NYT, Washington Post: Some Mueller investigators say their report is worse for Trump than Barr says
By Kate Sullivan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
(CNN)Some of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have told associates that Attorney General William Barr did not properly convey how damaging their findings were for President Donald Trump, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported.
The investigators said Barr, in his memo to Congress, did not adequately portray the results of their nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Times reported Wednesday, according to government officials
and others familiar with their frustrations. Investigators have concerns that Barr was able to shape the public's initial views of their report with his memo and now, without the report being made public, they are set in that narrative, according to the Times.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/politics/mueller-investigators-report-worse-for-trump/index.htmlFirst, these are again anonymous sources. And in the past, every time the NYT or WaPo used anonymous sources they got it wrong.
Second, the press conveniently omit the fact that Attorney General Barr’s summary letter to the Judiciary Committee chairmen was written with Robert Mueller and Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein sitting by his side the entire time. Obviously the letter would accurately reflect Mueller’s findings or Mueller would have said something publicly.
Third, regarding those “others familiar with their frustrations,†do the names Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, James Comey and Andrew McCabe sound familiar? I think we know who’s feeding stories to the New York Times.
