Thread by @DawsonSField

Barr Press Conference Thread!

Let's unwrap this giant present! I'll be looking for Easter Eggs!
#ButNothingsHappening

This will be fast & furious so please excuse any typos!

Rod Rosenstein IN THE HOUSE! Great poker face!

Volume 1 of the Mueller Report is about collusion, wow that means but wait there's more!

Report outlines 2 main efforts to influence the elections. Internet Research Agency, for stirring the pot in the US. BUT Mueller found no evidence of any US Person involved in the media campaign to push BLM & other issues to sow discord.

Nothing new but hacking investigation brought charges against Russian agents for the hacking. But Mueller found no evidence of Trump campaign colluding in regards to the hacking & publishing of the information! GRU sent some of the info to Wikileaks after pushing some themselves.

But no one in the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to release the hacked materials!

Mueller found no evidence of anyone affiliated with Trump coordinated with anyone affiliated with any Russian agents!

Obstruction of Justice info. Looked at 10 incidents that have been alleged as obstruction. But the evidence found by the Special Counsel did not show evidence of obstruction. Barr & Rosenstein believed that several of the cases were a stretch.

Mueller found evidence that the President was frustrated with the Russian conspiracy but took no actions to block the investigation, handed over any evidence they wanted & asserted no privileges to block production of evidence. No Attorney Client Privilege, no Executive Privilege

Explains redactions but I'm sure Dems won't get it until we see the redactions!

There were no redaction proposed or taken by anyone outside the group of career DOJ officials & Mueller's team. Only a few IC people saw it to review classification. Trump refused to exert Executive Privilege over the report!

Report was offered to Trump's personal attorneys as part of the Ethics In Govt. Act which allows people subject to a report to review it before release. They asked for no redactions or edits!

Will provide a version that only redacts grand jury information to leaders in Congress. It is illegal to include grand jury info.

Mueller denied to Rosenstein & Barr that any policy against indicting a President had no bearing on his deciding to not indict Trump for obstruction.

I hope Mueller didn't intend to leave this to Congress. We don't convene grand juries to pass on information to Congress. We use them to decide if crimes took place.

It is not just Mueller's report, he did this report for me the Attorney General. The process is he hands it to me & for me to decide what is appropriate.

Wolf Blitzer just referred to the Barr presentation as a "complete vindication" of Trump. So we have moved from exoneration!