Many dems and pundits are shocked! Shocked I tell you by reports in the NYT and WaPo that special counsel Robert Mueller wrote a letter to the attorney general outlining his disagreements with the 4 page whitewash Barr issued before releasing the redacted version of Mueller's findings. As Hitler's propagandists knew quite well, if you yell your lies loud and often they will eventually drown the truth or at least confuse the issue for the target audience.
It remains to be seen if this latest story will serve to reset public perceptions of the 448 page report on Russian interference and the obstruction of justice by the president* during its production. I'm afraid in most cases it won't. Republicans want to "move on" and democrats want to hang the report around their opponents' necks in the runup to the 2020 elections.
It is time for the democrats in the House to start playing hardball with the administration and insist on expedited hearings while the evidence Mueller presented is still fresh and positions have not hardened. The kindest reading of Mueller's report is the president* obstructed justice. A more nuanced view is he was actively trying to cover up evidence of crimes and collaboration with Putin's government in pursuit of profit and to the detriment of our democracy.
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