Peripheral third parties and the Mueller Report

[Mumbles]

Technically, Barr should only remove the names of innocent individuals who somehow got caught up in the story. So, like, Baron Trump would definitely be peripheral. Michael Cohen's receptionist would be peripheral. We'll have to see what Barr actually does, though. I'm certainly not going to predict it.

This, exactly.

Under any ordinary DoJ, redacting info on people who ultimately did nothing illegal - or anyone under 18 years of age - would be done responsibly and without any controversy.

This DoJ, however, is run by the henchman of a career criminal president who is known for pathological lying. Barr's previous role in a similar position was to "clean up" the Iran Contra affair, and according to the WP and the NYT, summaries have already been written by Mueller and his team specifically so that redactions would be unnecessary. People are right not to trust this redaction, specifically, because of the people doing the redacting.

 

[Loss Leader]

Weasel words, IMO. How does it make it not a cover-up?

I wouldn't argue that it is. Barr's statement definitely was weasley. Time will tell whether his tactics will work out for him.

 

[thaiboxerken]

I hope that the Trump cult is elected out of office in 2020 and that the Democratic President has tenacity to press charges against these criminals. The historical precedent of pardoning/not charging criminal Presidents and their administrations needs to stop.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

You call it weasel words.

Some might call it good skepticism.

OMG you can't be serious!

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I hope that the Trump cult is elected out of office in 2020 and that the Democratic President has tenacity to press charges against these criminals. The historical precedent of pardoning/not charging criminal Presidents and their administrations needs to stop.

Yeah, I understand why Obama made that decision in his case but it was very disappointing, lying the country into a war and all.

 

[thaiboxerken]

I understand his reason, but do not agree with it. This "it will divide the country" nonsense is just nonsense.