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Theory 1: Trump admin wants to release classified material because they believe in transparency and aim to root out corruption
Theory 2: Trump, Barr, etc. want to selectively release material while keeping other info secret in an effort to manipulate the public
Evidence: It’s 2
Theory 2: Trump, Barr, etc. want to selectively release material while keeping other info secret in an effort to manipulate the public
Evidence: It’s 2
As the Trump admin was defying a court order to release transcripts of Michael Flynn's conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, the admin released transcripts of Trump lawyer John Dowd's conversation with Flynn's lawyer.
So no doubt their releases are selective.
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So no doubt their releases are selective.
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Trump defenders in media and Congress argue that the released transcript of the convo between Trump's and Flynn's lawyers shows the Mueller investigation is "all a fraud."
You probably won't be surprised to find out the convo is in the Mueller report.
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You probably won't be surprised to find out the convo is in the Mueller report.
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This shows the differences between the full convo between Trump and Flynn lawyers and what's in the Mueller report.
The parts Mueller didn't include are umms, uhhs, repetition, or largely irrelevant. You can see for yourself.
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The parts Mueller didn't include are umms, uhhs, repetition, or largely irrelevant. You can see for yourself.
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Trump defenders have fixated on the phrase "for the country," which followed "we've got a national security issue."
So if you couldn't figure out that a national security issue would be an issue for the country, you might think this is a big deal.
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So if you couldn't figure out that a national security issue would be an issue for the country, you might think this is a big deal.
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The other thing Mueller supposedly hid was Dowd (Trump's lawyer) specified that he didn't want any "confidential information" from Flynn's lawyer.
The Mueller report does not accuse Dowd of requesting, receiving, or giving any confidential information.
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The Mueller report does not accuse Dowd of requesting, receiving, or giving any confidential information.
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This a bad faith reading of a transcript that shows all the important info was quoted directly in the Mueller report.
Setting up bad faith readings like this is the apparent reason the Trump admin released this transcript while defying court orders to release other ones.
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Setting up bad faith readings like this is the apparent reason the Trump admin released this transcript while defying court orders to release other ones.
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