Wow, maybe that ugly portrait and mean tweet Jim Carrey posted about Robert Mueller going AWOL and failing at his job finally got to the guy; according to a New York Times report, Mueller is apparently unhappy about the way Attorney General William Barr’s letter summarizing his report seemed to clear the president of wrongdoing.
In other words, it’s exactly the shot in the arm The Resistance needed to keep impeachment fever alive.
To be honest, this is the first thing we saw in our timeline related to the story, and we thought, that’s bizarre:
This is what Robert Mueller looked like on the Sunday that Barr released his 4-page public rendering of Mueller’s findings: #AP pic.twitter.com/a5GoMCJw5n
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) April 30, 2019
OK, he’s looking down … at the ground maybe … so?
Here’s what has everyone all excited:
Breaking News: Robert Mueller wrote a letter to the attorney general objecting to his characterization that the Russia inquiry appeared to clear President Trump https://t.co/sApMAxyIhX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 30, 2019
“The special counsel laid out his objections in a letter to the attorney general in March” … and now it’s practically May, so why now?
Here’s the important bit, courtesy of Seth Mandel:
covering ourselves in glory lmao pic.twitter.com/IXCUdo0Rv8
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 30, 2019
Ah … the media coverage of the letter was misinterpreting the investigation. So Mueller said the letter was accurate, but journalists were misinterpreting it. That’s … not at all what the tweet said.
"What you said wasn't technically wrong but you forgot to talk to reporters like they're wasted morons because they are wasted morons"
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 30, 2019
In Letter To Barr, Mueller Suggested Sending All the Journalists To Gitmo
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 30, 2019
When reached for comment by the Washington Post, Mueller declined to elaborate, saying "you'll just fart this up too you unfrozen caveman reporter." Mueller added, before hanging up the phone, "Harambe didn't die for this horsesh*t."
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 30, 2019
The Washington Post quickly picked up on the story as well.
"When Barr pressed him whether he thought Barr’s letter was inaccurate, Mueller said he did not, but felt that the media coverage of the letter was misinterpreting the investigation, officials said." https://t.co/6mXPFHOLLt
— Just Karl (@justkarl) April 30, 2019
I can see why the WaPo would want to avoid headlining this "Mueller conceded Barr's letter was accurate, criticized the media coverage."
— Just Karl (@justkarl) April 30, 2019
the "let's drop a dirty story on the eve of the subject's Congressional testimony" tactic has been blindingly obvious for years. people need to up their game.
— Just Karl (@justkarl) April 30, 2019
on the most basic level, how stupid do you have to be to think that giving bill barr advance warning of a line of questioning is a smart attack?
— Just Karl (@justkarl) April 30, 2019
After 22 months of not giving a shit about the media running rampant w/ speculation, Mueller finally took a stand on the issue after Barr released his letter. https://t.co/FdS4x2Y6BU pic.twitter.com/kryQbNZodZ
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) May 1, 2019
Mueller: you know, media is misrepresenting this report.
Media: impeach Barr!
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) May 1, 2019
Oh.
“The special counsel emphasized that nothing in the attorney general’s March 24 letter was inaccurate or misleading,” a DOJ spokeswoman said in response to a request for comment.” https://t.co/ZM27JtWHLg
— Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) April 30, 2019
“How dare you not describe my novel and unprecedented obstruction theory?” ?
— Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) April 30, 2019
You know, Mueller could have just done his job and made a finding. Or he could have accepted Barr’s offer to review a draft of his letter.
Spare me the tears, especially b/c we now have the actual report.
— Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) April 30, 2019
Reminder: In our entire nation’s history, no federal prosecutor has ever charged someone for the exercise of constitutional authority. Mueller apparently wanted to be the first. 4/
— Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) April 30, 2019
Only one state prosecutor has ever been aggressive enough to push a theory like Mueller’s. That case, predictably, got thrown out on separation of powers grounds. 5/ https://t.co/g644iGgzhO
— Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) May 1, 2019
So I deleted that last tweet about Mueller's reaction to Barr because it seems like it was fake news (at least the tweet and the headline).
Unbelievable. https://t.co/pXNfPsGQCZ
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) April 30, 2019
Well @Hardball doesn't really seem all that keen on mentioning that sentence
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 30, 2019
Color me shocked that the hyperventilating-into-a-brown-paper-bag national press have already dropped the ball and mischaracterized their own reporting tonight on Barr vs. Mueller
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 30, 2019
So basically the media is misinterpreting a call in which Mueller complained to Barr that the media was misinterpreting his letter to misinterpret the report?
— The Meturgeman (@DraftRyan2016) April 30, 2019
The headlines about this are so misleading as to be essentially a lie. It’s so tiresome.
— Very Stupid Man (@very_stupid_man) April 30, 2019
Democracy dies in….
— Madlaw (@madlaw1071) April 30, 2019
I misread this as saying Mueller felt the letter itself was misleading but holy shit lmfaoooooo they just won't give up
— 16 Handles fan accou (@BasedKashiBar) April 30, 2019
IDGAF about Mueller’s alleged letter to Barr. Mueller had a grand jury, a team of hungry liberal prosecutors, 30M dollars and 2 years to return indictments and he didn’t. There is no interpretation needed. POUND SAND.
— The OG Hillbilly (@LauraLMonroe33) May 1, 2019
and the media "accurately" reporting continues https://t.co/zPY45MoxEi
— Cory Edmonds (@myster_E_23) April 30, 2019
You will be shocked to know Justin is wrong again. https://t.co/dBujBstcLN
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 1, 2019
This is incredible: Miller all but sabotaging his reputation with this inaccurate depiction. https://t.co/ALROdpm9yw
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) May 1, 2019
Don’t worry, he’ll rack up about 1,200 retweets before correcting himself tomorrow.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 1, 2019
Seriously … if Barr’s letter mischaracterized Mueller’s report in any way, Mueller could have gone public immediately and corrected the record, but instead, we get this anecdote from March.
Well anyway one day they'll release the report and we won't have to take anyone's word for how it was framed
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 30, 2019
So there’s still a chance the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to steal the election from Hillary Clinton, right? Right?
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Update:
Oh, get over yourself, Mr. Zero Percent. Read the story … or have someone who can read read it to you.
Attorney General Barr willfully misled the American people to cover up attempted crimes by Donald Trump. He should resign his position or face an impeachment inquiry immediately. https://t.co/dTKCMccF7X
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) April 30, 2019
Editor’s note: The post has been updated with additional tweets.
Related:
Dan Rather’s warning not to trust Barr’s memo is a lock for the ‘You Should Sit This One Out’ Hall of Fame https://t.co/hfA04wOgc8
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 19, 2019
