Thread by @saletan

Barr on Comey: “We don’t believe that the firing of an agency head could be established as having the probable effect ... of sabotaging a proceeding.”

But Mueller's report details how Trump tried to use the FBI director to kill the Flynn investigation. /1 bit.ly/2K5COzZ

Cornyn said that in firing Comey, Trump "was relying, at least in part," on Rosenstein's memo. Barr replied, “That’s right.”

But Mueller’s report, through documents and direct witnesses, destroyed that story about the memo, calling it "pretextual." /2 bit.ly/2K5COzZ

In two private meetings, Trump directed Lewandowski to tell Sessions to shut down the Russia inquiry.

But Barr, with a straight face, told Leahy, “I don’t see any conflict between that and fully cooperating with the investigation.” /3 bit.ly/2K5COzZ

Trump ordered McGahn to write a letter denying, falsely, that Trump had told him to fire Mueller.

Barr argues, absurdly, that the letter “wasn’t necessarily false,” because "Go fire Mueller" is different from ‘Have him removed based on conflict.’" /4 bit.ly/2K5COzZ

Barr says Trump couldn't have intended to corrupt McGahn's testimony, since McGahn “already had testified."

Mueller's report says the opposite: McGahn's ongoing testimony gave Trump a motive to intervene. "In fact, McGahn was interviewed twice more." /5 bit.ly/2K5COzZ

Barr "says Trump attacked the inquiry based on personal knowledge that it was meritless." But Mueller cites 3 cases in which Trump tried to thwart or shut down the investigation "after learning about suspicious contacts between his advisers and Russia." /6 bit.ly/2K5COzZ

Bottom line: Barr has completely misrepresented what's in the Mueller report. His decision to clear Trump should be set aside as baseless, corrupt, and void. /end bit.ly/2K5COzZ