"Judge Walton who accused Barr of "distorting" Mueller report demands answers..."

[Me.]

after reading unredacted copy"

"The Mueller report hasn't been in the headlines much in 2020, a year that has found reporters heavily focused on the Ukraine scandal, President Donald Trump's acquittal on two articles of impeachment, the coronavirus pandemic, former Vice President Joe Biden's surge in the Democratic presidential primary and — most recently — the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. But the Mueller report is still a compelling read, and a federal judge is demanding some answers after confirming, on June 8, that he has read an unredacted version of the lengthy document.

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, according to Law & Crime's Matt Naham, has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to answer questions "regarding certain redactions of the Mueller Report" at a hearing now set for July 20. In the past, Walton has been critical of Attorney General William Barr's response to the Mueller Report, asserting that Barr, in 2019, "distorted" the findings of former special counsel Robert Mueller. And now that Walton has read the Mueller Report in unredacted form, he is more concerned than ever about Barr's response to it.

The Mueller report hasn't been in the headlines much in 2020, a year that has found reporters heavily focused on the Ukraine scandal, President Donald Trump's acquittal on two articles of impeachment, the coronavirus pandemic, former Vice President Joe Biden's surge in the Democratic presidential primary and — most recently — the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. But the Mueller report is still a compelling read, and a federal judge is demanding some answers after confirming, on June 8, that he has read an unredacted version of the lengthy document.

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, according to Law & Crime's Matt Naham, has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to answer questions "regarding certain redactions of the Mueller Report" at a hearing now set for July 20. In the past, Walton has been critical of Attorney General William Barr's response to the Mueller Report, asserting that Barr, in 2019, "distorted" the findings of former special counsel Robert Mueller. And now that Walton has read the Mueller Report in unredacted form, he is more concerned than ever about Barr's response to it.”

https://www.salon.com/2020/06/09/judge-who-accused-barr-of-distorting-mueller-report-demands-answers-after-reading-unredacted-copy_partner/

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/federal-judge-after-reading-the-unredacted-mueller-report-orders-doj-to-explain-itself-at-hearing/

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. So, next Barr tells the judge to sit and spin

Then whar?

[Solomon]

2. Not this Judge. Believe me.

[Me.]

4. Totally Agree

Those who don't know Judge Walton have no idea who they are dealing with

[Solomon]

20. Judge Sullivan as well. I know them both.

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. Again, what will he do?

Issue an order to a man with utter contempt for the law?

[Me.]

3. If There's Going To Be Any Sitting & Spinning It Will Be Barr

Judge Walton does not mess around

[Miguelito Loveless]

5. And he will do what?

Issue an order Barr will ignore.

Reichsfuhrer Barr does not answer to the law.

[Me.]

7. So You Have Bought Into The Con Meme

which is exactly what they're aiming to achieve.

[Miguelito Loveless]

8. No, nothing to"buy into"

Just recapping the story so far. They have flat out ignored the law so far.

[Me.]

9. They Have

Judge Walton hasn't which is the real point of the article

[Miguelito Loveless]

10. And I apologize for my cynicism

at this point. I REALLY would love you to be right, and Walton to come out whipping them six ways to Sunday. In fact, I will buy you pizza and beer if that happens.

[Me.]

12. Wine Would Be Preferred

The way I view it is this...Walton is as mad as hell and will do all he can to hold them to account just as Judge Sullivan is doing in the Flynn case. Also, there always comes a time when the wind changes and I believe we are at that point. Bully Barr and the WH Menace have been getting away with dirty deeds all their lives and a reckoning is due. Just as it's coming to Lindsay Graham

[MoonlitKnight]

15. If no reply from Barr justifying the redactions

Then the judge is free to decide for himself what should be redacted and release the rest.

[Miguelito Loveless]

16. That I would like to see.

The question is whether the judge wishes to become "an enemy of the people" and subject toTrump's minions in and out of government.

[Me.]

18. Who Knows

he may be the Jim WEst of the judiciary

[Miguelito Loveless]

19. Ah, Mr. West was formidable,

but my preference for a dinner companion would have been Mr. Gordon. I prefer brain, to brawn.

[ScratchCat]

11. The unredacted report will show two things

First, Trump was well aware of what his kid, Stone, Kushner and aides were up to regarding Russia.

Second, it will show that Mueller was considering asking for a perjury charge because two of Trumps written answers were contradicted by at least three other witnesses.

The first is obvious and was assumed by all; the second would have likely lead more Republicans to convict.

[Me.]

13. You Are Correct

but I think there will be more than 2 things. Also, I'm surely looking for it to be an indictment of Flynn.

[crickets]

14. K&R for visibility.

[Me.]

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