Breaking: Mueller: Barr’s depiction of report wasn’t accurate

Posted on April 30, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

Special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr expressing concerns about the summary of his investigation into President Trump’s dealings with Russia that was initially released to the public, according to the Washington Post.

In the letter, Mueller apparently wrote that Barr’s summary did not capture the “context, nature, and substance” of his report.

The Post reports that the letter was followed by a phone call to Barr in which Mueller encouraged the AG to release executive summaries of the report.

Details on how this went down and how we found out about it are still sketchy. But if it’s true, this is a big deal. Mueller has been exceedingly quiet throughout the two years of his investigation and since its release. If he did break that silence to reprimand Barr for his depiction of the report in the summary, he must have been pretty pissed.

The Post has released a bit of text from Mueller’s letter.

“The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusions,” Mueller wrote. “There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.”

Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that Mueller wrote the letter in late March. A Justice Department spokeswoman says that the conversation between the two took place shortly after Barr released the summary.

“The special counsel emphasized that nothing in the attorney general’s March 24 letter was inaccurate or misleading,” Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told the Times. “But he expressed frustration over the lack of context and the resulting media coverage regarding the special counsel’s obstruction analysis.”

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105 Responses to Breaking: Mueller: Barr’s depiction of report wasn’t accurate

  4. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 7:24 pm

    Barr is a brazen bully. He stood before the country and lied & didn’t give a damn. You’re gonna have to make him feel it @RepJerryNadler.

    Reply
  7. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    These 3 Senate Democrats voted with republicans to confirm William Barr as Attorney General

    👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

    @DougJones @SenatorSinema @Sen_JoeManchin

    Reply
  11. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 5:07 pm

    Barr is scared AF……….

    In the words of Martha And The Vandellas

    🎶🎤Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide. Got nowhere to run to, baby….”🎶🎤

    Reply
  13. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 4:56 pm

    Attorney General William Barr will NOT be testifying to the House Judiciary tomorrow.

    Reply
  18. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    Now that’s how you educate the public. Thank you, @NicolleDWallace

    https://twitter.com/CAPAction/status/1123610773333381120

    Reply
  19. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 2:31 pm

    #BarrHearing Turn in your resignation, William Barr. It’s over. #Resign

    Reply
  20. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    Brian Williams says @KamalaHarris drew blood in that hearing. Kamala Harris said Barr made a decision without reviewing the evidence, and says Barr should resign.

    I told y’all she was Queen Kunta 👑👑👑

    Reply
  22. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    That look when Black women have the goods on your ass………..

    Reply
    • majiir says:
      May 1, 2019 at 2:39 pm

      There are way too many Americans who underestimate the intelligence of women in general and women of color specifically. Huge mistake.

      Reply
    • majiir says:
      May 1, 2019 at 2:45 pm

      Sen. Harris put Barr’s @ss in a corner and stuck a dunce hat on his head, and she did it on a public platform for posterity. It seems Sen. Booker was taking mental notes during Sen. Harris’s questioning of Barr. LOL.

      Reply
  29. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 1:08 pm

    Senator Hirono was kicking Barr’s a*ss but good. That’s why Lindsey stepped in. She had him on the ropes tearing him up! 🔥🔥🔥

    Reply
  36. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 12:36 pm

    #BarrHearing @ChrisCoons killing it!

    Reply
  37. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    #BarrHearing Ben Sasse on Oleg Deripaska: A bottom feeding scum-sucker

    Reply
  40. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 11:21 am

    Elizabeth Warren calling on Barr to resign!

    https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1123619735604736003

    Reply
  41. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 11:00 am

    A fucking power grab. But his ass is grass tho.

    https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1123617455669170181

    Reply
  42. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 10:57 am

    #BarrHearing @LindseyGrahamSC is shutting it down to give Barr a chance to catch his breath because they’re lighting his a*ss UP! @SenatorLeahy did him in.

    Reply
  43. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 10:50 am

    Barr is just pitiful. Impeach this bum. He’s UNFIT for the Office of Attorney General.

    Reply
  46. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 10:17 am

    @SenatorLeahy has Barr shook! #BarrHearing #SenateJudiciaryCommittee

    Reply
  60. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 9:31 am

    Lindsey Graham is falling apart. He even forgot to swear in William Barr. He’s tripping BIG time! #SenateJudiciaryCommittee

    Reply
  65. SouthernGirl2 says:
    May 1, 2019 at 9:24 am

    #SenateJudiciaryCommittee .@LindseyGrahamSC How can it be over when you haven’t read all of the Mueller report? My God! #Incompetence

    Reply
  85. rikyrah says:
    April 30, 2019 at 9:00 pm

    John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) Tweeted:
    Let’s be very clear what this really means:
    (1) it means Mueller believes Trump and his co-conspirators opstructed justice
    (2) it means Mueller knows Barr is now obstructing justice
    (3) it means the DOJ is totally compromised
    (4) it threatens everything
    https://t.co/3D0mjJ7dFy https://twitter.com/OMGno2trump/status/1123402025918763008?s=17

    Reply
  86. rikyrah says:
    April 30, 2019 at 8:56 pm

    Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) Tweeted:
    The point made in my new piece is simple: Democrats either take scalps of just call it a day and let Trump wreck the Republic.

    You know who Barr and Trump are, now. Proceed accordingly. https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1123385393565581312?s=17

    Reply
  89. SouthernGirl2 says:
    April 30, 2019 at 8:37 pm

    #ImpeachBarr #MuellerLetter Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

    Reply
  91. SouthernGirl2 says:
    April 30, 2019 at 8:33 pm

    What in the world was Barr thinking? Why did he do it? What was he promised?

    https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/1123395211042988034

    Reply
  97. SouthernGirl2 says:
    April 30, 2019 at 8:23 pm

    Attorney General Barr stood before the American people and brazenly lied about the Mueller report. He need to go to JAIL. Lock his ass up!

    Reply

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