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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:
4/ If these anonymous sources are correct that members of Mueller's team are upset w/ Barr & Rosenstein's decision on obstruction, the obvious question becomes: why did Mueller punt on the issue, and leave it to Barr/Rosenstein to decide?
5/ Regardless, on top of specifying that the issue here is obstruction, NBC’s source *corroborates* Barr’s conclusion that "Mueller found no coordination or criminal conspiracy":
6/ So now we have the pivot: campaign members "were manipulated" by Russia! But oh, we probably even’t ever see the actual evidence for this (brand new) assertion, because it "may be classified."
7/ This ongoing gaslighting -- by anonymous sources & prominent media/political voices twisting all of the available facts to keep the conspiracy theory alive -- underscores I think the most urgent need for the report's release: so we can put this madness to rest, for good.
