Congress waits another day for Mueller findings

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The Justice Department informed Congress on Saturday afternoon that Attorney General William Barr would not provide the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's report to lawmakers until at least Sunday

Republicans were circling the wagons around Trump, noting that Mueller did not drop new indictments as he wrapped up his nearly two-year-long probe. But Democrats cautioned that Mueller was not the end-all-be-all, noting that Congress is still investigating allegations of obstruction of justice and abuse of power on the president’s part, and that other federal and state entities are conducting probes into several aspects of the Trumpworld.

Barr’s decision carries enormous consequences for the Trump administration and the new Democratic House majority, which is wrestling with outspoken members eager to impeach Trump and is in the early stages of a crush of sensitive investigations of Trump and his administration. Democrats are also acutely aware of the dicey politics of probing a combative president.

Democrats, though, say Mueller's report may contain crucial counterintelligence information that shows links and alliances between Trump associates and Russian operatives, information that could be crucial to future efforts to protect American elections from foreign interference. Trump spent much of the day golfing at Trump International Golf Club, just a few miles from Mar-a-Lago. He golfed with three other people, though the White House refused to identify his partners.

It was an unusually low-key response for a president known for indignant Twitter outbursts. But people close to the president predicted it wouldn’t last long.

 

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It’s obviously not good for Trump or they would have released the report immediately.

The first mention of it started by Sunday but everyone decided to ignore it.

Dems in disarray not knowing what to do. How about moving on and doing infrastructure

So why the delay..can only hope Mueller/Rosenstein..leaning hard... to force Barr's hand... if damning information..

STOP PLEASING THESE DEMOCRAT/SOCIALIST RATS. BECAUSE OF THIS SAME GROUP WE ARE WHERE WE ARE NOW. FULL OF WITCH HUNTS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LIKE THE DULY ELECTED PRESIDENT OVER THEIR CROOKED CANDIDATE, HILLARY. MR. BARR FOLLOW THE LAW TO THE LETTER AND DISMISS THE DEMOCRAT RATS😡

Does Pelosi's health insurance not cover her dentures?

I'm so pissed at Pelosi I could scream at her. It is not okay to prevent election professionals from working for challengers in primaries by systemtically punishing them. This horribly undemocratic policy and idea have got to go.

Is she trying to squeeze one out in this photo?..dirty!!!

Hiding the ball day 2

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