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“It’s easy to see why Barr ignored Mueller’s 21 pages pondering presidential immunity, executive authority, the separation of powers and the Constitution. It would have made things complicated. Political errand boys know that black-and-white sells.” bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
“While uncovering and proving intent is an elusive thing in criminal investigations, Mueller records multiple instances in which Trump’s intentions seem obvious.” bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
“Mueller notes that he didn’t feel he needed a full-blown interview with Trump because the evidence he had amassed around obstruction was already so compelling. Mueller is a veteran, well-regarded prosecutor, and that kind of certitude is damning.” bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
“Trump’s efforts to close a lucrative real estate deal in Moscow before and during his presidential campaign looms large as an example of something he preferred to keep under wraps (and which he repeatedly lied about in interviews and press briefings).” bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Tim O'Brien
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Robert Mueller wrote a letter in late March to Attorney General William Barr objecting to Barr’s early description of the Russia investigation’s conclusions as appearing to clear President Trump on possible obstruction of justice nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/…
“In once instance, Mr. Barr took Mr. Mueller’s words out of context to suggest that the president had no motive to obstruct justice. In another instance, he plucked a fragment from a sentence in the Mueller report that made a conclusion seem less damaging for the president.”
“The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusions,” Mueller wrote. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
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Tim O'Brien
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Donald Trump says he's been "the most transparent president" ever. His lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One tells us the opposite. My column on Trump's most recent battle with Congress: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
"Of course, politics are at work here. But principles are at stake as well. How this plays out will inform whether non-partisan and non-ideological values such as good government, ethical management, and, yes, transparency have institutional protection in the future."
"Washington’s gladiators are moving beyond Mueller’s investigation of criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice and into equally, if not even more crucial, questions about whether the Oval Office and policy-making are captives of Trump’s own greed and business relationships"
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Tim O'Brien
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Is Julian Assange a journalist? A publisher? A hacker? A criminal? All of those? bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
It’s complicated. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Assange may be “a conscientious objector, engaging in a long, honorable tradition of civil disobedience. He may even have acted at times as only a publisher. If he became a hacker and broke the law, though, he was no longer a journalist or just a messenger. He was a criminal.”
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Oh.

“The special counsel emphasized that nothing in the attorney general’s March 24 letter was inaccurate or misleading,” a DOJ spokeswoman said in response to a request for comment.” nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/…
“How dare you not describe my novel and unprecedented obstruction theory?” 🤔
You know, Mueller could have just done his job and made a finding. Or he could have accepted Barr’s offer to review a draft of his letter.

Spare me the tears, especially b/c we now have the actual report.
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1. What's stopping @RepJerryNadler from issuing #Mueller subpoena?
Is it #ExecutivePrivilege? The idea that there is executive privilege over Mueller testifying in congress is beyond absurd. Executive privilege is to protect Presidential communications with advisers.
2. This was a criminal probe of the President. There is no possibility that Executive Privilege attached especially where it's likely he took the 5th. This is a red herring.
3. Grand Jury Rule 6(e)? Barr can easily obtain a waiver from Beryl Howell the DC chief judge. Again nonesense.
National Security? Sure, that's what redactions are for.
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Report: Attorney General Barr Gave Mueller Permission to Indict Trump's 3 Adult Children & Jared Kushthegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/report…0V6k via @gatewaypundit
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