NY Times is informed that Mueller report is actually a Justice Department report, and that none of it is required to be made public. AG has chosen on his own to make much of it public

4/18/19, “Reporter Whines to AG Barr: Where’s Robert Mueller, ‘This Is His Report’," Breitbart, Joshua Caplan 

“Attorney General William Barr on Thursday corrected a reporter’s assertion that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was “his,” reminding him that Mueller authored the report on behalf of the Justice Department. 

“There’s a lot of public interest in the absence of the special counsel and members of this team. Was he invited to join you up on the podium? Why is he not here?” asked the New York Times’ Eric Lipton. “This is his report, obviously that you’re talking about today.” 

“No it’s not,” Barr shot back. “It’s a report he did for me as the attorney general. He is required under the regulation to provide me with a confidential report. I’m here to discuss my response to that report and my decision to — entirely discretionary to me — to make it public since these reports are not supposed to be made public.””…
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4/18/19, “Barr immediately hits back when reporter suggests he’s overly ‘generous’ to Trump,“ Washington Examiner, Daniel Jativa 

“Attorney General William Barr defended his handling of the release of the Mueller report Thursday, dismissing criticism that he was acting as if he were President Trump’s personal attorney. 

CBS correspondent Paula Reid confronted him at his press conference by mentioning the criticism that his handling of the report roll-out has been overly defensive of Trump. 

Reid said that Barr was “generous” to Trump in his interpretation of the instances of potential obstruction of justice identified in the report by special counsel Robert Mueller. She specifically questioned his comment that Trump behaved as he did in part because he faced an “unprecedented” situation and that he acted out of anger and frustration rather than a desire to obstruct justice. 

“What do you say to people on both sides of the aisle concerned you are trying to protect the president?” Reid asked. 

Barr responded that his comments about Trump’s anger and frustration were based on information in the Mueller report. Then he added, “I’m not sure what your basis is for saying that I’m being generous to the president. Is there another precedent for that?” 

Reid responded: “No.” 

“OK, so ‘unprecedented’ is an accurate description,” Barr shot back, before moving on to another question.”

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Comment:  It's shocking how some people have developed almost a deep love for Mueller over this time. He's just a guy in the Beltway. Trump lost all his confidence as soon as he was elected. It must be remembered that Trump is where he is because everyone else was even worse. His biggest accomplishment was beating the GOP. Of course, he lied about the Wall. Never once did Candidate Trump say the Wall would be subject to congressional approval. Had he done so, Mrs. Clinton would be president today.





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