AG Barr's summary of Mueller report has been sent to Congress

[WiseElder]

Source: NBC News

The conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on President Donald Trump has been sent to Congress at approximately 3:45 p.m. ET, a Department of Justice official says.

Attorney General William Barr transmitted his summary findings to lawmakers and they are expected to be made public a short time after.

Providing Mueller's "principal conclusions," as Barr has referred to them, to lawmakers comes after the transmission of Mueller's report to Barr on Friday that concluded an investigation which has resulted in the indictments of 34 people, infuriated the president and threw the administration into turmoil.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mueller-report-conclusions-trump-congress-attorney-general-william-barr-n986611

[Jarqui]

1. Here's the letter for those who have not seen it

[DirtEdonE]

5. Wow - don't know where you got that but just saved it all

And advise everyone else to do same.

[yaesu]

8. I did. nt

[jmowreader]

12. Reading between the lines...

"While this report does not conclude the president did not commit a crime, it does not exonerate him."

Translation: "We know he did it, but we can't prove it."

About the only way they could have gotten the information they needed was to immunize Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Steve Bannon. The problem there is Manafort and Stone need to go to prison for things they did themselves, and immunization would have kept that from happening.

Fortunately, Mueller isn't the only one investigating the Trump organization...and the things they are looking at carry significant time in prison.

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. Thanks for finding this. Not what we hoped for but it is what we were bracing for. Ugg.

[red dog 1]

25. Thanks for that

Wow!

[katmondoo]

2. I don't think I will be able to watch any more news even MSNBC

[DirtEdonE]

14. that's so heartbreaking

I haven't given up all hope yet but I'm this close.

It's as if Boris and Natasha just delivered Moose and Squirrel bound, blindfolded and gagged to Mr. Big.

[Bayard]

3. Bring it!

As Mork used to say, I am waiting with a worm on my tongue.

[Bayard]

6. Whaaat???

WTF? I think I'm about to lose my lunch.

[jmowreader]

13. It was his way of saying "bated breath."

[Bayard]

35. I know.

Right after I posted that, I saw Barr's "report". It made my peanut butter sandwich lurch.

[wisteria]

4. And Republicans will be first out to frame the entire summary.

No collusion, witch hunt.

[DirtEdonE]

18. Thank another repubican fucking traitor

bob mueller.

He'll go down in history as worse than comey. comey made it possible. mueller sealed the deal.

[Jedi Guy]

31. Nah, I think Mueller played it straight.

Though I knew long ago that some would react just as you have. If he'd concluded that Trump committed every crime known to man, and some of them twice, he'd be lauded as a hero and the savior of the Republic. If not, he'd be a traitor.

Just because the investigation didn't turn out the way we wanted doesn't mean Mueller protected Trump. It means the evidence wasn't there or couldn't be found. That's it. If the fix was in, Mueller would have said the report exonerated Trump, when in fact he said the exact opposite.

[DirtEdonE]

33. I could do the internet correct thing

And search all the stories and post all the information linking all the trump campaign officials to russia but what good would it do?

The evidence wasn't there. LOL

It's another kavanaugh investigation but it took a lot longer to make it appear genuine.

[Jedi Guy]

34. The evidence apparently wasn't there to go after Trump himself.

But basically, slamming Mueller as a traitor comes off as petty and childish, in my opinion. He didn't deliver the pony, so he's a bad man. From what I can find, literally his entire career has been one of honorable service.

If our leadership didn't believe in his impartiality, I expect they'd have said so long before now, most likely at the start of the investigation.

The fact that it didn't go the way you wanted it to doesn't make Mueller a traitor.

[yaesu]

7. I got the idea via House Speaker letter that no summary will be accepted, only the full report

but maybe I misunderstood.

[INdemo]

11. No you are correct

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211947113

[yaesu]

20. Thanks. nt

[LuvNewcastle]

36. Good. Fuck a summary!

We don't need Donald's boy to tell us what the fucking report says.

[totodeinhere]

9. Looks like the fix is in. I'm not surprised.

n/t

[Thekaspervote]

10. NYT says mueller found no conspiracy between dotard and russia

Did stop short of exonerating him of obstruction of justice, but said they did not have enough evidence to charge him or campaign

A sad day!!

[INdemo]

16. Lets not forget..Mueller is a Republican

Do you think the Republicans would have allowed just a summary report on Bill Clinton
No chance in hell


We have officially lost what was left of our Democracy and officaly have a Authoritarian Fascist Government

[NYC Liberal]

23. I'm just imagining the right-wing reaction if Janet Reno

had refused to release Kenneth Starr's report and only provided a 3-4 page "summary".

[humbled_opinion]

15. I call B.S.

The fix was always in, Republican prosecutor, Republican AG, why is the idiot still being Twitter silent ?

[snort]

17. Fuck

[videohead5]

19. Trump is not off the hook yet

The NY FBI office is still investigating Trump for breaking campaign finance laws and money laundering.

[Thekaspervote]

22. Yes!!! And let's hold on to that

[totodeinhere]

28. Yes, but it's a slow process. By the time those investigations get to the point

of issuing indictments. Trump will have already served most of his term. I still think the fastest way to get rid of him is beating him in the 2020 election. I noticed that Beto said essentially the same thing I'm saying in a recent speech.

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. Thanks for being first out of the gate with the news.

Time to go mix a stiff drink.

[red dog 1]

26. "Barr summary of Mueller report quite narrow. possibly slanted..."

Dailt Kos article;
"Barr summary of Mueller report quite narrow, possibly slanted, still very, very disappointing"
(I was unable to post a working link to this article)

[kacekwl]

27. Has trump seen the whole report ?

Will he ? If so then the other co-equal branches of government have to fucking see it . Fuck this shit.

[sakabatou]

29. So where's the full report?

[onetexan]

32. exactly, send the WHOLE REPORT, not the summary

Barr won't send the whole report i'm sure because he doesn't want Congress or the country to know the truth - that he cherry picked which parts of it he wants released to protect the Idiot.

[roamer65]

30. Barr's "summary" is the same as the Nixon tape transcripts. GARBAGE.

[duforsure]

37. Just another clear indication from Barr,

Who he works for, and its not for the rule of law or the American people. This will backfire on them quickly.

[calimary]

38. Welcome to DU, WiseElder!

Yep. It certainly was infuriating to see a montage of all the big newspaper headlines that ALL said, in the BIG typeface, versions of "trump No Collusion..." They managed to get to the point about how trump was NOT EXONERATED, but there may be obstruction. That's all in the small print that few bother to read. It's the big bold blaring headline that counts.

It's SO important, if possible, to read down the whole story to get the whole truth. Sometimes there are big and seriously worthwhile nuggets to be found halfway down, or two-thirds of the way down, or even in the last paragraph or two.

[Hugin]

39. Bah. It's hearsay.

Forget the dazzle... Show the actual report.