So basically, after promising a release tomorrow AM, the morning will instead look like this:
9:30 Barr and Rosenstein brief an ignorant press corps
10:30 Trump releases his rebuttal
11:30 DOJ provides HARD COPIES (!!!!!!) of a 400 page document, not PDF
2:00 Public gets it— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 17, 2019
Democratic Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler: “The attorney general appears to be waging a media campaign on behalf of Pres. Trump…
Rather than letting the facts… speak for themselves, the AG has taken unprecedented steps to spin Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation.” pic.twitter.com/qjCgYdVakZ
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) April 18, 2019
AG Barr has thrown out his credibility & the DOJ’s independence with his single-minded effort to protect @realDonaldTrump above all else. The American people deserve the truth, not a sanitized version of the Mueller Report approved by the Trump Admin. https://t.co/fgXwiLuQfr
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 17, 2019
NADLER says he'll likely subpoena for the full Mueller report on Friday or Monday. https://t.co/JeCaUgDP3s
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 17, 2019
Would pay good money for an audiobook of the Mueller Report read by Barack Obama
— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) April 17, 2019
Purpose of this presser seems to be not to let reporters ask informed questions but rather to get TV footage of Barr saying things Trump will like that can play all day https://t.co/hUpRz41Ppm
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) April 17, 2019
I’m preparing my own counter report. It will be comprised of many sections, each less than 280 characters.
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 17, 2019
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