“READERS FORUM” MAY 5, 2019

1. ***BREAKING NEWS*** More evidence that JethroBodine and his right-wing bloggers will ignore that AG Barr is a liar who does not deserve to be the AG and should resign and be prosecuted

   William Barr’s Improbable Explanation and Lies About Robert Mueller’s Letter

   Special Counsel Robert Mueller told Attorney General William Barr that Barrs letter to Congress at the conclusion of Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election mischaracterized the special counsel report, writing that “There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations” Mueller wrote in a March 27 letter

   Attorney General William Barr repeatedly claimed the special counsel was more concerned about media reports than the four-page summary he released in March, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Special Counsel Robert Mueller wasn’t worried about his summary of findings from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, a claim Mueller himself has contradicted

   Barr told the congressional committee that Mueller was instead “concerned” about the media’s portrayal of that summary, saying “I called Mueller and asked what was the issue. Mueller said that his concern focused on his explanation of why he did not reach a conclusion on obstruction, and he wanted more put out on that issue” even though the call was initiated by Mueller

   Mueller’s letter released publicly Wednesday flies directly in the face of those statements. Mueller said he REPEATEDLY asked Barr to release more of his investigation results, including summaries of each volume of the investigation. He said Barr’s summary “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusions”

   Days later Barr LIED about receiving those concerns

   Mueller’s letter also states that the special counsel informed the Justice Department of its concerns about Barr’s summary on the morning of March 25, just hours after the summary went public. It does NOT specifically mention any of his concerns about how the media was portraying Barr’s summary of the report

   “This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the department appointed the special counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations” Mueller wrote

   And since JethroBodine and his merry band of Baghdad Bobs cannot quit prevaricating, here is the ENTIRE text of the Mueller letter that shows what a liar Barr is. Paragraph 3 below kicks the a$$ of everyone to show Barr is a weasel (which is why Twittler appointed him):

   I previously sent you a letter dated March 25, 2019, that enclosed the introduction and executive summary for each volume of the Special Counsel’s report marked with redactions to remove any information that potentially could be protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) that concerned declination decisions, or that related to a charged case. We also had marked an additional two sentences for review and have now confirmed that these sentences can be released publicly

   Accordingly, the enclosed documents are in a form that can be released to the public consistent with legal requirements and Department policies. I am requesting that you provide these materials to Congress and authorize their public release at this time

   As we stated in our meeting of March 5 and reiterated to the Department early in the afternoon of March 24, the introductions and executive summaries of our two-volume report accurately summarize this Office’s work and conclusions. The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office’s work and conclusions. We communicated that concern to the Department on the morning of March 25. There is new public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations. See Department of Justice, Press Release (May 17, 2017)

   While we understand that the Department is reviewing the full report to determine what is appropriate for public release, a process that our Office is working with you to complete, that process need not delay release of the enclosed materials. Release at this time would alleviate the misunderstandings that have arisen and would answer congressional and public questions about the nature and outcome of our investigation. It would also accord with the standard for public release of noti?cations to Congress cited in your letter. See 28 C.F.R. 609(c) (“the Attorney General may determine that public release” of congressional notifications “would be in the public interest”)

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2. Video Shows William Barr Denying Knowledge Of Mueller’s Objections To His Summary Of The Russia Probe Days After Mueller Sent Him A Letter About It

   A video of Attorney General William Barr answering questions about the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation resurfaced Tuesday night in light of new reports from The New York Times and Washington Post saying that Mueller was unhappy with Barr’s characterization of the report. On March 27, several days after Barr released a four-page letter to Congress on March 24, Mueller wrote to Barr expressing his frustration that the letter’s conclusion did not reflect the full report

   During a congressional hearing on April 10, Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland asked Barr SPECIFICALLY whether Mueller supported his conclusions and Barr….LIED

   Let’s go to the videotape!

   Flashback: Congressional hearing on the Mueller report on April 10

   Sen. Chris Van Hollen: Did Bob Mueller support your conclusion?
   AG William Barr: I don’t know whether Bob Mueller supported my conclusion.

