Thu Mar 5, 2020, 06:47 PM

DippyDem (651 posts)

Judge cites Barr's 'misleading' statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions

Source: Washington Post

A federal judge in D.C. sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday for a “lack of candor,” questioning the truthfulness of the nation’s top law enforcement official in his handling of the report by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton, overseeing a lawsuit brought by EPIC, a watchdog group, and BuzzFeed News, said he saw serious discrepancies between Barr’s public statements last year about Mueller’s findings and the public, partially redacted version of that report.

Because of those discrepancies, Walton ruled, the judge would review by himself an unredacted version of the Mueller report to see if the Justice Department’s redactions were appropriate.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mueller-report-attorney-general-william-barr/2020/03/05/3fa7afce-5f2c-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
Judge cites Barr's 'misleading' statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions (Original post)	DippyDem	Mar 2020	OP
'The Process' keeps grinding on - on many fronts.	empedocles	Mar 2020	#1
Kick & recommended.	William769	Mar 2020	#2
Whooooooooooooa!	wiley	Mar 2020	#3
The problem here is	leftieNanner	Mar 2020	#4
Will or can he appeal the order?	bluestarone	Mar 2020	#5
It's like prying open a can of sardines	bucolic_frolic	Mar 2020	#6
from the judge:	choie	Mar 2020	#7
WHOW. JUST WHOW. Here we have a judge smaking #BillBarr. te he.	riversedge	Mar 2020	#8
Appointed by GW	Mz Pip	Mar 2020	#9
"misleading?" Why don't they call a liar a liar?	rickyhall	Mar 2020	#10
NOW there's lack of candor? NOW a court wants to square Barr's words with the redactions? Puh-lease.	ancianita	Mar 2020	#11
We owe some serious props to EPIC and Buzzfeed.	JudyM	Mar 2020	#12
How long until Trump tweet-trashes that judge?	Grasswire2	Mar 2020	#13
Barr gets his peepee slapped	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Mar 2020	#14

Response to DippyDem (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 06:48 PM

empedocles (15,751 posts)

1. 'The Process' keeps grinding on - on many fronts.

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 06:50 PM

William769 (53,840 posts)

2. Kick & recommended.

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:00 PM

wiley (2,921 posts)

3. Whooooooooooooa!

This is huge!

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:02 PM

leftieNanner (14,306 posts)

4. The problem here is

For the judge to actually GET a copy of the unredacted Mueller report. My guess is that Barr will just refuse to turn it over. It's been working for them so far.

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:06 PM

bluestarone (15,474 posts)

5. Will or can he appeal the order?

If he can he will! Another STALL!

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:07 PM

bucolic_frolic (39,314 posts)

6. It's like prying open a can of sardines

They're working on it!

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:29 PM

choie (4,031 posts)

7. from the judge:

Judge Reggie B. Walton said Mr. Barr could not be trusted and cited “inconsistencies” between his statements about the report when it was secret and its actual contents that turned out to be more damaging to President Trump. Judge Walton said Mr. Barr’s “lack of candor” called “into question Attorney General Barr’s credibility and, in turn, the department’s” assurances to the court.

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 07:33 PM

riversedge (67,576 posts)