Natasha Bertrand: Barr just said that the FBI did not give a defensive briefing to the Trump campaig

[demmiblue]

Barr just said that the FBI did not give a defensive briefing to the Trump campaign warning that the Russians would try to infiltrate it in 2016. ...but they did, according to NBC.

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[PA Democrat]

1. So... is Barr that STUPID or that BLATANT of a liar?

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Someone has to call him on his lie.

[Wounded Bear]

5. How about both?

That can be true, too, ya know.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Welcome to Post-Truth. nt

[triron]

2. They are openly brazen about their deception.

They are saying "fuck you" to democrats.

[gratuitous]

3. Whether the campaign was warned or not

The Trump campaign had a duty to notify the FBI that they had been meeting with the Russians. But this is one of the pitfalls of running everything like a business. When Trump's looking to do a business deal, he doesn't have to report to anyone. But when you're campaigning for office, it's a little different. Foreign contacts that reach out to the campaign have to be reported to the FBI. Barr is apparently counting on the fact that the general public doesn't know that. So he can just claim that the Trump campaign was never advised by the FBI that the Russians might be looking to influence the 2016 election, so their failure to contact the FBI is on the FBI, not the Trump campaign.

[Wounded Bear]

7. The FBI briefs ALL candidates, every election cycle...

it is SOP for election season.

[gratuitous]

8. Of course they do

But what Barr is counting on is that the casual citizen doesn't know that in order to excuse the Trump campaign's failures. It's just the sort of cynical, despicable lie that is SOP from these fuckers, because they know the media won't go to all the trouble of explaining why it's a steaming pile of bullshit.

Sorry, not meaning to yell at you, but this just pisses me off.

[Wounded Bear]

9. I hear you, it's all good...