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1) The full William Barr interview with NBC is now online, and it's much worse than we thought.

There's a very serious deception at the core of Barr's effort to validate Trump's lies that is more dangerous than it first appears.

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2) Barr claims the justification for the FBI's launch of an investigation into Russian electoral sabotage was "flimsy." He attacks the IG's conclusion to the contrary.

But he downplays an absolutely central aspect of the IG's conclusion to do so.

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3) Barr portrays the decision as *only* motivated by "flimsy" evidence of Trump collusion.

But IG emphatically recounts that the FBI was *already* aware of extensive Russian efforts to sabotage the election at the time.

*That* was a key motivator.

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4) Barr is burying the fact that intel officials were reacting to an *attack on our political system.*

Barr is helping Trump rewrite 2016, and helping him escape accountability for corrupting our democracy from 2016 through the present.

Full case here:

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CODA:

Let's not let this slide by. William Barr also told NBC News that Russia merely "attempted" to interfere in our election, as if it didn't succeed.

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The spectacularly absurd new process arguments from @SenatorCollins and @SenJoniErnst show just how weak the Trump defense has become.

Now that 71% support hearing from witnesses at Trump's trial, it's clear this epic gaslighting is failing.

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A new report finds 400 major corporations paid an 11 percent average tax rate under Trump's tax law.

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New report from House Dems makes detailed case that Trump committed crimes.

A white collar crime expert tells me their case is sound as a matter of law.

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