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Ramsey Barner

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8. I agree that Barr's omission was material. And slimy as hell.

Reply to elias7 (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 06:00 PM

May 2019

Let's not lose sight of the bigger picture: before we got to see Barr's letter or the Mueller Report, nobody was accusing Trump or his campaign of conspiring with the GRU or IRA. We all thought he was colluding with the Russians, meaning aiding and abetting (or being bribed by) various Russian state-connected and non-state actors.

Seth Abramson and others have pointed out that Mueller's team did not investigate aiding and abetting, bribery, or other collusion charges, and did not investigate Russian actors other than the two state agencies.

There's a whole lot more than obstruction to investigate, if Congress ever gets around to it!

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For those who haven't yet looked up what Barr's "[T]he" was omitting [View all] elias7 May 2019 OP

He just cleaned it up a little. dchill May 2019 #1

He took the filling out of the frickin' sandwich! donkeypoofed May 2019 #2

What good is history going to do US? FiveGoodMen May 2019 #7

You may be right! burrowowl May 2019 #11

Again, no Barr fan, but you left out the two paragraphs that immediately followed the sentence you Hoyt May 2019 #3

I'm not misrepresenting anything and you're wrong. elias7 May 2019 #4

Well, if you are summarizing 400 pages in 4 pages, some things are going to be left out. Hoyt May 2019 #6

"Russia, if you're listening"...... SergeStorms May 2019 #13

I remember that. Mueller should have reminded readers of that, rather than wimping out. Hoyt May 2019 #15

I'm sure Democrats will remind the public... SergeStorms Jun 2019 #16

I believe we should focus on the election for that very reason. Hoyt Jun 2019 #17

Barring any calamitous circumstances... SergeStorms Jun 2019 #20

Hope so. But there are a lot of people, including Democrats, that believe global Hoyt Jun 2019 #21

What economic problems. SergeStorms Jun 2019 #22

I think you're missing the point of the OP elias7 Jun 2019 #18

I think Barr made it very clear that Russians interfered in our elections, but Mueller did not Hoyt Jun 2019 #19

Let impeachment start with him wryter2000 May 2019 #5

We need to follow the money trail to see how it fits into the Russia puzzle sop May 2019 #10

I agree that Barr's omission was material. And slimy as hell. Ramsey Barner May 2019 #8

Hey, hey, ho, ho, lyin' Barr has got to go. pdsimdars May 2019 #9

I'd meant to look that up.. Thanks hlthe2b May 2019 #12

K&R Scurrilous May 2019 #14