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THREAD: What Bill Barr’s Testimony Tells Us About Releasing the Mueller Report (1/9) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/what-…
Bill Barr’s testimony this week, where he refused to release the full, unredacted Mueller report even to Congress, makes it clearer than ever that his letter was little more than a political stunt. (2/9) nytimes.com/2019/04/09/us/…
None of the reasons he cited for redactions—grand jury secrecy, third-party information, and classified information—hold up. (3/9) politico.com/story/2019/04/…
He’s had more than two weeks to get clearance to release the grand jury information. Now, he’s saying he’s not even going to ask for it, and telling House Democrats they’ll have to go to court for it. (4/9) theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
There’s no reason to redact classified information for members of Congress, who deal with classified information on a regular basis. (5/9) politico.com/story/2019/04/…
And claims about information damaging to “peripheral third parties” easily turn into an excuse to black out anything that might hurt the president. (6/9) politico.com/story/2019/04/…
Besides, Mueller’s team reportedly wrote summaries designed to be released to the public with little or no redacting, which Barr apparently ignored to write his own four-page summary. (7/9) washingtonpost.com/world/national…
Decades of investigations and their subsequent reports, from the Watergate roadmap to the January 2017 report on Russian interference, show just how unprecedented Barr’s obstruction is. (8/9) archives.gov/files/research…
So far, Barr has lived up to his reputation as a “Cover-up General.” It’s time for him to stop acting as the president’s press shop and release Mueller’s full report and its underlying materials. (9/9) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/what-…
