Can't they at least give it to the Gang of Eight? Or, at least let them have access to the unredacted report?
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The Mueller Report (with redactions by AG Barr) will be released on Thursday according to the Justice Department
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Can't they at least give it to the Gang of Eight? Or, at least let them have access to the unredacted report?
They can, yes. But do you really think Barr and Trump will allow that if they can help it?
I mean, obviously not. But if they really are concerned about revealing things like intelligence collection methods, etc. (I know they aren't, but let's just say hypothetically), I could understand only letting a small group from Congress view the unredacted report. I mean, fuck, who has even seen the full report at this point? Is Barr the only one?
Exactly. This all is just a political farce.
There are plenty of people who know the report, that could be asked about it.
Redaction color codes:
Red: collusion
Green: obstruction
Blue: campaign finance violations
Black: hush money
Red: collusion
Green: obstruction
Blue: campaign finance violations
Black: hush money
"This thing that totally exonnerates me was written by 18 Angry Democrats"
For the record, we've had multiple posters on this very forum suggest outright that the report would be leaked by members of Congress.
Is "it is my belief that members of Congress, who have clearance to view the documents, may leak them" a legitimate reason under the governing regulations for denying access to members of Congress with appropriate clearance?
I haven't read them but...I sincerely doubt that's an exception listed in the law.
I'm unsure of what the law says about a document such as this and the redactions within. I just know that, regardless of what Congress gets, we're very likely to see Mueller testify before Congress.
He does this all the time. Did it with the leaks that were totally illegal but also very fake.
That's probably because it shouldn't be redacted in the first place.
As quoted from earlier. There's a reason Barr let the White house see the full report before anyone else. Don't play dumb.
That's highly debatable. Again, there's going to be sensitive information within about both ongoing investigations and also investigative methods that are probably best kept out of the public eye.
What record? How are the opinions of forum posters releant to what congress will or won't do?
There are unsubstantiated rumours of the WH having seen the report.
And no, Barr/WH et al. are not concerned with national security, they're committing a cover-up in plain sight. This is Watergate all over again. It is so obvious it makes me mad.
Well, what does "briefed" mean? Technically the public's been "briefed" too. Did the WH get copies of the actual report in full?
It's relevant insofar as people's expectations, especially given what the members of Congress have stated on the subject.
Did you actually watch that clip? He literally says the opposite.
That doesn't say they got the report, only that they were briefed on it.
They know enough to have a written rebuttal coming out at the same time.
We have no reason to trust Barr right now
Sure, but you're now assuming what it is they're going to say. I'm unsure what you're expecting in this "counter-report".
No one knows except Barr who wouldn't answer the question if the White House was briefed or not earlier last week. Just from Trump's reaction the past couple of days it wasn't very flattering I imagine.
Apparently, Mueller's team summarized each section of their report, which does *not* include any information that requires redaction. It's just a summary of their findings... If those are at all redacted or edited, then it's obvious that Barr went to great lengths to obfuscate the report.
I'm assuming that these redactions are not in good faith when the guy being investigated gets briefed first by the guy he placed in the AG position back in January instead of Congress.
Lol no one expects anything damning knowing barrs redactions are all over this
My question to you, then, is this: Do you think Mueller is going to accept that and cover for Barr and Trump when subpoenaed?
Indeed. The most appropriate way to release the most important evidence that totally clears the president is quietly at the end of the week in the middle of Congressional recess. Definitely the sign of a president and AG who are super duper confident in the findings of the report.
It's like mad libs but for right-wing conspiracy theorists.
No.
Especially when the first question is " We're you impeded in anyway during your investigation and does Barr's summary correctly reflect your report?"
Poor party planners who make the mistake of asking everyone for their preference, instead of just ordering X plain, X pepperoni, X veggie pies.
The surefire way to make people pissed off about getting pizza is asking the room for their preferences.
- Order five plain pies for the room and people are happy because there's pizza and pizza is good.
- Ask everyone for their input and someone will be mad they didn't get their extra black olives slices because no one else wanted that shit.
Doesn't matter. It'll never get released as long as republicans have the senate.
There is going to be so much GOP fuckery with this thing that it needs to be leaked in its entirety.
Exactly. I really doubt it's going to be feasible for Barr to hide much of anything here, given the nature of the report.
It's mostly why people are so pissed off.
Mueller basically made the summaries for the explicit purpose of being released without compromising sources/interfering with any ongoing investigations. As far as I understand it, that's really the only reason it's even there.
I hope someone asks him how he feels about those summaries not being released in a more timely fashion.
First things to look for
1) Are any of the sentences from which fragments were pulled in Barr's letter fully unredacted?
2) Are any of the summaries fully unredacted?
1) Are any of the sentences from which fragments were pulled in Barr's letter fully unredacted?
2) Are any of the summaries fully unredacted?
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Didn't know this so guess we will have to wait and see how much is readable.
Didn't know this so guess we will have to wait and see how much is readable.
For the record, this online message board is equivalent to congress. Come on now.
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