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A week before Mueller delivered his report to Barr, I heard whispers from a couple of media sources that they had been told the report was poised to be disappointing to Dems.
Shrugged it off at the time. After all, Mueller doesn’t leak... How would they know?
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Shrugged it off at the time. After all, Mueller doesn’t leak... How would they know?
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I’m now wondering if the Trump Admin / William Barr’s office / Trump’s allies were behind that whisper campaign to “soften the beachhead” for Barr’s whitewash.
The media was awfully quick to believe Mueller’s report had been a dud.
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The media was awfully quick to believe Mueller’s report had been a dud.
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If Trumpland had preemptively teased the Mueller report would be a nothingburger, it would had paved the way for the Barr memo to be taken uncritically as true...
...because reporters had been prepped to expect something like it.
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...because reporters had been prepped to expect something like it.
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If that is indeed what happened, the broad strokes of the whitewash were preplanned.
Seed the idea Mueller came up empty —> wait for Mueller to submit —> craft memo clearing Trump —> bury report.
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Seed the idea Mueller came up empty —> wait for Mueller to submit —> craft memo clearing Trump —> bury report.
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Maybe we could ask some journalists to weigh in on a question:
In the 1-2 weeks before Mueller submitted his report, were you hearing whispers it was going to be underwhelming?
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In the 1-2 weeks before Mueller submitted his report, were you hearing whispers it was going to be underwhelming?
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That would explain the hasty acceptance of the Barr memo as true... and would explain why Barr is now scrambling as that plan falls apart under scrutiny and leaks.
I bet they did. Preemptively baited journos so they’d swallow the hook 2 wks later.
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I bet they did. Preemptively baited journos so they’d swallow the hook 2 wks later.
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