The Washington Post goes into Barr possibly carrying the water for Donald Trump against being charged with obstruction of justice….
There is talk among legal and past federal criminal people that William Barr has gone too far in defending Trump…
There ARE calls for Mueller to give HIS view….
Barr has said that he disagreed with some of Mueller’s views on possible criminality…
There WILL be continual reference to the fact that Donald Trump NEVER came in for a sit-down…
Barr seems to lost his independence as a cop for the country…..
Donald Trump’s loyalty think seems to be alive with Barr…
It wasn’t with fired FBI Director Comey…
Or?
Even with Ex-Attorney General Sessions even….
Attorney General William P. Barr said Thursday he and his deputy disagreed with some of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s legal theories, as he described how the nation’s top law enforcement officials wrestled with investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice.
Barr spoke to reporters in advance of the release of the nearly 400-page report Mueller submitted last month concluding his investigation, which has gripped the White House and at times the country since Mueller’s appointment as special counsel nearly two years ago.
The attorney general said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein “disagreed with some of the special counsel’s legal theories and felt that some of the episodes did not amount to obstruction as a matter of law,” but that they accepted the special counsel’s “legal framework” as they analyzed the case.
Barr said Mueller’s report recounts “ten episodes” involving the president and discusses “potential legal theories for connecting these actions to elements of an obstruction offense.”
The statements mark the first official acknowledgment of differing views inside the Justice Department about how to investigate the president….
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