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The frame being preemptively set up for when the full report drops: Anyone who thinks there are important questions beyond “is there a prosecutable crime?” or doubts Barr’s conclusory assertion on obstruction should be determinative, “can’t let go.” washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
If the report had been released on its own, we’d naturally be debating the full range of findings—not just “is there a provable crime?”—and which side of the obstruction question Mueller refused to resolve is stronger.
With Barr’s anemic “summary” setting the baseline, that same—entirely reasonable—conversation can be cast as a desperate attempt to resurrect issues Mueller (but, really, Barr) will be said to have “settled” already.
The assault on the media in the interim—for wickedly reporting that an ongoing investigation instigated by a Trump appointee was happening—is designed to make the press gun shy about treating those residual questions as significant when the report does drop.
