Let's say you're a support staffer at the DOJ and you have access to the full Mueller report

[Yavin4]

Would you, in good conscience, release it in its entirety, and face jail time over it?

[elleng]

1. I would (I think,) depending on how long the wait lasts,

and how outrageous the excuses are.

[watoos]

2. My guess is its already been released to Trump's lawyers.

[Nevermypresident]

3. Yes, assuming I could redact classified information.

[Leith]

4. No

It's a life ruiner for no good reason. Let the legal process work its course.

[sarisataka]

5. Would you?

[California_Republic]

6. Id let the normal process run first

[Quackers]

7. Nope

Guaranteed to destroy your life for a chance to cause Trump some problems. That still feels like a win for trump.

[MineralMan]

8. I would if what is released is redacted beyond understanding.

I don't know how many people have had access to it, though. It might be carefully controlled in that regard. If not, then, it's already on several USB thumbdrives, I'm sure. If more than a dozen people have had access to it, one could mail copies of the thumbdrive to major newspapers like WAPO and NYT and the LA times, anonymously on brand new thumbdrives. Just mail them from some other state, with a text file on the thumbdrive identifying the document and enough information that would help verify it's authenticity.

It would probably be possible to retain that anonymity, at least for a while, anyhow. But, you'd stand a chance of facing legal trouble, for sure. But, then, again, you might never do any prison time, in the end, if the contents were mindblowing.

[fescuerescue]

24. I know a guy who got sued for doing that

Collecting employer info and putting it on thumb drive. Mind you this guy is no slouch and he's testified before Congress about Cyber Security.

Still he didn't know that his former employer would pull the logs from the machine and determined precisely when the information was downloaded and even when the thumb drive was plugged in and removed.

It stated a civil matter since it was information that no one cared about, but he had to write a big check.

I'm not sure that the newspapers mentioned would even run it. If it has classified info, or info embargoed by law they may not touch it.

[Hoyt]

9. First off, I'd wait until mid-April when Barr releases whatever he is going to release before risk-

ing jail time, end of career, etc. Then, I'd make the decision. If Barr doesn't release the good stuff -- assuming there is something more than what is common knowledge already -- I'd hope Mueller would step up.

[FakeNoose]

10. It WILL be leaked somehow, some way

... we just have to be patient.

[marble falls]

11. Hell yes, and I wouldn't whine about it or go hide out in Moscow or an embassy, either.

[titaniumsalute]

12. No

[bearsfootball516]

13. Nope.

[mahina]

14. Or send to every newspaper as was done with the Pentagon Papers?

Yes. I would. I like to think so anyway.

[llmart]

15. If I was told I only had a few months left to live, I'd do it.

[briv1016]

16. It's already been deleted for this very reason.

[customerserviceguy]

17. Not just prison time

but knowing you'd probably never get a job again. You couldn't be trusted with anything confidential.

And, if you've read the full report, and know that the Barr summary is pretty much accurate for the most part, then you'd be risking everything for zero possible gain. Maybe that's why we've not seen a copy so far.

[trueblue2007]

18. i am not gonna ever get another job anyway. I AM A HERO TYPE ..... I WOULD DO IT FOR SURE.

AND THEY WOULD MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT ME...... MY great nieces and nephews would remember me !!!!

I would want JULIA ROBERTS to play me !!!!!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich_(film)

[customerserviceguy]

19. The difference is

Erin Brockovich knew she had the goods on her company. We don't yet know what is in the Mueller report, and how different the Barr summary is from the gist of that report. Anybody who has this mythical thumb drive can easily compare the two, and if there's nothing to be revealed that would cause a Hollywood movie someday, then it's not worth it.

[trueblue2007]

20. ANYTHING REGARDING THE STINKING EVIL DONALD RUMP would be made into a movie.

he is hated by millions of people

they would love to see him taken down.

at least i would anyway.

[trueblue2007]

21. ha ha ha .... Stephen King hates Trump, he could make the movie !!!!

[customerserviceguy]

22. I have no doubt

that the Trump aberration will be the subject of numerous motion pictures and political science master's theses.

But the producers of said works would not be facing prison time for releasing them.

[fescuerescue]

23. No. absolutely not

I'm not going to prison and live in poverty the rest of my life (after get out) just to temporarily cost trump a few % in approval ratings.

Besides, It's going to come out anyway.