He is not objective. He is a Trump employee. The Mueller report should be reviewed by a bipartisan panel. Otherwise, I won’t believed we’re getting the whole story. I am skeptical about the comprehensiveness of the four page summary. The report is over 300 pages long. Hiding it makes it look like you have something to hide.
The irony is that this may turn out like the Clinton email server. Trump did things that were wrong but not crimes.
If a future Democratic Attorney disagrees with Barr’s conclusion that Trump didn’t obstruct charges, I hope they indict Trump. He will be a private citizen by then.
In the last 24 hours:
— Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) March 28, 2019
-Barr refused to commit to making the Mueller report public
-Mitch McConnell blocked a vote to release the full report
-We learned the report is 300 pages
-A poll found 88% of Americans believe the full report should be releasedhttps://t.co/V8Zquj2QZ9
Barr is entitled to a presumption of good faith—at least as an initial matter. The public is also entitled to push him to see the full report, or as much of it as possible. https://t.co/JOH5g3l5R3
— Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic) March 28, 2019
84% of U.S. Voters Want to See #MuellerReport, Poll Finds; Dems Divided on Support for Israelis or Palestinians https://t.co/7404ESmN33
— Quinnipiac University Poll (@QuinnipiacPoll) March 26, 2019
I continue to be confused as to why republicans are working so hard to suppress the contents of a report that exonerates Trump and utterly discredits Dems + the media. https://t.co/ms6NGPf3hq
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 28, 2019
Whoops, here is the correct link. https://t.co/6LqQOSDro9
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 28, 2019
Since the release of the Barr letter, Fox's prime time ratings have popped while CNN and MSNBC's #'s have been below average. That makes sense: On the right, the letter is being celebrated like a sequel to election night… https://t.co/OscY6Q32jT
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 28, 2019
BREAKING NEWS: Cliff Notes is bringing a defamation lawsuit against all the people who have called the 4-page Barr summary of the Mueller report a "cliff notes version" of the Report.
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 28, 2019
This piece by @NatashaBertrand is a must-read and ought to be a key point in media coverage https://t.co/NCxYuJUeL4
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) March 27, 2019
You might notice no Republican or Russiagate skeptic is asking what were the findings of Mueller's counterintelligence investigation, which looked at whether Russia was manipulating or influencing Trump or people within his circle. This is different than collusion but important.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 28, 2019
Revising my prior on "Barr substantially misrepresented the Mueller Report" from "unlikely but not unthinkable" to "not the modal outcome but well within the thick part of the probability distribution". https://t.co/yztamRfaCG
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 28, 2019
The Mueller report is more than 300 pages long.
— Axios (@axios) March 28, 2019
Compare that to Ken Starr's 445-page report and the 567-page report on the 9/11 attackshttps://t.co/0cySL7mNSb
2,800 Subpoenas
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 28, 2019
500 Search Warrants
500 Witness Interviews
230 Communication Records
40 FBI Agents
19 Attorneys
300+ Pages of Report.
We got 4 pages and 3 days of press coverage. #ReleaseTheFullMuellerReportNOW
Why didn’t the Attorney General want anyone to know the Mueller Report was over 300 pages during the 2 days when he read it and shared his own view of the obstruction evidence that went beyond Mueller’s findings?
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 28, 2019
Here’s the thing, it explicitly didn’t exonerate him. The best you can say is Mueller decided not to indict him. Why keep lying? Because Mueller clearly tee’d the issue up for Congress & the GOP seems to think best defense is a weak offense? https://t.co/5VMLm9n5Ws
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 28, 2019
It's simply amazing that news orgs are reporting with a straight face that Trump and Republicans are "on offense" over the Mueller report's findings — even as Republicans are blocking those findings from getting released.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 27, 2019
Our discourse is a disaster.https://t.co/GTW4u1ULF2
On today's Daily: the entire point of having a special counsel is that an independent investigator comes to independent conclusions. So why did Robert Mueller punt to a political figure, Bill Barr, on obstruction? @nytmike explains: https://t.co/ZoJtY3mOSi
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) March 26, 2019
House Intel chair Rep. Adam Schiff doubles down, saying "there is ample evidence of collusion in plain sight."
— CNN (@CNN) March 28, 2019
"There's a difference between there being evidence of collusion and proof beyond a reasonable doubt of a crime," he says of the Barr summary. https://t.co/F57dY62XXE pic.twitter.com/GHiC5YY4Hq
Mueller report: Majorities across party lines want full report released (CBS News) details: https://t.co/SVINttJXxH pic.twitter.com/FBKP4GjOX7
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) March 28, 2019
“Other information”? This is just unreal. https://t.co/W3EoP6yJvN
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) March 27, 2019
Sad! 