Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Why do you guys think Trump said this upon learning of the Mueller investigation.

This is from the report: [W]hen Sessions told the president that a Special Counsel had been appointed, the President slumped back in his chair and said, "Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."

That's not what an innocent man would say.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Yes, and that is what has happened to the Democrat side of the aisle.  They promoted a completely fabricated Lie and they cannot bring themselves to speak the truth now.  They just keep running with that lie, and they drag their unquestioning sycophants like yourself along with them.  

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

If I was a Dem I'd be disappointed all we had today was "the letter." Much about not much but was a great blue-eyed soul hit in 1967. The vocalist was 18!

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"The facts are these: More than a week after Barr received Mueller's letter expressing concern about how the AG's summary letter had characterized the obstruction evidence -- and talked to Mueller on the phone about it -- he appeared before Congress. And he had this exchange with Florida Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist:
CRIST: Reports have emerged recently, General, that members of the special counsel's team are frustrated at some level with the limited information included in your March 24 letter, that it does not adequately or accurately portray the report's findings. Do you know what they are referencing with that?
BARR: No, I don't.
Asked about that moment on Wednesday, Barr explained what looks like willful obfuscation -- basically -- this way: I didn't know what specific "reports" Crist was referring to or who on the special counsel's team he was talking about. Therefore, my answer is accurate.
Which is, well, whoa. Or, better put, it is a hugely legalistic answer to the question of whether Barr misled Crist and the broader country. Common sense dictates that, when asked about whether he was aware of any frustrations from the special counsel regarding his four-page letter, the letter from Mueller -- and their subsequent phone conversation -- would jump immediately to mind
Barr can make a lawyerly argument that he didn't understand what Crist was specifically referring to in his question. But that doesn't pass the smell test."

CNN put it very accurately in the above. Mueller had already communicated his overt concerns about the report to Barr and Barr knew it. Oh, I forgot, in Barr's word, Mueller was just being "snitty"... Yeah, right...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"The facts are these: More than a week after Barr received Mueller's letter expressing concern about how the AG's summary letter had characterized the obstruction evidence -- and talked to Mueller on the phone about it -- he appeared before Congress. And he had this exchange with Florida Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist:
CRIST: Reports have emerged recently, General, that members of the special counsel's team are frustrated at some level with the limited information included in your March 24 letter, that it does not adequately or accurately portray the report's findings. Do you know what they are referencing with that?
BARR: No, I don't.
Asked about that moment on Wednesday, Barr explained what looks like willful obfuscation -- basically -- this way: I didn't know what specific "reports" Crist was referring to or who on the special counsel's team he was talking about. Therefore, my answer is accurate.
Which is, well, whoa. Or, better put, it is a hugely legalistic answer to the question of whether Barr misled Crist and the broader country. Common sense dictates that, when asked about whether he was aware of any frustrations from the special counsel regarding his four-page letter, the letter from Mueller -- and their subsequent phone conversation -- would jump immediately to mind
Barr can make a lawyerly argument that he didn't understand what Crist was specifically referring to in his question. But that doesn't pass the smell test."

CNN put it very accurately in the above. Mueller had already communicated his overt concerns about the report to Barr and Barr knew it. Oh, I forgot, in Barr's word, Mueller was just being "snitty"... Yeah, right...