He should not share information with the White House before releasing his redacted Mueller report. That helps the White House prepare their rebuttal. Yes there’s collusion – between Barr and the White House. It will enable the White House to spin the report before people can finish reading it. He should not hold a press conference before people have time to review the document. I don’t trust Barr on anything now. Sad!
Justice officials have had numerous talks with White House lawyers about Mueller's conclusions in recent days, talks that have aided Trump's legal team as it prepares rebuttal @MarkMazzettiNYT @maggieNYT @npfandos @ktbenner https://t.co/NM1BLfpDhM
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 17, 2019
Bill Barr sent a letter purporting to summarize Mueller’s conclusions.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 17, 2019
He took it upon himself to reach a conclusion on obstruction.
He adopted the President’s “spying” smears.
Now, he will spin a report no one has read.
My advice: Wait to read Mueller’s words for yourself.
So the attorney general decided it was more important for the target of the Mueller investigation to read the report before the American people got a chance to look at it … just like any normal, functioning democracy https://t.co/Vd9ypKaXwt
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) April 17, 2019
Attorney General Barr wrote to me on April 1: "I do not believe it would be in the public’s interest for me to attempt to summarize the full report." I agree. So why is the AG holding a press conference tomorrow morning to go over the Mueller report? #ReleaseTheReport https://t.co/UA9XyC55v5
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) April 17, 2019
They are just violating every cardinal rule for what DOJ will discuss with the WH. Barr is actually behaving with less integrity than Jeff Sessions. https://t.co/CimlUXbv1a
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 17, 2019
That appears to be the point. https://t.co/YzxXZR7Ya9
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 17, 2019
It makes it impossible for the public to have faith the WH was kept at arms length. Once Trump made the announcement, DOJ should have scrapped the presser. https://t.co/Zg4fhXm8Va
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 17, 2019
Interesting that Trump announced this press conference before DOJ did. https://t.co/x22kXnSRD1
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 17, 2019
Hmmm. Seems like it doesn’t “totally exonerate” Trump. (And what’s up w the head’s up to Trump?)
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) April 17, 2019
I am most interested to know whether Barr made legal conclusions that prevented an indictment and whether he second-guessed Mueller in this respect. https://t.co/eAaBJwq5D1
In new filing in Roger Stone case, DOJ says it will provide a less redacted Mueller report to "a limited number of Members of Congress." "This version of the report will not be made available 'to the media' or 'in public settings,' consistent with the Court’s February 15 order”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 17, 2019
Remember how much everyone flipped out about the Bill Clinton-Loretta Lynch meeting on the tarmac? https://t.co/v0LIZ8IrRs
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) April 17, 2019
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) April 17, 2019
This selective disclosure further undermines Barr’s independence and credibility. Disgusting
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) April 17, 2019
NEW: Stuff sure is moving quickly now. The DOJ says there will be TWO versions of the Mueller report tomorrow. One for the public and another for select members of Congress. What's the difference? The special version for lawmakers will have fewer redactions, @kpolantz reports.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 17, 2019
This was clearly apparent at his first House hearing in which he refused to answer whether he’d briefed the WH. Somehow the press can’t seem to get as outraged over this as it did over the tarmac meeting though. https://t.co/d1HBhTZ9cL
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) April 17, 2019
Why isn’t Mueller at the press conference? Was he invited to participate? Who from his team participated in the redaction process? Were there written or oral guidelines given on what to redact and if so what were they? When were the redactions complete?
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) April 17, 2019
Barr is a political appointee of the President. Mueller was the investigator. Mueller is the authority on the report. The AG is not.
— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) April 17, 2019
This is a sham.
If this material is missing from the redacted Mueller report, it could tell us that there’s a whole lot more being hidden. https://t.co/Q0ZddRJd8V
— Slate (@Slate) April 17, 2019
Sad! 