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Glenn Greenwald
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Just be rational & ponder this: even MSNBC - MSNBC! - says that the unknown, anonymous objecters to the Barr Letter themselves acknowledge that Mueller "found no coordination or criminal conspiracy" with Russia. That some are citing this as *vindication* shows the desperation:
In case 3 different articles weren't enough for you - from NYT, WPost & NBC - listen to @nytmike state definitively on Morning Joe to @WillieGeist that the anonymous objecters are NOT disputing Barr's announcement that Mueller found "no conspiracy": only the obstruction issue:
Thus: for anyone minimally rational - which excludes those fixated on the Trump/Russia conspiracy for 3 years - yesterday's anonymous reports *further bolster* Barr's report that Mueller found *no evidence of Trump/Russia conspiracy,* since not even these sources object to that.
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Trump/Russia conspiracists are like zombies: the dream can't die. Their new hope is a) anonymously sourced, b) bereft of even one specific, c) irrelevant to *conspiracy* as opposed to obstruction & d) unrelated to the fact that Mueller indicted *zero* Americans for conspiracy:
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Glenn Greenwald
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As the debut winner with Amy Goodman in 2008 of the IF Stone Izzy Award for Independent Journalism, awarded by Ithaca College, I'm so thrilled that one of this year's winner is @aaronjmate: for his brave, intrepid & smart Russiagate skepticism. Congrats! ithaca.edu/news/izzy-awar…
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Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈
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“While Mueller found no coordination or criminal conspiracy, the official said, some on the special counsel's team say his findings paint a picture of a campaign whose members were manipulated by a sophisticated Russian intelligence operation.” nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
I am screaming inside my head. The more stuff that leaks, the more infuriating that they are covering this up after all this time. The American people deserve to know what Trump and his associates did with a foreign adversary.
Is being "manipulated" by a foreign adversary better or worse than colluding? I don't know. We need to see the report! This comes across as Trump and his associates were too stupid and unsophisticated to be at the same level - so they were puppets of Putin.
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Aaron Maté
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1/ The excitement & conjecture sparked by anonymous complaints about Barr's summary underscore the baselessness of the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory & the disingenuousness of the anonymous sources & credulous media stenographers who have promoted it for 2+ years:
2/ Putting aside for a moment what these WP/NBC/NYT reports allege, note that zero of them are sourced directly to members of Mueller’s team. They’re all based on hearsay: how anonymous people characterize what these Mueller members have told them or "associates:
3/ Note also that the complaints about Barr *entirely* have to do with his conclusion on the issue of obstruction, not a Trump-Russia conspiracy — thereby undermining everyone who is trying to use these reports to keep the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory alive:
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Thomas Wood 🌊
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GREAT!

Here is THE question that the committee MUST ask #Mueller (in front of the cameras): 1/7
You reached the conclusion in your Report that the government had insufficient evidence to bring a conspiracy case against the Trump campaign to court. (18 USC § 371). 2/7
But in the course of your investigation, Mr. Mueller, did you find evidence of any actions taken by Donald Trump or any of his campaign officials that might have been of concern for our national security, even if they didn’t rise to the level of criminality? 3/7
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Why is reading so hard? Barr's letter does *not* say Mueller found there was "no evidence of working with Russia." Only that he "did not establish" coordination/conspiracy, but we still know nothing about the basis for that reported finding or much else about what he *did* find.
Barr is a partisan actor who prejudged the Mueller probe long ago—and was handpicked by Trump because his predecessor as AG wouldn't interfere with investigations at his behest. No journalist should take anything Barr says at face value.
This is *not* what even Barr said. Barr said Mueller didn't *conclude* Trump conspired/coordinated w/Russia for purposes of a specific criminal charge. But we have no idea what evidence Mueller *did* find or the factual/legal basis for what Barr recounts.
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Thomas Wood 🌊
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The omission isn’t by accident. It could mean a conspiracy charge is coming, or even that Trump played a role. tinyurl.com/yajodnau
As I argued in a thread yesterday, #Mueller already has enough evidence to start getting conspiracy indictments and write a report supporting impeachment. This is supported by points made by Barbara McQuade in The Daily Beast yesterday. tinyurl.com/yajodnau
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Michelle Grimwood
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Is there no time restriction for assigning committee members? Is there some kind of reprimand available for @GOPLeader's & @senatemajldr's obstruction by refusing to appoint Congress members to @HouseIntel? Can @RepAdamSchiff overrule to send transcripts to #Mueller?

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I mean seriously @GOP KNOWS (we ALL know) that MOST of the witnesses perjured themselves during testimony. They KNOW #Mueller can charge them as soon as he gets those transcripts. This is PURPOSEFUL delay & obstruction of justice. @DonaldJTrumpJr @jeffsessions @jaredkushner

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Can @RepAdamSchiff subpoena him or @mike_pence since they were senior transition members? #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw

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