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Barr now says that his 4-page letter last weekend wasn't really a "summary" of Mueller's report and he never intended to summarize 400 pages because that wouldn't have been in the "public interest." The technical legal term for this is "walking back your story."

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Laura Jarrett

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Mar 29, 2019

News from AG Barr - Mueller report coming mid-April if not sooner; report nearly 400 pages; no plans for WH privilege review

7:48 PM · Mar 29, 2019

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Barr plans to release the Mueller report by mid-April and that the White House won’t see the document before it goes to Congress. 400 pages long, plus exhibits

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Tim O'Brien

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Mar 29, 2019

It’s now apparent that there was no reason Barr couldn’t have waited a week to draft a more thoughtful, accurate and legally judicious letter about the Mueller report. Yet he rushed a letter last Sunday on a voluminous report he would have presumably been challenged to digest.

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Tim O'Brien

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Mar 29, 2019

Barr's letter today should refocus everyone's attention on the fact that we still don't know what's in the Mueller report. “While this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

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“While this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

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I like the technical legal term, liar.

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did you read the letter? It was a summary of the conclusions

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Must realize that at some point it will get out and he doesn’t want to be holding the bag when it does. Probably talked to his own lawyers...

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