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Lies of Bill Barr to the Nation

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CNN has an excellent article comparing the exact words of AG Bill Barr at his presser on Thursday with the actual words in the Mueller Report. It shows Barr to be lying about several important facets of the investigation and his desire to convince the nation that Trump is innocent and the Report clears him - what it most certainly does not.

4 times Barr twisted and cherry-picked Mueller's report - CNNPolitics

It should be read by all.

And spare me the right wing anti CNN nonsesne as the article depends heavily on exact quotes which are accurate.

The article nails Barr for four specific areas
1- Trump Campaign and Collusion with Russia
2- Obstruction of Justice
3- Indicting a President
4- Role of Congress

In each case Barr twisted and perverted and changed the Mueller finings to be pro-Trump.

In addition we have the issue (not in the article) where Barr praised Trump for cooperating with Barr when we al know he refused to testify, lied about many things and ordered others to lie, and said 37 times in his written responses that he could not remember - despite telling the nation what a great memory he has.

This is a national disgrace and Barr should resign his office.
 
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CNN has an excellent article comparing the exact words of AG Bill Barr at his presser on Thursday with the actual words in the Mueller Report. It shows Barr to be lying about several important facets of the investigation and his desire to convince the nation that Trump is innocent and the Report clears him - what it most certainly does not.

4 times Barr twisted and cherry-picked Mueller's report - CNNPolitics

It should be read by all.

And spare me the right wing anti CNN nonsesne as the article depends heavily on exact quotes which are accurate.

The article nails Barr for four specific areas
1- Trump Campaign and Collusion with Russia
2- Obstruction of Justice
3- Indicting a President
4- Role of Congress

In each case Barr twisted and perverted and changed the Mueller finings to be pro-Trump.

In addition we have the issue (not in the article) where Barr praised Trump for cooperating with Barr when we al know he refused to testify, lied about many things and ordered others to lie, and said 37 times in his written responses that he could not remember - despite telling the nation what a great memory he has.

This is a national disgrace and Barr should resign his office.

Barr is a patriot who is protecting the security of America. He is a trustworthy AG who is dedicated to the US Constitution.
 
CNN is a tabloid news entertainment channel. I feel sorry for people who think it's a viable news source.
 
Barr is a patriot who is protecting the security of America. He is a trustworthy AG who is dedicated to the US Constitution.

Protecting America with lies about the obvious? How is that protecting anybody?
 
CNN is a tabloid news entertainment channel. I feel sorry for people who think it's a viable news source.

What did they get wrong in that story? They used the exact words from AG Barr and the exact words in the Mueller report and compared them.

This is just knee jerk typical right wing hate for CNN.
 
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What did they get wrong in that story? They used the exact words from AG Barr and the exact words in the Mueller report and compared them.

This is just knee jerk typical right wing hate for CNN.

We've got alot of trolls on this site so...
 
Barr never lies.

The article gives you five specific areas where Barr did lie to the nation. How do you explain that his words in the Thursday presser are very very different in tone and meaning from the Mueller Report?
 


Great song by a great artist. But really Fletch, it should be OVER since Mueller laid out all the Russian interference, tons of cooperation between Trump and Russia, and gave us a road map for Congress to impeach Trump for Obstruction in incident after incident - yes, you are right, its should be over for Trump and the man should have been already removed from his high office.

But it is not OVER. We have lots of discussion about the Mueller Report which follows. We have the mass market publishing of the Mueller Report which comes out next week in stores and online and should be a best seller. We have multiple committees of Congress investigating Trump on a wide variety of issues beyond the scope that was limited to Mueller. We have both Mueller and Barr testifying before Congress about the Report. We have the financial issues with the Trump taxes. We have the rest of the cases that Mueller spun off to other districts including the Roger Stone case tied to Wikipedia. The statute of limitation on his obstruction crimes goes well into 2022 and if Trump is no longer President, we have that to look forward to. We have the New York state investigation which is pardon proof. And we have the Southern District of New York who lots of insiders say may pose the greatest threat of them all too Trump.

Yes, it should be OVER. But it is nowhere near even halfway there.

But it is a great song just the same.
 
1- Trump Campaign and Collusion with Russia

Let's take this one, okay?

Here is how CNN puts it:

It's true: Mueller did not establish that there was a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election. Full stop.

