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.@jonkarl on @ThisWeekABC: The White House Counsel's Office [where Barr's son-in-law works] has been briefed "in broad strokes" on the Mueller Report. They have significant concerns about new info on obstruction and what Don McGahn told Mueller.
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The White House has been briefed on the Mueller report re "logistics & timing of its release...There's significant concern on Trump's team about what will be in it. What worries them most is what Don McGahn told the special counsel in 30+ hours."
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Recall, records show that Don McGahn knew in Jan 2017, during Trump's very first days in office, that Trump NSA Mike Flynn had likely violated the law and had warned Trump of Flynn's possible violations.
#Maddow
Mar 2017: Trump ordered Don McGahn to persuade then-AG Sessions not to recuse from the Russia probe.
Apr 2017: Trump ordered McGahn to persuade then-Russia probe supervisor Boente to convince Comey to announce Trump was not under investigation.
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Jun 19, 2017: Trump ordered his then-White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and gave McGahn a dressing down for not doing more to kill the Russia probe early on.
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2017
Jan: Don McGahn warned Trump that Flynn had likely broken the law
Mar: Trump ordered DM to pressure Sessions not to recuse
Apr: Trump ordered DM to get Boente to direct Comey to say DJT wasn't under investigation
Jun: Trump ordered DM to fire Mueller
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NEW: Congressional investigators on Monday issued subpoenas to Deutsche and numerous other banks, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America, seeking information about Trump’s finances and the lenders’ business dealings with Russians.
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Polly Sigh
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In 1989, Barr refused to release a damning DOJ memo to Congress, instead, only providing a “summary of principal conclusions” [sound familiar?] that omitted "some of the most consequential & incendiary conclusions." #BarrCoverUp
by @rgoodlaw @just_security
justsecurity.org/63635/barrs-pl…
Per @rgoodlaw: "Barr’s efforts in 1989 did not serve the Justice Dept well...when the OLC opinion was finally made public, it's true content, given what Barr told the American people and testified before Congress, remains much to his discredit."
WATCH: Law professor @rgoodlaw details Barr's duplicitous actions to bury the truth or mischaracterize it to Congress & the American people in 1989. Barr won't bat an eye at tarnishing his "reputation" by doing the same thing again.
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