Attorney General Bill Barr has been testifying before Congress for the last two days — answering questions about everything from the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, to most importantly the findings and his summary of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
While we still don’t know much about what is actually contained in the over 400-page investigation report, we do know that Bill Barr released a 4-page summary just two days after the investigation closed, saying that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove collusion with Russia. However, Mueller could not exonerate the president from charges of obstruction of justice. The important part is, Attorney General Barr led us to believe that Mueller left the final decision on obstruction charges up to Barr — and of course, Barr quickly cleared that and attempted to sweep it under the rug.
But now that Barr has found himself under oath in front of Congress for the last two days, the truth is finally finding its way to the light.
During Barr’s testimony to the Senate this morning, he admitted that Mueller did not ask him to reach his own conclusion regarding charges of obstruction, nor did he indicate in any way that he believed Congress should be responsible for resolving the issue.
According to CNN‘s Manu Raju, Barr rationalized his move to personally clear the president of obstruction charges, without the advice of Special Counsel, by saying, “that’s generally how the Department of Justice works.”
Some news from Barr: He says Mueller did NOT say that he meant to punt the question to Congress on whether Trump obstructed justice; He said that Mueller did not ask the AG to make the decision either. But said: “That’s generally how the Department of Justice works.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 10, 2019
Newsflash, Bill: That’s not how this works. That’s not how ANY of this works. You were not working off precedent from the Department of Justice. You were freaking the hell out because a 400-page investigation was nailing your beloved president, the very same one that personally shot you to the position you hold today, and you were doing everything in your power to make that go away as quickly as possible.
And now you’re caught.
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