Pelosi: 'I don't trust Barr; I trust Mueller'

[Soph0571]

Source: Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she doesn’t trust Attorney General William Barr and suggested his statement that he believes President Donald Trump’s campaign was spied on undermines Barr’s independence as the nation’s top law enforcement officer.

The California Democrat said in an interview with The Associated Press she was “very concerned” about Barr’s handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation report and accused Barr doing Trump’s political bidding.

“He is not the attorney general of Donald Trump. He is the attorney general of the United States,” Pelosi told AP. “I don’t trust Barr, I trust Mueller.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/c1e53f17e84b4bd285b01b53f657ce7e

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Exactly this

[dalton99a]

1. Barr is a partisan treasonous scumbag with a long history.

[Me.]

2. Thank You Nancy

[lgrnwd]

3. I agree with Nancy but

Why hasn’t Mueller come forward and said something yet? This is very frustrating! Can he not be called before the House to testify?

[Polybius]

29. He probably can't

He likely can't talk about it with the threat of jail. His job was to produce the report and hand it in, which he did.

[lgrnwd]

32. I understand Mueller not being able

to go into details about the report publicly. But can he not at least make a simple statement like “I don’t believe the report has been represented well” or something along those lines?

[Hassler]

4. I trust that Mueller will follow whatever someone up the

Chain of command tells him to do.

[Kurt V.]

13. +1

[lagomorph777]

22. Mueller is no longer Barr's subordinate.

He is an American citizen with a historically unique obligation to save his nation.

[riversedge]

24. I wonder if that is true given that the his office is still open?? I really do not know.

[lagomorph777]

30. Like everything else about this case, a murky mess.

[yuiyoshida]

5. bravo!

[True Blue American]

7. Mueller is being called to testify.

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/08/711124870/house-judiciary-leaders-unite-in-call-for-mueller-hearing-unclear-if-hed-appear

[yuiyoshida]

9. That should be

interesting.

[riversedge]

25. Oh that would be wonderful if he did.

[NewJeffCT]

6. While I trust Mueller more than I trust Barr

I don't entirely trust him, either. (it's a very low Barr... )

I think the House needs to hear from Mueller's top lieutenants as well - Weissman, etc. - about the summaries that were supposed to be made public with no redaction.

[Freethinker65]

8. Barr is loyal only to Trump.

Things could get worse very quickly depending on Trump's demands. Trump will demand and possibly get, partisan investigations into his perceived enemies.

What will career employees do? That is the question.

[Progressive Jones]

38. Barr is loyal to those running the right wing coup. Trump is merely a puppet/place holder. nt

Trump is temporary. The hard right coup that's been ongoing for decades will never
give up.

[Paladin]

10. Mueller needs to testify before Congress, and damned soon. (nt)

[stonecutter357]

11. Mueller is one of them ....

[Maxheader]

15. Yes..the results of the investigation have always been questionable..

I don't think its a good idea to forget how treacherous the gop can be doing retribution...

[stonecutter357]

18. OMG I love the Kansas City Chiefs !

I have been a fan since the Nigerian Nightmare played for the Kansas City Chiefs ./

[Mc Mike]

12. I'm with her.

[Kurt V.]

14. good grief.

[Perseus]

16. Can Barr be impeached?

Anyone know? Can he be put on trial? He was confirmed by Congress, Congress should be able to get rid of him for not doing his work, right?

[Iliyah]

27. Yes.

Lock them up!

[MadDAsHell]

17. They're both Republican scum. I trust neither.

I realize I'm in the minority here by not worshiping Mueller though.

[MosheFeingold]

19. Her trust in Muehller is misplaced

He's about to drop a nuke on us, and they made us beg for it.

Complete set up.

[LuvNewcastle]

21. I agree. If Mueller was such a good guy, he would

leak that fucking report, or at least he could have given his summary to Congress. Or he could meet privately with committee members and go over it, or plenty of other things. He obviously can't be bothered with seeing justice done, he's loyal to party first.

[MosheFeingold]

31. No

His report will be favorable to Trump and say that there was no probable cause to investigate Trump -- but rather this was Watergate using FISA and the FBI, instead of bumbling burglars.

Barr said as much, if you listen.

This entire delay thing is a ploy to make key Democratic reps be on record that they trust Herr Mueller, thus making them eat it.

It's an entire Lucy-and-the-football set up.

And Nancy and the media have fallen for it.

[LuvNewcastle]

33. And that will make Trump bulletproof from now on.

Oh hell, this country won't come back from that, which is exactly what they want.

[Liberalhammer]

20. Republicans

Should never be trusted. Period!

[BlueFlorida]

23. Go Nancy!! nt

[BeyondGeography]

26. I don't trust anyone

Well, maybe my cat. Maybe.

[Polly Hennessey]

28. No, Nancy,

trust no Republican.

[BigOleDummy]

34. Sadly

Sadly I must admit to a growing frustration with this "investigation". I've given Mr. Mueller the benefit of the doubt pretty much since day one. His service record is impressive to me as a fellow veteran and I will not try to take that away from him. However his continued silence is really starting to worry me. Always in the back of my mind there's that little nagging voice "he's been a republican all his life".

Also, while not specifically about Mr. Mueller I've wondered why …… no leaks? None. Not a sentence? Really? For something as grave as this report and investigation is and there's not a single word that's found its way to the public? We have had leaks pertaining to everything from chump's daily schedule to what his illegal alien wife has had for lunch. But absolutely NOTHING about what is surely one of the most important documents to come down the pike in my lifetime?!? Nobody on his staff to step up and say "HERE, here's what we found and what Barr doesn't want you to see". And yes, I've seen the Pentagon papers release and Watergate. Where's our modern day Daniel Ellsberg, our Mark Felt? Are there NO patriots left in Washington?

[DirtEdonE]

35. She still hasn't learned you can never trust a godam repubican

barr, mueller, trump, comey - you get the idea. Nancy apparently doesn't get the idea.

You can never trust a godam repubican and I don't care who they are or what their history is - they've all gone over to the dark trump side and there is no coming back. They're the borg. Resistance is futile.

Our only hope is total super majority win in 2020 and then we have to rely on party leaders who failed to hold bush accountable for war crimes to hold trump accountable for his myriad crimes.

I have very little faith that this will happen. Especially after hearing crap like this from our Speaker.

YOU CAN NEVER TRUST A GODAM REPUBICAN, NANCY!

I really thought you'd have learned that by now.

[Ferrets are Cool]

36. Duh

Does that even need to be said? Very concerned?

[bluestarone]

37. If Nancy does not trust Barr, (i don't either) THEN

We should start the impeachment of Barr!!