“IT WAS a complete and total exoneration!” crowed Donald Trump on March 24th, shortly after his attorney-general released a four-page summary of Robert Mueller’s findings. “This was an illegal takedown that failed.”
It will take a fuller disclosure of Mr Mueller’s findings, which Mr Barr has promised, to ascertain quite how reassuring this conclusion is. But it is nonetheless a big win for the president. Despite the nagging caveats—given his team’s many lies, evasions and demonstrable openness to receiving Russian help—it comes as close to corroborating the president’s “NO COLLUSION!!” assertion as he could possibly have hoped.
The other main part of Mr Mueller’s inquiry was a closer run thing. Mr Barr’s summary confirms that the special counsel looked into “a number of actions by the president” that might have constituted an illegal effort to obstruct investigations into the Russian plot. The main investigation, by the FBI, was handed over to Mr Mueller in part because of Mr Trump’s decision to sack the bureau’s then director, James Comey. That was one such action.
According to the attorney-general’s summary of his conclusions, he relayed his findings on Mr Trump’s dubious actions without concluding whether or not they constituted clinching evidence of obstruction. Instead Mr Mueller provided arguments on both sides of the question. According to Mr Barr, “the special counsel states that ‘while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it does not exonerate him either.
That battle will shortly take on a political life of its own. In his summary Mr Barr reiterated that, “mindful of the public interest in this matter”, he hoped to make as much of the special counsel’s report public as he could, “consistent with applicable law, regulations, and departmental policies.” Yet that could keep a lot of Mr Mueller’s report under wraps.
If anything, the heavy burden of proof the special counsel was labouring under made his investigation look like a distraction from the more salient political questions surrounding Mr Trump’s dealings with Russia.
Has it been published?. Share a copy to compare notes.
Proving a case for political problems wasn't Muller's charge or mission. He did complete his mission and provided the results--like it or not. Trump wasn't absolved either.
Get ready for more disappointment as the SCOTUS begins rolling over every issue on the GOP donor hitlist. As federalist society approved judges, appointed in dozens by Trump, carry out an agenda that will make many Americans despair of law and justice
Ha what political problem?
Not
Only by totalitarian regimes is law used to serve particular political ends.
It delivered the final blow on FakeNews media. MAGA
🤣🍿🤣Bwahahahahahahahhahaha ROFLMAO!!!
Impeachment is a tired revenge fantasy which the Dems are using to distract people in their base from noticing that, when it comes to things like controlling the police or reigning in wall street, they have no plans or programs or intent.
Act three stage right.
It was unwise of the Economist to join the 'Resistance'. Tarnished the brand:
Conspiracy stinks
AndreaChalupa You haven’t seen the Mueller Report,
AndreaChalupa Did you read it?
AndreaChalupa According to Barr...
President Don Ouijote Trump survived this problem as usual.
AndreaChalupa AG Barr's report appears to rebuke. You haven't read Mueller's report have you ?
AndreaChalupa How did you read the Mueller Report!
Sounds as if you have a copy of Mueller’s report. Please share!!!!
What has happened to The Economist? Serious question.
'Robert Mueller's report appears almost as a rebuke' Just to be clear, by 'almost' you mean to say that you haven't actually even read Mueller's report and you don't know what it actually says.
Excuse me, , but have you actually obtained and read a copy of the report Until that happens, this is utterly irresponsible bullshit.
Have you read the report?
You mean those above the law?
Dear , please don't fall into the same trap as some of your lesser peers. The Mueller report cannot be judged as it has not been released. The BarrSummary, a cherry picking of the actual report by a handpicked AG does as you say. Don't conflate the two.
Wrong. You just want to law to do what you want it do.
And the reputation of your periodical takes another blow. Embarrassing.
THE 4 PAGE BARR MEMO. YOU HAVENT READ ONE WORD OF THE REPORT. DO BETTER.
Robert Mueller is intelligent investigator The US President needed it His initiative and fight for the American economy is enormous
Of course it can’t and shouldn’t
Not Mueller....Barr.
justinhendrix Garbage headline. Not going to even click to find out if it matches what the article is talking about.
justinhendrix wow that's really interesting in the sense that NOBODY HAS SEEN THE REPORT
HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS? YOU ARE LITERALLY MAKING SHIT UP. STOP.
He’s just a terrible person and a terrible human being that’s all you need to know. Yes it was definitely a mistake to try to “prove” some kind of “smoking gun” when the elephant in the room is he’s a bad person.
Please link me to your copy of the report; until I see that, I have to assume you're leaping to conclusions about its contents from the Barr letter which may not be an accurate reflection of its contents.
I don’t get it. No one has seen the Mueller report.
I didn't read it yet, did you?
*William Barr’s letter did no such thing.
You call this journalism? How can the report appear to be anything, before it's appeared?
justinhendrix Barr, you idiots. Barr.
justinhendrix I guess this is what you get when you hire psychics who claim to know what’s in a report that NO ONE has seen, rather than actual journalists.
justinhendrix You haven't seen the report.
No Boost of any kind can save Trump's mistaken presidency!
justinhendrix Have you read the report?
justinhendrix You haven’t even seen the fucking report. How could this be a tweet?
justinhendrix Since that wasn't his job....
He has gathered the information, as any Law Enforcement official would do. However, Mueller is akin to a detective who hands the data to the Attorney General. Now, we will can see if Barr is about Justice, or believes in not biting the hand who feeds him.
Dude .. can you leak it ? I don't feel rebuked. Let me see it. Let me see how it is almost a rebuke .
justinhendrix Really did you read it?
Presidential crimes are not a “political problem” they are a legal and democracy problem
Our investigations of illegal flows of ammonia, petroleum productshave revealed,that the customs services of France became the security services of the Ukrainianoligarch Firtash and helped him not only to launder money in France,but also to buy national property in Nice
You've seen Meuller's report? Well please, SHARE!!!!! The only thing most of us have seen is Barr's response to Meuller's report.
I don't know what's in Mueller's report, and neither do you.
Not sure how a presidential candidate conspiring with foreign nationals to tilt the election in their favor is a political problem and not a criminal and national security one of the highest fucking priority but you do you Economist. You do you.
This would be a far more compelling article if anyone had actually seen the report and not just Trump's hand picked AG's pre-written summary. But thanks for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts.
Or to those who seek to define a narrative without facts, and abuse their power.
Please share the report with the rest of the world, since you seem to know what's in it. I'll even subscribe.
DIOS BENDIGA Y PROTEJA A realDonaldTrump, SALVADOR DE AMÉRICA E ISRAEL.
You guys have the Mueller report? Can you share it please? Hopefully you’re not equating the four page summary by a unitary executive zealot with the work Robert Mueller did?
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