted on 04/18/2019 8:23:28 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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To: bgill

Even ABC just admitted that the redactions aren’t excessive.


386 posted on 04/18/2019 8:23:32 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: Conserv
CNN Politics ‏

Verified account @CNNPolitics 23s23 seconds ago

More BREAKING: Mueller report says investigation could not conclude that President Trump obstructed justice but Congress still has the ability to do s

387 posted on 04/18/2019 8:25:06 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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To: maggief
👍🏻
388 posted on 04/18/2019 8:26:01 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: janetjanet998
oh noes!!!

CBC News Alerts ‏ Verified account @CBCAlerts 43s44 seconds ago

More Mueller report: Donald Trump directed his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to ask former attorney general Jeff Sessions to say the Russia investigation was 'very unfair.'

389 posted on 04/18/2019 8:26:03 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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To: janetjanet998
More Jennifer Jacobs ‏ Verified account @JenniferJJacobs 2m2 minutes ago

Trump ordered McGahn to deny Trump tried to fire Mueller.

390 posted on 04/18/2019 8:29:02 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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To: maggief
Did you see this?

TRUMP, after learning of Mueller’s appointment:

“Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I’m fucked.”https://t.co/XRdowyBT1Q— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) April 18, 2019

I'd like to know exactly where this Ryan Reilly guy is getting this "quote".

Any idea?

391 posted on 04/18/2019 8:29:08 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: janetjanet998
MSNBC ‏ Verified account @MSNBC 2m2 minutes ago More

Mueller report on the issue of obstruction and the president's conduct: "The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgement."

392 posted on 04/18/2019 8:30:17 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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To: lodi90
"The idea they couldn’t possibly have done it is hilarious."

The idea that WE don't do it regularly to affect the elections of other governments is also hilarious! We MIGHT not have the CIA do it from their headquarters building, but...we interfere and take sides in foreign elections all the time.

"The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year’s Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday.

Some $350,000 was sent to OneVoice, ostensibly to support the group’s efforts to back Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement negotiations. But OneVoice used the money to build a voter database, train activists and hire a political consulting firm with ties to President Obama’s campaign — all of which set the stage for an anti-Netanyahu campaign, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said in a bipartisan staff report."

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/12/obama-admin-sent-taxpayer-money-oust-netanyahu/

393 posted on 04/18/2019 8:30:21 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Yo-Yo

The United States Department of Justice

Justice News
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks on the Release of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election
Washington, DC
~ Thursday, April 18, 2019

Good Morning. Thank you all for being here today.

On March 22, 2019, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded his investigation of matters related to Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and submitted his confidential report to me pursuant to Department of Justice regulations.

As I said during my Senate confirmation hearing and since, I am committed to ensuring the greatest possible degree of transparency concerning the Special Counsel’s investigation, consistent with the law.

At 11:00 this morning, I will transmit copies of a public version of the Special Counsel’s report to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. The Department of Justice will also make the report available to the American public by posting it on the Department’s website after it has been delivered to Congress.

I would like to offer a few comments today on the report.

But before I do that, I want to thank Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for joining me here today and for his assistance and counsel throughout this process. Rod has served the Department of Justice for many years with dedication and distinction, and it has been a great privilege and pleasure to work with him since my confirmation. He had well-deserved plans to step back from public service that I interrupted by asking him to help in my transition. Rod has been an invaluable partner, and I am grateful that he was willing to help me and has been able to see the Special Counsel’s investigation to its conclusion. Thank you, Rod.

I would also like to thank Special Counsel Mueller for his service and the thoroughness of his investigation, particularly his work exposing the nature of Russia’s attempts to interfere in our electoral process.

As you know, one of the primary purposes of the Special Counsel’s investigation was to determine whether members of the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump, or any individuals associated with that campaign, conspired or coordinated with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election. Volume I of the Special Counsel’s report describes the results of that investigation. As you will see, the Special Counsel’s report states that his “investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.”

I am sure that all Americans share my concerns about the efforts of the Russian government to interfere in our presidential election. As the Special Counsel’s report makes clear, the Russian government sought to interfere in our election. But thanks to the Special Counsel’s thorough investigation, we now know that the Russian operatives who perpetrated these schemes did not have the cooperation of President Trump or the Trump campaign – or the knowing assistance of any other Americans for that matter. That is something that all Americans can and should be grateful to have confirmed.