   “The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusions. There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations” wrote Special Counsel Robert Mueller

   Mueller’s report concluded there WAS Russian interference in the 2016 election, but that despite contacts between Russian operatives and members of Trump’s inner circle, there was not enough evidence to prove a criminal conspiracy between the two. The report was submitted to the Department of Justice at the end of March and was made public (with redactions) in mid-April, but did not reach a definitive conclusion on obstruction of justice

   During a hearing before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on April 9, Representative Charlie Crist referenced reports that members of Mueller’s team did not think the conclusions reached by Barr in his four-page letter to Congress reflected their findings, so he asked Barr if the Special Counsel or his team questioned Barr’s conclusions

   “No, I don’t. I suspect that they wanted more put out, but in my view I was not interested in putting out summaries or trying to summarize, because I think any summary, regardless of who prepares it, not only runs the risk of being under inclusive or over inclusive, but also would you know trigger a lot of discussion and analysis that really should wait for everything coming out at once” Barr incorrectly answered

   As New York Times reporter Jo Becker noted, the reports of this letter sent from Mueller to Barr on March 27 add new context to the past testimony. Now that we know that Special counsel Robert Mueller complained to Attorney General Barr in late March that a 4-page preview Barr wrote to Congress did not “capture the context, nature, and substance” of Mueller’s actual report, this April testimony is all the more interesting

   “In light of Mueller’s letter, the misleading nature of Barr’s 4/10 testimony & 4/18 press conference is even more glaring. And it’s time for Mueller to testify publicly” commented Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

   Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, writes:

   I note with interest AG Barr’s 4/10 Senate testimony

   Q: Did Bob Mueller support your conclusion?
   A: I don’t know whether Bob Mueller supported my conclusion

   Now it appears that Mueller objected in this 3/27 letter

   Looks like Barr and Trump may end up sharing a hotel with bars on the windows (and hopefully very soon)

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   • Trump ‘Collusion Delusion’ merch is flying off the shelves

     “Complete and Total EXONERATION.” The “Witch Hunt!” and “No collusion” taglines also come in decals ($9) and beverage coolers ($8).

     https://nypost.com/2019/05/04/trump-collusion-delusion-merch-is-flying-off-the-shelves/amp/

3. An article to help explain Comrade Reagan and his tin foil hat friends at MSNBC, the View and the Daily Kos
   ………………….

   The collusion delusion

   Democrats have been consumed for two years with a flimsy conspiracy theory aimed at delegitimizing a presidential election they lost.

   But it’s over now. An exhaustive federal investigation just put the nail in the coffin of the collusion delusion.

   Special counsel Robert Mueller, backed by a team of 40 FBI special agents, analysts, and other experts, issued more than 2,800 subpoenas and 500 search warrants, and interviewed 500 witnesses. The conclusion, as summarized by Attorney General William Barr: “ The Special’s Counsel investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”…

   Of course, the conclusion of Mueller’s report doesn’t mean the end of investigations into Russia and collusion. It only means the end of the professional, nonpartisan investigations into Russia and collusion.

   House Democrats will use their subpoena power to interview the same witnesses and rake over the same coals. Congressional oversight is an important function. There’s plenty of stuff Democrats could look into, regarding Trump’s business dealings, for instance. But the Russia investigation was the only investigation that offered them what they wanted, the chance to delegitimize Trump’s election by attributing it to a foreign conspiracy.

   That charge has been investigated exhaustively and debunked. Can the Democrats move on?

4. Complete left wing nonsense from Gay Mayor Pete:

   Buttigieg on Privilege: I ‘Check Myself’ to Understand Advantages of ‘Whiteness or Maleness’

   “It’s hard for me to even be able to see some of the ways in which whiteness or maleness may have made my life go differently,” Buttigieg told the outlet.

   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/04/buttigieg-on-privilege-i-check-myself-to-understand-advantages-of-whiteness-or-maleness/

5. Dear Editors: Sincere apologies. I thought I had posted on the Left Jab/Right Jab, and I must have used the wrong link. Please go ahead and delete these and I will put them in the proper place. I must have had some fermented jelly beans

   • I don’t think it’s the jelly beans,more like kool-aid from the left

     • More like gummy bears from Colorado and a TV in Moms basement stuck on MSNBC.

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