Here is how the Mueller report puts it:

Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts, the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.

Do you see what CNN added? "criminal conspiracy"

Furthermore, CNN makes much of the use of the word "collusion", stating, that Barr "raised some eyebrows" when using that term. But CNN, themselves, use the word here:

But the report provides much more context. Mueller uncovered "multiple links" connecting Trump aides to Russian officials and that there was at least some willingness to collude -- like Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Tower meeting -- though collusion never came to fruition.

This quote comes right before stating that "Mueller intentionally steered clear of that political phrase". :roll:

This is an obvious, and dishonest spin job by CNN on the Mueller report that already spun facts in multiple instances.

Seriously haymarket, you should think twice about hanging your hat on this nonsense from CNN.
 
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Let's take this one, okay?

Here is how CNN puts it:



Here is how the Mueller report puts it:



Do you see what CNN added? "criminal conspiracy"

Furthermore, CNN makes much of the use of the word "collusion", stating, even that Barr "raised some eyebrows" when using that term. But CNN, themselves, use the word here:



This is an obvious, and dishonest spin job on the Mueller report that already spun facts in multiple instances.

Seriously haymarket, you should think twice about hanging your hat on this nonsense from CNN.

CNN said there was NOT a criminal conspiracy. So what are you complaining about?
 
CNN said there was NOT a criminal conspiracy. So what are you complaining about?

Mueller made no mention of "criminal conspiracy".

CNN, by using that term that doesn't exist in Mueller's report, implies that Mueller leaves open the possibility of some sort of conspiracy that is not criminal. Mueller didn't do that. Mueller was quite clear and definitive..."the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."

As I said...an obvious and dishonest spin job by CNN.
 
Barr is a patriot who is protecting the security of America. He is a trustworthy AG who is dedicated to the US Constitution.

And no matter the amount of lies he tells to support trump we believe him. That's what your statement reads to me.
 
Mueller made no mention of "criminal conspiracy".

CNN, by using that term that doesn't exist in Mueller's report, implies that Mueller leaves open the possibility of some sort of conspiracy that is not criminal. Mueller didn't do that. Mueller was quite clear and definitive..."the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."

As I said...an obvious and dishonest spin job by CNN.

Whether or not there was a criminal conspiracy was one of the main focuses of Mueller. And CNN said he found none.

So what is your complaint?
 
CNN is a tabloid news entertainment channel. I feel sorry for people who think it's a viable news source.

So stick to watching fox, so far it's done a good job of brainwashing the masses on the right. Your response is a perfect example.
 
Whether or not there was a criminal conspiracy was one of the main focuses of Mueller. And CNN said he found none.

So what is your complaint?

No. Mueller was not charged with finding "criminal conspiracy".

The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confinned by then-FBI Director James 8. Corney in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including: (i) any links and/or coordination bet ween the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download

Seriously, you are doing the same dishonest thing that CNN is doing...making **** up.
 
No. Mueller was not charged with finding "criminal conspiracy".



Seriously, you are doing the same dishonest thing that CNN is doing...making **** up.

That was one of things Mueller was looking for for the past 22 months. And his lack of finding any should make you very happy and that is what CNN admitted in the article.

It is right there in the Mueller report and repeated several times.


"The investigation also identified numerous links between the Russian Government and the Trump Campaign. Although the investigation established that the Russian Government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen trough Russian efforts, the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian Government in its election interference activities. "

So what is your complaining about anyway - besides the usual right wing knee jerk crap against CNN?
 
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That was one of things Mueller was looking for for the past 22 months. And his lack of finding any should make you very happy and that is what CNN admitted in the article.

It is right there in the Mueller report and repeated several times.




So what is your complaining about anyway - besides the usual right wing knee jerk crap against CNN?

sigh...

I present three posts, and still...

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You are dismissed.
 
I knew Barr was spinning the story for the benefit of King tRump, and I was worried that the whole report would be so blotched with redactions that no one would be able to get much truth from it. Given that expectation, I'm happy we got what we did. Barr just looks like a silly toady now. He couldn't polish away tRump's bumbling criminality.
 
Barr is a patriot who is protecting the security of America. He is a trustworthy AG who is dedicated to the US Constitution.

That's a crock of ****; don't you wish say'n it made it true?
 
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