22 months of hard-won investigation and what do we end up with?
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9-hours of “deliberations” by William Barr – Attorney General of the U.S. & Rod Rosenstein – Deputy Attorney General – all leading up to a grand pronouncement TODAY – Sunday – March 24, 2019 – in the form of a short (4-page) letter to Congress “summarizing” Mueller’s report!
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For one thing, Mueller NEVER included any Grand Pronouncements in his report! He had voluminous findings & observations & maybe even “recommendations”. But NO Grand Pronouncements! The kind of which were made today by Attorney General William Barr in his letter to Congress.
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On the subject of conspiracy/collusion – Barr’s “summary” letter to Congress said the evidence accumulated by Mueller did not indicate conscious – or knowing – conspiracy by the Trump presidential campaign and Russian operatives. At least proof beyond a “reasonable doubt”. But, did Mueller really say that – in his own words – in the report he submitted to the Attorney General on Friday – March 22, 2019? Hmmm……. or was it a little more “complicated” than that!
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On the subject of obstruction of justice – Barr’s “summary” letter to Congress said the evidence was not strong enough to suggest obstruction – but Barr included in his letter – that the report does NOTexonerate the President in this regard. Well, that’s a little bit of good new for the rest of us who have two good eyes and have been observing this dumb-fuck for nigh on over two years now! That means that the ball is back in Congress’s court & that they have a green light to continue to pursue this line of inquiry wherever it may lead!
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The no-collusion/conspiracy “pronouncement” – without the whole report – is not really all that convincing. The sheer number of “contacts” between Trump campaign officials & Russian operatives — something like “100” — just seems a bit too inconceivable to be just that — mere “contacts”. What? — there’s no evidentiary “pattern” here?? — suggesting at least a “tepid” form of conspiracy?
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All-in-all, the Attorney General’s 4-page letter fell way short in “summarizing” the Mueller Report and now Congress — specifically – Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Adam Schiff & Democratic Judiciary Committee Chairman, Jerry Nadler, will have to take the ball from Mueller & run with it as far & as long as they can go!
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Thanks for listening — I guess I could shoot someone on 5th Avenue & get away with it — why? — well, I didn’t have the requisite criminal “intent”! —> oops, I didn’t “really” mean to shoot that person! If I had it to do all over again, I probably wouldn’t have! So, just give me a mulligan!
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