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babylonsister

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Mon Mar 25, 2019, 12:15 PM Mar 2019

Presidential Historian: Barr's Four-Page Letter Is A 'Press Release'


3/25/19 7:22am
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Presidential Historian: Barr's Four-Page Letter Is A 'Press Release'
"Maybe it accurately reflects what's in the Mueller report. Maybe it's something that is a gloss that's intended to make it took more pro Trump than it is," presidential historian Michael Beschloss said.
By Susie Madrak
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I'll give Morning Joe credit for giving us exactly what we needed to hear this morning -- namely, the historical context of yesterday's partisan whitewash of the conclusions of the Mueller report. Almost every one of the guests took great pain's to say that Trump's self-declared "victory" was only one of perception.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss even dismissed Barr's letter as a "press release."

"Michael, obviously comparisons have been drawn throughout the process. What's so fascinating about where we are now is, you have one side declaring victory and the other playing death dirges. Investigations continuing in the Southern District of New York. We had Jonathan Turley on this show a year and a half ago saying forget about Mueller, the threat to President Trump and his freedom comes from the Southern District of New York. A lot of people following that. So Donald Trump can certainly exhale, but then the battles begin again," Joe Scarborough said.

"The battles may even begin before that," Beschloss said. "I've been waiting for 22 months to read the Mueller report. Have you read it?

"So far, we've read basically a four-page, what amounts to a press release from William Barr, maybe it accurately reflects what's in the Mueller report. Maybe it's something that is a gloss that's intended to make it look a lot more pro Trump than it is."


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Presidential Historian: Barr's Four-Page Letter Is A 'Press Release' (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2019 OP
A press release And One Big F*cking Lie Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #1
The Muel investigation has been bad for der fuhrer, stirred up a hornets nest, but the Queen got way yaesu Mar 2019 #2

yaesu

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2. The Muel investigation has been bad for der fuhrer, stirred up a hornets nest, but the Queen got way
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 03:15 PM
Mar 2019

the Barr pres release was pfffft, it was what we all should have expected, wishful thinking aside. We know there is and never will be justice in a capitalistic plutocracy.

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