So, there is still lots going on. William Barr's "summary" or 4-page public offering about the Mueller Report leaves many questions. Firstly, that a reportedly near-400 page report can be distilled into 4 pages. And secondly, what's really in the report, as opposed to a partisan Republican appointee's (Barr's) summation?
The House intends to subpoena the report Wednesday.
There is the sense of a cover-up. We can only know what the truth is by seeing the full report.
Trump has claimed 'total exoneration' - yet even Barr's meager partial quotation in his own summary below shows that the report does not exonerate Trump of obstruction. See below: "The Special Counsel states that “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
How can the American people enjoy being lied to so bluntly? It's like we can't read.
As for Barr's offering that there is no [apparently criminal-level] evidence of the Trump Campaign's collusion with Russia "in its election interference activities", see below. People already know better. There were tons - ok literally dozens - of lied-about interactions between Trump's Campaign and Russians. (And why Russia?? Why not Brazil, or Japan, or North Korea or Iran? Russia, Russia, Russia. And they certainly had the intent, from Jr. to Stone to Donald himself (Russia, if you are listening...). So what else is in there?
And even the fragmented and very narrow phrase Barr offers "[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or colluded with the Russian Government in its election interference activities" is worded such that there may be plenty of 'collusion' (or more accurately criminal intent and conspiracy, etc.) evidenced in the report - just not in that specific window. But we haven't seen the report yet. So we don't know. And it seems dubious and certainly early for Trump and the Administration to be gloating and taking such big victory laps.
There is a lot more to learn.
There are also still lots of other investigations into Trump and those in his campaign and inner circle.
There are still lots of shoes to drop. Stay tuned.
The House intends to subpoena the report Wednesday.
There is the sense of a cover-up. We can only know what the truth is by seeing the full report.
Trump has claimed 'total exoneration' - yet even Barr's meager partial quotation in his own summary below shows that the report does not exonerate Trump of obstruction. See below: "The Special Counsel states that “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
How can the American people enjoy being lied to so bluntly? It's like we can't read.
As for Barr's offering that there is no [apparently criminal-level] evidence of the Trump Campaign's collusion with Russia "in its election interference activities", see below. People already know better. There were tons - ok literally dozens - of lied-about interactions between Trump's Campaign and Russians. (And why Russia?? Why not Brazil, or Japan, or North Korea or Iran? Russia, Russia, Russia. And they certainly had the intent, from Jr. to Stone to Donald himself (Russia, if you are listening...). So what else is in there?
And even the fragmented and very narrow phrase Barr offers "[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or colluded with the Russian Government in its election interference activities" is worded such that there may be plenty of 'collusion' (or more accurately criminal intent and conspiracy, etc.) evidenced in the report - just not in that specific window. But we haven't seen the report yet. So we don't know. And it seems dubious and certainly early for Trump and the Administration to be gloating and taking such big victory laps.
There is a lot more to learn.
There are also still lots of other investigations into Trump and those in his campaign and inner circle.
There are still lots of shoes to drop. Stay tuned.
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