And there it is. . .
AG Bill Bar just said, multiple times at his press conference on the Mueller report, that there was “no collusion”:
BARR: "The special counsel found no evidence that any American — including anyone associated with the Trump campaign — conspired or coordinated with the Russian government or the IRA in this illegal scheme."
"The special counsel found no collusion by any American."
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) April 18, 2019
Where have we heard this before? Oh yeah:
No Collusion – No Obstruction! pic.twitter.com/diggF8V3hl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2019
Oh, this is going to piss some people off:
People will probably get mad that Barr used the phrase "No collusion."
— Jim Antle (@jimantle) April 18, 2019
And right on cue. . .
MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt:
Attorney General Barr uses the words the president has been using for months: “No collusion”
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 18, 2019
Vox Benjamin Puker says the feels “not great”:
Barr is saying that the White House "fully cooperated" and repeating "no collusion" again and again just feels … not great.
— Benjamin Pauker (@benpauker) April 18, 2019
He said “no collusion” four times, complained the LA Times’ Eli Stokols:
Barr is just repeating the "no collision" finding. He's already done it four times, by my count.
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) April 18, 2019
Guys, NOW collusion is not a legal term and we shouldn’t focus on it, via PBS’ Yamiche Alcindor
AG Barr has now said the words "no collusion" repeatedly. Reminder, this is not a legal term but it is a term that has been repeated over and over again by President Trump.
"There was no evidence of the Trump campaign collusion with the Russian government's hacking," Barr says.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 18, 2019
Shouldn’t it be what everyone in America wants to hear? THIS IS GOOD NEWS, right? Bloomberg’s Sahil Kapur:
AG Barr repeatedly says Mueller found no collusion, which is what the president wants to hear.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 18, 2019
And the White House should spike the football. From Jame Oliphant, Reuters:
Chyrons shouting SPECIAL COUNSEL FINDS NO COLLUSION is the kind of thing that will have the WH spiking the football.
— James Oliphant (@jamesoliphant) April 18, 2019
Not only a touchdown, but the game winner.
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