Barr's big reveal

Barr's big reveal

by digby

Quick first take:

Don't tell me that Barr didn't write his statement in coordination with the president. The press conference was simply a flack spinning for his employer, trying to make the best of a bad situation. Barr clearly missed his calling. He said the Trump campaign didn't assist the Russians and didn't participate in the hack. We knew that. He didn't address whether they knew about it, benefited from it, welcomed it, reported it or were just dumb as a box of rocks. And he used the non-legal term "no collusion" repeatedly.

The fact that we didn't have the Special Counsel present much less delivering the report and explaining it says it all. He
is the only one left with any credibility.

This was the most unbelievable thing I heard. Poor li'l Trumpie was upset. He couldn't help it:

Barr justifies his call (w/Rosenstein) to clear Trump of obstruction: "Trump faced an unprecedented situation. As he entered office & sought to perform his responsibilities, prosecutors were scrutinizing his conduct... yet, as he said from the beginning, there was no collusion." pic.twitter.com/o4rYEWBkvg
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 18, 2019

REPORTER: Is it an impropriety for you to come out and sort of spin the report before people are able to read it?

BARR: No.

*walks away* pic.twitter.com/nXH4Tk3Fyd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 18, 2019

Trainwreck.

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