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Some things I believe abt Barr (WB) and the 'Mueller Report:'
1. Even b4 being sworn in, Barr was determined, on principle ('unitary Executive,' his 19 pp 'job audition' memo, etc.), to suppress the report. This wd contradict, of course, assurances given in his confirm. hearing.
1. Even b4 being sworn in, Barr was determined, on principle ('unitary Executive,' his 19 pp 'job audition' memo, etc.), to suppress the report. This wd contradict, of course, assurances given in his confirm. hearing.
2. Immediately after being sworn in on Feb. 14, and b4 mtg Mueller (RM) for 1st time on Feb. 18, Rosenstein gave WB a 'draft' of the RM report. WB's determination not to release the report was reinforced by what he read.
3. The ~ one month delay in RM giving final report to WB wasn't b/c report wasn't finished. It was b/c RM and WB were in a tense stand-off over report's contents and manner of release. We will learn, eventually, what finally led RM to give WB the report.
This is, of course, Mueller's story to tell, in the manner his best judgment dictates. The nation deserves, however, to understand, in reasonable detail, what's gone on wrt to early closure of SCO, delayed release of the Mueller report, and the findings of the report itself.
