Thank you, Kamala Harris!
. . . for getting Bill Barr to admit that before he made his decision not to prosecute for obstruction,
he didn't even review the actual evidence. Something no good prosecutor would fail to do.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/1/1854621/-Sen-Harris-gets-AG-Barr-to-admit-he-never-even-reviewed-the-underlying-evidence-in-Mueller-Report?detail=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0ZhxQiJcRSoDQ47K71xhEd3K5VAeUsrl8_4Xh_DIqW_l94ESGkGk9x_jU
California Sen. Kamala Harris used her time in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General William Barr to ask a few key questions about his handling of the Mueller report. Utilizing great precision, she peppered Barr with questions and was able to get him to admit something absolutely incredible: the sitting attorney general has not personally reviewed the underlying evidence laid out in the Mueller Report.
You can see the video below, but here is a transcript of the exchange.
BARR: No, we took ...
HARRIS: Did Mr. Rosenstein?
BARR: No. We accepted the statements in the report as factual record. We did not go underneath it to see if it was accurate, we accepted it as accurate.
HARRIS: So, you accepted the report as the evidence.
BARR: Yes.
HARRIS: You did not question or look at the underlying evidence that supports the conclusions in the report?
BARR: No.
HARRIS: Did Mr. Rosenstein review the evidence that underlines and supports the conclusions in the report? To your knowledge.
BARR: Not to my knowledge. We accept the statements in the report and the characterization of the report as true.
HARRIS: Did anyone in your executive office review the evidence supporting the report?
BARR: No.
HARRIS: No. Yet you represented to the American public that the evidence was not, “sufficient to support an obstruction of justice offense.”
More at link above.
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