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Attorney General William Barr testifies before Congress

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Attorney General William Barr testifies before Congress - CNNPolitics

NOW: Attorney General William Barr is testifying before a Congressional committee about the Justice Department’s budget.
But it's not just the budget: Barr will likely be grilled on special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation, and Barr's short summary of it. He could also face questions about immigration and the border.
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Redacted Mueller report expected in the next week
 
The redacted report is one thing, but so far in front of this House committee Barr is doing rather well. House Democrats are not doing a good job at all in trying to trip him up.
 
Cardinal said:
The report that Barr needs to release to the public is the one that Mueller’s team created for public consumption and which Barr has been sitting on for the last two weeks. Then he needs to release the full unredacted version to HJC. He can take his own redacted version and shove it up his ass.
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Well stated, however Barr at this point appears to be full in with trump, and I do not trust him to follow the law.

With all the turn overs, it looks like trump is setting things up with appointees that are willing to take his loyalty pledge and break the law at his orders.

Just yesterday he order boarder security to break the law in a speech to them.

The people who were actually in charge informed them that if they followed the president's orders they would be personally legally liable...
 
OrphanSlug said:
The redacted report is one thing, but so far in front of this House committee Barr is doing rather well. House Democrats are not doing a good job at all in trying to trip him up.
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He's making it very clear that he thinks his job is to protect the POTUS rather than inform the congress.

The AG is supposed to be above politics, charged with protecting the people, not the president.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
He's making it very clear that he thinks his job is to protect the POTUS rather than inform the congress.

The AG is supposed to be above politics, charged with protecting the people, not the president.
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And Democrats are making it very clear that they are using a budget meeting for political purposes.
 
OrphanSlug said:
And Democrats are making it very clear that they are using a budget meeting for political purposes.
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Oh nooos, that has never happened before, what ever shall we do?!?!?
 
GDViking said:
Oh nooos, that has never happened before, what ever shall we do?!?!?
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Tanngrisnir said:
No, they're not. Not in any way that I can see.
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Don't get me wrong here, I am no Republican nor supporter of Barr in any regard.

I just expected a better effort out of Democrats to try to trap Barr into a conversation about his timing for his summary but even that is lackluster so far.
 
GDViking said:
Well stated, however Barr at this point appears to be full in with trump, and I do not trust him to follow the law.

With all the turn overs, it looks like trump is setting things up with appointees that are willing to take his loyalty pledge and break the law at his orders.

Just yesterday he order boarder security to break the law in a speech to them.

The people who were actually in charge informed them that if they followed the president's orders they would be personally legally liable...
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what the **** are you yappin’ about, he can’t release it unredacted, it’s against the law for him to release 6-E material...keep up! You too “Odd Job”
 
Thingfish said:
what the **** are you yappin’ about, he can’t release it unredacted, it’s against the law for him to release 6-E material...keep up! You too “Odd Job”
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The AG can go to a Judge for review of 6E material, which is permitted under the law, and the Judge can decide to release or not. Barr stated he would not.
 
OrphanSlug said:
The redacted report is one thing, but so far in front of this House committee Barr is doing rather well. House Democrats are not doing a good job at all in trying to trip him up.
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I never had any expectation of them doing that to Barr. Anyone can cast a line in the water, but the best angler is the one who gets the fish. I think the release of the redacted report is a better time to determine if there's anything of interest which would require reviewing the redacted content.
 
Cardinal said:
The report that Barr needs to release to the public is the one that Mueller’s team created for public consumption and which Barr has been sitting on for the last two weeks. Then he needs to release the full unredacted version to HJC. He can take his own redacted version and shove it up his ass.
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So you just want to expose everybody who was involved or not, along with any and all national security intel in the process?

That's what we do now? You want to violate the law?

You lost. Take your whooping like an adult.
 
Erod said:
So you just want to expose everybody who was involved or not, along with any and all national security intel in the process?
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Did I say that, or did you just make that up? I’ll give you a hint: you made that up.
 
Thingfish said:
what the **** are you yappin’ about, he can’t release it unredacted, it’s against the law for him to release 6-E material...keep up! You too “Odd Job”
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What does that have to do with anything I said?

I expect to see Muellers edited version that was meant for public release, like two weeks ago.

The house and Senate should have received the unredacted version at the same time Barr did.

The hold up by Barr makes it clear that there may not be criminal charges filed against trump, however it seems they still want to hide the report.

I suspect it will be so damning that Democrats have no choice but to impeach...
 
Cardinal said:
The report that Barr needs to release to the public is the one that Mueller’s team created for public consumption and which Barr has been sitting on for the last two weeks. Then he needs to release the full unredacted version to HJC. He can take his own redacted version and shove it up his ass.
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I find it hard to believe that Mueller and his staff would willingly work with Barr on creating "another" version then. Sounds like you just want to hate trump, and you would be HAPPY if you found out Trump colluded with russia because it validates your self-righteous opinions against conservatives. Truth is, even if the report was completely unredacted, it wouldn't be enough for you, and it wouldn't be enough for the DNC and the media because, as long as trump is president, the show must go on!.
 
DarkWizard12 said:
Truth is, even if the report was completely unredacted, it wouldn't be enough for you,
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In retrospect, Loretta Lynch should have retained full control of the investigation into Hillary Clinton, then sat on the conclusions of the investigation "because nothing would be good enough for Republicans." I'm sure that would have gone over great with you guys.
 
JANFU said:
The AG can go to a Judge for review of 6E material, which is permitted under the law, and the Judge can decide to release or not. Barr stated he would not.
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If there is a legally justified reason.
 
Cardinal said:
The report that Barr needs to release to the public is the one that Mueller’s team created for public consumption and which Barr has been sitting on for the last two weeks. Then he needs to release the full unredacted version to HJC. He can take his own redacted version and shove it up his ass.
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Good luck with that...

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Cardinal said:
In retrospect, Loretta Lynch should have retained full control of the investigation into Hillary Clinton, then sat on the conclusions of the investigation "because nothing would be good enough for Republicans." I'm sure that would have gone over great with you guys.
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I don't remember Loretta Lynch working with Barr to create a redacted report of the clinton investigation....nope....they just redacted it by themselves

A DECLASSIFIED FBI report on the Hillary Email Scandal. Hmmm, in retrospect....you should have called for its full release, no redacts, right? rgr5rgtt.webp
 
ElChupacabra said:
I never had any expectation of them doing that to Barr. Anyone can cast a line in the water, but the best angler is the one who gets the fish. I think the release of the redacted report is a better time to determine if there's anything of interest which would require reviewing the redacted content.
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Indeed, and its just a week. Plus, in color:
During his testimony Barr told the committee that the full Mueller Report will be released next week. The report will include four color-coded redaction categories.
– Grand jury material
– Classified information
– Material tied to ongoing cases
– Information that could harm peripheral third parties
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I think this is an excellent idea, the public will know why some parts are not disclosed.

Barr also said:
"We will provide explanatory notes describing the basis for each redaction."
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I wonder if he just means each redaction will be assigned one of those 4 color coded designations, or further details.
 
DarkWizard12 said:
I don't remember Loretta Lynch working with Barr to create a redacted report of the clinton investigation....nope....they just redacted it by themselves
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That's a tiny jpeg that I can't see.
 
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