The Special Counsel’s report outlines two main efforts by the Russian government to influence the 2016 election:

First, the report details efforts by the Internet Research Agency, a Russian company with close ties to the Russian government, to sow social discord among American voters through disinformation and social media operations. Following a thorough investigation of this disinformation campaign, the Special Counsel brought charges in federal court against several Russian nationals and entities for their respective roles in this scheme. Those charges remain pending, and the individual defendants remain at large.

But the Special Counsel found no evidence that any Americans – including anyone associated with the Trump campaign – conspired or coordinated with the Russian government or the IRA in carrying out this illegal scheme. Indeed, as the report states, “[t]he investigation did not identify evidence that any U.S. persons knowingly or intentionally coordinated with the IRA’s interference operation.” Put another way, the Special Counsel found no “collusion” by any Americans in the IRA’s illegal activity.

Second, the report details efforts by Russian military officials associated with the GRU to hack into computers and steal documents and emails from individuals affiliated with the Democratic Party and the presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton for the purpose of eventually publicizing those emails. Obtaining such unauthorized access into computers is a federal crime. Following a thorough investigation of these hacking operations, the Special Counsel brought charges in federal court against several Russian military officers for their respective roles in these illegal hacking activities. Those charges are still pending and the defendants remain at large.

But again, the Special Counsel’s report did not find any evidence that members of the Trump campaign or anyone associated with the campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its hacking operations. In other words, there was no evidence of Trump campaign “collusion” with the Russian government’s hacking.

The Special Counsel’s investigation also examined Russian efforts to publish stolen emails and documents on the internet. The Special Counsel found that, after the GRU disseminated some of the stolen materials through its own controlled entities, DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0, the GRU transferred some of the stolen materials to Wikileaks for publication. Wikileaks then made a series of document dumps. The Special Counsel also investigated whether any member or affiliate of the Trump campaign encouraged or otherwise played a role in these dissemination efforts. Under applicable law, publication of these types of materials would not be criminal unless the publisher also participated in the underlying hacking conspiracy. Here too, the Special Counsel’s report did not find that any person associated with the Trump campaign illegally participated in the dissemination of the materials.

Finally, the Special Counsel investigated a number of “links” or “contacts” between Trump Campaign officials and individuals connected with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign. After reviewing those contacts, the Special Counsel did not find any conspiracy to violate U.S. law involving Russia-linked persons and any persons associated with the Trump campaign.

So that is the bottom line. After nearly two years of investigation, thousands of subpoenas, and hundreds of warrants and witness interviews, the Special Counsel confirmed that the Russian government sponsored efforts to illegally interfere with the 2016 presidential election but did not find that the Trump campaign or other Americans colluded in those schemes.

After finding no underlying collusion with Russia, the Special Counsel’s report goes on to consider whether certain actions of the President could amount to obstruction of the Special Counsel’s investigation. As I addressed in my March 24th letter, the Special Counsel did not make a traditional prosecutorial judgment regarding this allegation. Instead, the report recounts ten episodes involving the President and discusses potential legal theories for connecting these actions to elements of an obstruction offense.

After carefully reviewing the facts and legal theories outlined in the report, and in consultation with the Office of Legal Counsel and other Department lawyers, the Deputy Attorney General and I concluded that the evidence developed by the Special Counsel is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.

Although the Deputy Attorney General and I disagreed with some of the Special Counsel’s legal theories and felt that some of the episodes examined did not amount to obstruction as a matter of law, we did not rely solely on that in making our decision. Instead, we accepted the Special Counsel’s legal framework for purposes of our analysis and evaluated the evidence as presented by the Special Counsel in reaching our conclusion.

In assessing the President’s actions discussed in the report, it is important to bear in mind the context. President Trump faced an unprecedented situation. As he entered into office, and sought to perform his responsibilities as President, federal agents and prosecutors were scrutinizing his conduct before and after taking office, and the conduct of some of his associates. At the same time, there was relentless speculation in the news media about the President’s personal culpability. Yet, as he said from the beginning, there was in fact no collusion. And as the Special Counsel’s report acknowledges, there is substantial evidence to show that the President was frustrated and angered by a sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents, and fueled by illegal leaks. Nonetheless, the White House fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation, providing unfettered access to campaign and White House documents, directing senior aides to testify freely, and asserting no privilege claims. And at the same time, the President took no act that in fact deprived the Special Counsel of the documents and witnesses necessary to complete his investigation. Apart from whether the acts were obstructive, this evidence of non-corrupt motives weighs heavily against any allegation that the President had a corrupt intent to obstruct the investigation.

