A newly released transcript reveals details of a humiliating hearing that took place the day before Robert Mueller’s puzzling press conference.
By Adam Mill
July 11, 2019
A Robert Mueller with a surprisingly frail voice took to the lectern on May 29, 2019. Visibly uncomfortable, he delivered a puzzling address to reporters curious about the strangely timed press conference. Mueller spoke for a few minutes until arriving at what now appears to be the real purpose of the press conference: damage control.
“As the grand jury alleged in a separate indictment, a private Russian entity engaged in a social media operation, where Russian citizens posed as Americans in order to influence an election,†he said. “These indictments contain allegations, and we are not commenting on the guilt or the innocence of any specific defendant. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.â€
We already knew at the point that Mueller had worked with Attorney General William Barr to redact the report to remove references which could harm “ongoing investigations,†or infringe on the privacy of “peripheral third parties.†But he overlooked one category in redactions: Prosecutors aren’t supposed to try cases in newspapers and press conferences....
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I'm not sure the conclusions are as clear as the author seems to, but that is another problem in and of itself.