Preet Bharara: Mueller Aimed To 'Punt' To Congress, Barr Snagged Ball To Spin For Trump

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Preet Bharara said he believes that Mueller intended to “punt” a decision on obstruction of justice charges against Trump to Congress. Instead, Barr “came off the sidelines, caught the ball, and ran it into the end zone for a touchdown for Trump'

.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Monday he believes that Special Counsel Robert Mueller intended to “punt” a decision on obstruction of justice charges against Donald Trump to Congress.

Bharara said he’s “bothered” by the process, saying Barr’s speedy call against obstruction charges was a “gratuitous” action that “seems to be a favor to the president.”The “problem with Barr” is that he’s a “direct appointee of the president who’s weighing in” on an investigation that’s “supposed to be someone else’s responsibility,” Bharara said.

Bharara said he believed the point of Barr’s letter was a “gambit” to create a positive “imprint” on the public’s mind about Mueller’s findings right from the start that might withstand negative revelations later on.

 

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This guy is as crooked as hell.

Subpoena Mueller. I’m sure he has his own copy of the report. Whether the Trump cultists like it or not, we’ll see it at some point.

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