Now, before I take questions, I want to address a few aspects of the process for producing the public report that I am releasing today. As I said several times, the report contains limited redactions relating to four categories of information. To ensure as much transparency as possible, these redactions have been clearly labelled and color-coded so that readers can tell which redactions correspond to which categories.

As you will see, most of the redactions were compelled by the need to prevent harm to ongoing matters and to comply with court orders prohibiting the public disclosure of information bearing upon ongoing investigations and criminal cases, such as the IRA case and the Roger Stone case.

These redactions were applied by Department of Justice attorneys working closely together with attorneys from the Special Counsel’s Office, as well as with the intelligence community, and prosecutors who are handling ongoing cases. The redactions are their work product.

Consistent with long-standing Executive Branch practice, the decision whether to assert Executive privilege over any portion of the report rested with the President of the United States. Because the White House voluntarily cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation, significant portions of the report contain material over which the President could have asserted privilege. And he would have been well within his rights to do so. Following my March 29th letter, the Office of the White House Counsel requested the opportunity to review the redacted version of the report in order to advise the President on the potential invocation of privilege, which is consistent with long-standing practice. Following that review, the President confirmed that, in the interests of transparency and full disclosure to the American people, he would not assert privilege over the Special Counsel’s report. Accordingly, the public report I am releasing today contains redactions only for the four categories that I previously outlined, and no material has been redacted based on executive privilege.

In addition, earlier this week, the President’s personal counsel requested and were given the opportunity to read a final version of the redacted report before it was publicly released. That request was consistent with the practice followed under the Ethics in Government Act, which permitted individuals named in a report prepared by an Independent Counsel the opportunity to read the report before publication. The President’s personal lawyers were not permitted to make, and did not request, any redactions.

In addition to making the redacted report public, we are also committed to working with Congress to accommodate their legitimate oversight interests with respect to the Special Counsel’s investigation. We have been consulting with Chairman Graham and Chairman Nadler throughout this process, and we will continue to do so.

Given the limited nature of the redactions, I believe that the publicly released report will allow every American to understand the results of the Special Counsel’s investigation. Nevertheless, in an effort to accommodate congressional requests, we will make available to a bipartisan group of leaders from several Congressional committees a version of the report with all redactions removed except those relating to grand-jury information. Thus, these members of Congress will be able to see all of the redacted material for themselves – with the limited exception of that which, by law, cannot be shared.

I believe that this accommodation, together with my upcoming testimony before the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, will satisfy any need Congress has for information regarding the Special Counsel’s investigation.

Once again, I would like to thank you all for being here today. I now have a few minutes for questions.
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394 posted on 04/18/2019 8:30:47 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: Jane Long

If the rats and the media continue on this Russia/ Obstruction B.S. Trump should release everything, unredacted and let the chips fall where they may.


395 posted on 04/18/2019 8:31:34 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: lodi90

PS: I’m waiting for Democrat outrage over Obama’s State Department spending US taxpayer money to directly affect a foreign government’s election...


396 posted on 04/18/2019 8:31:41 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: janetjanet998
Reuters Top News ‏ Verified account

@Reuters 3m3 minutes ago More

MORE: Mueller report says special counsel determined there was a 'reasonable argument' that Donald Trump Jr. violated campaign finance laws, but did not believe they could obtain a conviction

397 posted on 04/18/2019 8:32:01 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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To: Jane Long
Pg. 78, I think. Mueller's report cites notes from a DOJ aide ... LOL!

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1118897720058630144

398 posted on 04/18/2019 8:32:48 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Jane Long

Jane this was just reported on Varney I didn’t hear who heard Trump say this but it was someone in the Oval when they told Trump of the Special Prosecutor Trump also made remarks about how PISSED he was at Sessions for recusing himself!!!


399 posted on 04/18/2019 8:32:59 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: janetjanet998
Reuters Top News ‏ Verified account

@Reuters 1m1 minute ago More

MORE: Mueller report says CEO of Russian sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, and friend of Jared Kushner collaborated on written reconciliation plan for U.S. and Russia

400 posted on 04/18/2019 8:33:04 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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