Pelosi Shreds Barr Ahead of Mueller Report Presser: He Threw Out His Credibility to 'Protect' Trump

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Source: Mediaite

Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted Attorney General Bill Barr Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s expected release of the Mueller report and Barr’s press conference.

The current reporting indicates that Barr’s press conference will be coming before the Mueller report is released to Congress, and that––per the New York Times––DOJ officials had “numerous conversations” with White House lawyers about Mueller’s conclusions.

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Pelosi linked to the report tonight as she said Barr “has thrown out his credibility” in service of protecting POTUS “above all else.”

AG Barr has thrown out his credibility & the DOJ’s independence with his single-minded effort to protect @realDonaldTrump above all else. The American people deserve the truth, not a sanitized version of the Mueller Report approved by the Trump Admin. https://t.co/fgXwiLuQfr

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 17, 2019

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/pelosi-shreds-barr-ahead-of-mueller-report-presser-he-threw-out-his-credibility-to-protect-trump/

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[sheshe2]

1. He lied before Congress.

Yet we already knew that.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. He had credibility?

What? Where? When?

[Hassler]

3. Is it so hard to always, always say Barr is engaged in a criminal cover-up to obstruct justice?

[BigmanPigman]

4. Apparently it is for some. Not Maxine Waters though.

Did you see her on Chris Hayes tonight? She wants to impeach him now (no, long ago) and she doesn't want to wait for tRump to spread more lies and get more $$$ for his campaign...STOP HIM NOW! Smoke was coming out of her ears she was so mad.

[Bayard]

5. Do something, Nancy!

Before they finish taking down this country.

[UpInArms]

6. Attorney General's Ties to Russia Are Troubling

https://www.newsweek.com/so-many-conflicts-so-little-time-1396435

This much is known: On Barr’s public financial disclosure report, he admits to working for a law firm that represented Russia’s Alfa Bank and for a company whose co-founders allegedly have long-standing business ties to Russia. What’s more, he received dividends from Vector Group, a holding company with deep financial ties to Russia.

These facts didn’t get much attention during Barr’s confirmation hearing, as Congress was hyperfocused on an unsolicited memo Barr wrote prior to his nomination, which criticized the special counsel’s investigation—and whether he would release an unredacted Mueller report to Congress. Much of the information is public, but it has so far been unreported in relation to Barr.

Still, Barr’s potential conflicts could face further scrutiny as Democrats in Congress fight to have the Mueller report released to the public.

By the time you read this, the report may indeed be in the hands of Congress. But legal battles are expected over how much of the document will be redacted to protect grand jury material and other information. And no matter what appears in Barr’s color-coded version of the report, his motives will continue to be questioned.

“All of this raises the need for further inquiry from an independent review, not a Department of Justice investigation,” Michael Frisch, ethics counsel for Georgetown University’s law school and an expert in professional ethics, tells Newsweek . Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project for Government Oversight, says that Barr is probably playing within the rules. But that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t recuse himself.

Dirty dirty dirty dirtbag