“He was so out of the loop that he actually encouraged the Russian interference as a joke! That proves his innocence!”
I think Barr just argued that Martha Stewart (and anyone else accused of conduct interfering with a criminal investigation that itself never resulted in charges for the original act) should never have been jailed.
I trust that all federal agencies will start following this doctrine immediately. They can call it the Barr “yeahbut” policy.
vyshka
1975
Defense attorneys have a new strategy they can use. Your honor my client felt angry, frustrated, and undermined.
(Junior senator from Hawaii.)
If the Mueller report is so exculpatory, why the song and dance routine before releasing it?
Redaction looks pretty damned heavy…though I have nothing really to compare it to. I’ll defer to lawyers on whether that’s true.
rowe33
1980
NO COLLUSION, PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!
Got to love that it’s literally just called ‘report.pdf’. Got to keep things simple for their leader.
Barr literally said that this didn’t happen about an hour ago.
vyshka
1982
Where is volume 2? It appears it is the volume covering obstruction
“Mr. Barr, did Donald Trump obstruct justice?”
Apparently that’s paywalled DLC or something.
rowe33
1988
Still haven’t been able to download the damn thing. Everyone stop downloading for a second!