Barr to allow White House to redact Mueller Report before its public release

[Finalrush]

Just dropped this in the Mueller Report thread but think it's significant to discuss.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bar...cutive-privilege-2019-3?utm_source=reddit.com

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that Attorney General William Barr told him he will send the special counsel Robert Mueller's final report on the Russia investigation to the White House before the public sees it, in case they want to make executive privilege claims over any parts of it.

Click to shrink...

Trump's lead defense lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told INSIDER last year that they want a chance to review the Mueller report before it's made public so they can correct any inaccuracies.

Click to shrink...

This is insane. How can we allow a president to redact an investigation on his potentially criminal activity? How can the public trust a report that's been filtered through the accused?

 

[Buckle]

Then theres no point.

This fucking guy..

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Welp.

 

[Guy.brush]

 

[Creation_Scapes]

Didn't we see this coming a mile away though??

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Oh yes, let the possible criminal white out the report on its own criminality. That'll surely be a fair process.

 

[BoboBrazil]

You thought he was chosen by Trump to be honorable? Lol

 

[Wackamole]

A low barr

 

[Detective Loki]

I mean it sounds like there's not much in it anyways

 

[DeliciousSunnyD!]

As if it couldn't be any clearer.

 

[Xando]

What could go wrong

 

[WedgeX]

Seems trustworthy.

 

[Braaier]

Can congress override this?

 

[Jiraiya]

Laughing at all these dumb ass threads talking about the failure of the investigation when ish like this happens. Hotdamn it's so transparent.

 

[BringBackSonics]

Fuck this

 

[Dalek]

Then what was the point, stupid?

 

[Lord Fagan]

The worst move they can make, honestly.

No one will ever stop talking about it, now.

 

[ZackieChan]

Thread title is a little misleading - an executive privilege claim isn't the same as a redaction. Wonder if Dems will push this to the courts?

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Seriously, fix any inaccuracies? That's just goddamn hilarious on the face of it all.

 

[Wraith]

Spoiler

February 1, 2018

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

I guess the President really is untouchable in the US.

 

[mercenar1e]

so many loopholes in a country that states they have checks and balances.

 

[Cat Party]

Totally clears the President, thank you

 

[HeySeuss]

This is how all public records are done. An uncharged suspect is not subject to public records law due to defamation of character issues.

If you are accused of sexually assaulting someone but you are never charged, that information is confidential unless it gets leaked. That way it protects you from false accusations which could impact your current and future employment opportunities. It's not supposed to be public record.

This is just the way it is unfortunately.

 

[Guy.brush]

Think we are in the
"Em-Barr Strikes back" phase of the epic Trump-Russia-Mueller trilogy.
Let's hope for some serious Yub-Nub down the line!

 

[ZackieChan]

Seriously, fix any inaccuracies? That's just goddamn hilarious on the face of it all.

Click to shrink...

Well,they said "correct" any inaccuracies - I'd imagine that's related to Rudy's old saying of having a "counter report" to counter any inaccuracies. Not literally changing the report.

 

[Deleted member 1086]

I guess the President really is untouchable in the US.

Click to shrink...

It's not about what you know, but who you know.

 

[CelestialAtom]

We are going to vote this fucker out.

 

[Sweeney Swift]

there is no doubt in my mind that Trump is guilty of collusion and attempted to block my further attempts to uphold the law

 

[thewienke]

Can congress override this?

Click to shrink...

Would love to know the answer to this or is it redacted for all time?

 

[peyrin]

once again, Rudy Giuliani has proven himself to be a legal genius

 

[Strike]

The fix is in.

 

[DarkChronic]

Serious question, I don't know anything about this - what exactly is stopping Mueller and his team from releasing the report themselves? Jail time?

 

[Dodongo]

How can the public trust a report that's been filtered through the accused?

Click to shrink...

It's pretty telling, huh?

 

[LiK]

I bet the entire thing will have black lines all over it.

 

[Finalrush]

Thread title is a little misleading - an executive privilege claim isn't the same as a redaction. Wonder if Dems will push this to the courts?

Click to shrink...

"The White House will get the Mueller report before the public does in case it wants to make redactions"

That was the title of the article. We've already seen how team Trump has tried to use executive privilege, they can essentially try to claim it over anything.

 

[pulsemyne]

So there's definitely nothing in it then is there Barr...

 

[Mr. X]

US Politics is a fucking embarrassment.

Democracy my ass.

 

[Punished Goku]

But will Congress receive this redacted or will they see the full version. Because if it's the latter that shit is gonna get leaked immediately.

 

[Braaier]

once again, Rudy Giuliani has proven himself to be a legal genius

Click to shrink...

He just plays a dopey idiot on tv

 

[Ushojax]

Why would you need to redact something that totally exonerates the president? Hmmm....

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Can congress override this?

Click to shrink...

Even if they could, it wouldn't matter. Shitstain Republicans have been covering Trump's criminality since day one. The house investigations are the only avenue left until elections. And if Republicans get it all back? It's all over. Trump literally gets a blank check.

 

[Greg NYC3]

I'm not sure what everyone is worried about, this thing going to the WH pretty much guarantees that the whole document will get leaked in full.

 

[Dernhelm]

Hahahahaha, it just doesn't fucking end, does it?

 

[Deleted member 42]

I'm not sure what everyone is worried about, this thing going to the WH pretty much guarantees that the whole document will get leaked in full.

Click to shrink...

Yeah a doc this hot isn't gonna stay redacted for long

 

[FullMetalTech]

Really embarrassing to see them try to check for "inaccuracies". Now I see why Trump was ok with Mueller releasing the report to begin with.

 

[Invisible Cities]

I guess at this point I don't think the Mueller report even matters.

May as well say "Sure, the president did some shady shit who cares." Since none of it rises to the level of criminal enforcement.

 

[Thorn]

Unfuckingbelievable.

 

[Finalrush]

I guess at this point I don't think the Mueller report even matters.

May as well say "Sure, the president did some shady shit who cares." Since none of it rises to the level of criminal enforcement.

Click to shrink...

What if for example, the president is compromised by Russia? That's not collusion and it's not a crime, but more information could be in the report. I'm not saying that's the case but if they want people to move past this we need an unbiased, un-redacted account.

 

[stew]

It was expected, they talked about it in the news when he learned that Mueller finished his report.