If this true, changes narrative

[gabeana]

Link to tweet

Barr did what he was hired to do block for trump

[customerserviceguy]

1. Two problems

First, another shadowy unnamed source, who could even be out there spewing misinformation to make sure that the Democratic majority in the House stays focused on impeachment, instead of the upcoming primary season. Second, whatever articles of impeachment the House sends to the Senate will be DOA, because Republicon Senators have just been given cover.

The straw-grasping is ferocious today.

[Iliyah]

2. Nope. The Democrats in the House are

focused on elections. One thing we can do is multi task.

[customerserviceguy]

4. Maybe they can

It's the voters ability to multitask that I'm most concerned about. Every minute of TV time devoted to Trump-oriented hearings and investigations is a minute taken away from the eventual Democratic nominee.

Look how well Pete Buttigieg is doing with a bit of TV face time. Other than Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, most of the folks running are relative unknowns to the general public. TV time is a partial remedy for that.

[Glimmer of Hope]

3. This makes sense. There were a number of Democrats

on Mueller's team.

[Azathoth]

5. That's a damn cop-out

Mueller might not be empowered to indict the president, but it's his fucking job to determine whether the president's actions are lawful or not. He fucking punted, bigly.

[pnwmom]

10. Leon Jaworski "punted" by your definition. He sent all the evidence to Congress

for Congress to make the determination.

That's what Mueller intended to do -- but this time, there was a William Barr blocking him.

We won't know exactly what happened till the House brings Mueller there to testify.

[Azathoth]

12. That's not entirely true

First, Mueller's job was not to advise Congress, it was to pick up an ongoing FBI criminal investigation. The report is a summary of his findings and recommendations for the DOJ.

Second, Jaworski's grand jury outright drafted an indictment of Nixon. They pulled their punch at the last moment and instead submitted a report directly to Congress that was effectively a skeleton indictment. Meanwhile, they indicted and prosecuted everyone else who wasn't the president.

Mueller sounds like he took an "only the pope can judge a king" approach. He indicted no one in the administration and apparently tried to punt on everything related to them. That's a far cry from Jaworski (whose own decisions, incidentally, are not some kind of authoritative precedent.)

[pnwmom]

13. He indicted no one in the administration except for Manafort, Gates, Flynn, Cohen, and Stone.

And he had guilty pleas from all except Stone, whose trial is in November.

[onetexan]

6. I think mueller did his job as he saw it - present the facts

let congress decide, and let the chips fall where they may. Barr is the problem here.

[Catherine Vincent]

7. Yes, but

Yes, but congress can't decide if they aren't allowed to read the full report.

[912gdm]

8. Yes..Barr IS the problem. That swine has a history of legalizing treason.

[True Blue American]

14. That Cartoon

Summed up the whole miserable History of Republicans and their enablors!

[joshdawg]

11. Yes, barr IS the problem.

He was picked by trump because he feels that the president is right, no matter what the facts say.
barr will lie, cheat, steal to ensure trump "wins."

BTW, am I the only one who believes barr looks like the character Norm on Cheers?

[uponit7771]

9. K&R, The upcoming KGOP montra is "No Full Report Dems Should Move On" (link inside)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211953199