More circus than bread
From the Barr hearing:
Lindsey Graham is reading quotes from FBI officials saying anti-Trump things in 2016 … much like the anti-Trump things Graham was saying in 2016. "I think Donald Trump is a con man,” he said then.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 1, 2019
Brian Williams just broke into @MSNBC's coverage of the Barr hearing to correct Lindsey Graham: "The chairman of the Judiciary Committee just said that Mueller found there is no collusion. That is not correct."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 1, 2019
There may not be a member of this Administration with more to answer for than the Attorney General.
His confirmation occurred only a few months ago. Yet in that short time, Barr’s conduct has raised damning questions about his impartiality and fitness. https://t.co/TzjWCEFt2d
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 1, 2019
Barr says that the reason Mueller was unhappy with his memo was due to the way it was being covered in the media and in public, not because of the contents of the memo itself. Mueller's letter just released completely contradicts this assessment by Barr. #BarrHearing pic.twitter.com/9FTX4yTRI9
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) May 1, 2019
Yes, that’s not what the letter says.
According to Barr, presidents can now order WH lawyers to change their testimony to federal investigators in order to state things that are factually false and its not obstruction or suborning perjury. Future WH staffers, please take note. #BarrHearing
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 1, 2019
Thanks for this summary of some of the hearing. I’ve been listening to it myself and noting how Barr is downplaying Trump’s actual actions when saying there was no obstruction. Some of the Republican Senators (Cornyn, Grassley) put on a sideshow of blaming the FBI for various things as well, like not warning Trump back in 2016 about Russian interference in the election, when in fact the FBI did warn both the Trump and Clinton campaigns about it: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-warned-trump-2016-russians-would-try-infiltrate-his-campaign-n830596
It is so odd. I never in my life thought I would see the FBI and the left being on the same side on something…things do go rather upside down when Trump is around, don’t they?
iknklast, it’s that ‘enemy of my enemy’ thing.