We cannot accept a redacted version of the Mueller report from William Barr for the same reason that we and our representatives in congress could not accept transcripts of the white house tapes from Richard (expletive deleted) Nixon! William Barr is Donald Trump's attorney general, and the people who describe him, Barr, as someone who will protect the integrity of the justice department are dead wrong. Barr is not serving this nation or its people; instead he has chosen to disgrace himself and the justice department by serving Donald J. Trump.
Many critics have accurately described the unsolicited and absurd letter letter Barr sent to the justice department as an audition letter for the job of attorney general. Barr proved those critics right on May 24, 2019 by putting out another letter in which he said that Mueller did not find Trump guilty of any criminal conspiracy with the Russians, and that while the Mueller report “does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” But in a fit of partisan chicanery, Mr. Barr then added that he, as the attorney general, determined that Trump was not guilty of obstructing justice. In other words, Barr's May 24 letter to congress and the American people was consistent with the absurd theory he advanced in his audition letter, to wit: that a sitting president cannot be guilty of obstructing justice. Needless to say that this pleased Trump to no end. Of course Trump being Trump he had to go beyond Barr's inaccurate characterizations of Mueller's report. Indeed, Trump used Barr's letter to proclaim himself totally vindicated, adding that he hoped the full report would be made public because it “exonerates” him. The Republican diapers on the house intelligence committee followed suit by using the Barr summary to accuse the committee Chairman, Adam Schiff, of making false accusations against Trump, and demanding Schiff's resignation as chairman of the intelligence committee (see previous post, "Schifting Diapers").
Ah but not so fast! For the first time there are actually leaks that seem to be coming, at least indirectly, from the Mueller Team. According to those leaks certain members of the Mueller team are angry about Barr's mischaracterizations of their work. It was even reported that some members of Mueller's staff are saying the report is not favorable to Trump! Furthermore, the Democrats in congress are intent on conducting real hearings and investigations of Trump, his campaign staff, and his administration. Those Democrats are demanding Trump's tax returns and the full, unredacted Mueller report, including all of the supporting evidence and grand jury testimony. This has put Trump into a bit of a panic. He is now back to calling the Mueller investigation a witch hunt by angry Democrats who are also using their majority in the house of representatives to conduct another witch hunt of Trump. Unfortunately for Trump, there is a tell here. He is using the strange cadence of speech he adopts when he is scared, and I am finding that fear far too tempting. It makes me want to say that the whoopee dance Trump was performing over the Barr summary has turned into a pee pee dance. But I do not want to act like a Republican, and I do not enough evidence to accuse Trump of wetting his pants. So no puddle, no crotch grabbing, no pants wetting accusation. I'll just have to content myself by saying that Trump is back to performing his "no collusion" song and dance!
Fortunately, the danger Trump fears is not just a product of his paranoia. We Democrats will not give up. One way or another the truth is going to come out, and you can safely bet that it will stink a lot worse than wet pants! You can also bet that Barr's name will live in infamy right beside the names of John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst. You have to wonder why anyone would disgrace himself in such a obvious manner?
