Will Democrats 'Follow The Mueller Report To Where It Leads'?
Imagine, if you can, a scenario in which Attorney General William Barr declined to put out a four-page letter to Congress describing the Mueller report three weeks ago.
Imagine, too, that he didn't hold a press conference Thursday before the redacted report's release.
The narrative that set in after Barr stepped into the limelight might be very different. Barr declared in his letter that President Trump and his associates did not conspire with Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election and that the president was not going to be criminally charged for obstruction of justice, even though the special counsel's report didn't "exonerate" him.
Barr went further Thursday, playing down the possibility that Trump obstructed justice. The president, after all, was "frustrated and angered by a sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency," he said.
Translation: Not much
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days