We won't know what really went on in the Mueller Russian investigation until Congress receives an unedited copy of Robert Mueller's final report. But that doesn't stop us from speculating as to what may be in the report and how it compares to the 4 page summary issued by Attorney General Barr; and if Barr and Mueller may be trying to pull off some kind of clever cover-up.
There are many ways to try to pull off a cover-up and sometimes it can be done by making it look like it's not that at all. If there are any canny politicians who could do it, it is these two who have done just that in the past.
As we await that report, that Barr is already trying to suppress, let's speculate as to what may be going on here. Based on Barr's convoluted 4 page summary it would seem that Mueller has given Trump more or less of a free pass on collusion with Russia and has punted the issue of obstruction of justice down the field for House Democrats to address. If that's the case, and it seems to be, then this looks like it could, in fact, be some kind of cover-up.
Could it be that Mueller, for various reasons, caved in to some kind of immense pressure and was, in some way, compromised to present a report that largely vindicates Trump of any wrongdoing?
What bothers a lot of Americans, and certainly myself, is the fact that over the past two years we have seen Mueller spend the lion's share of his time going after a group of Trump associates, charging them with various white collar crimes such as tax evasion and money laundering. Some were charged with one or more crimes and some face prison time.
While there were no revealing leaks that came out of Mueller's team of investigators there is this feeling that Mueller was concentrating almost all his efforts on Trump's associates and little on Trump himself. I know that this is pure speculation but that's the impression that many Americans get from this investigation. The longer this investigation went on the more Americans doubted that it was valid.
Didn't Mueller see or hear of the interview that Trump had with Lester Holt of NBC in which this president clearly stated that he fired James Comey because of the Russian investigation that he didn't want initiated? Is that not clear obstruction? Didn't he happen to see any of the tweets or hear Trump's ongoing public proclamations saying that this investigation was a hoax, a witch hunt, a fake, and must be ended?
Now as we look back at all these Trump tirades, when he should have just kept quiet, it seems that he might have known exactly what Mueller was doing; and his never ending attacks on Mueller were just an act.
When the fully unedited Mueller report is sent to Congress we may find out a lot more or, maybe not. We may find out that Mueller simply did a terrible job and should have charged the president with obstruction or that it looks like he was in some way compromised to look the other way.
One more thing about Mueller that most Americans probably don't know a thing about. This is the same Robert Mueller who, in the aftermath of the 911 tragedy was, as head of the FBI, highly criticized for releasing deceptive documents that were a part of a cover-up of a prominent Saudi family's connections to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
This Saudi family that lived in Florida was reported to have direct ties to the 911 attackers. But, apparently, our government and Mueller, as head of the FBI, had reasons to try to protect this family from any involvement in the attack. So statements which served to do just that were issued by the FBI in Miami and Tampa, indicating that agents had found no connection between that family and the attackers.
This apparent cover-up by Mueller and FBI agents was, in the end, successful and this entire investigation just went away as Congress had been misinformed, believed the FBI conclusions, and did nothing further. While Mueller came under blistering criticism from the press nothing more came of the affair.
Now, let's turn to Attorney General William Bar who, back in 1992 during the Iran-Contra investigations, was referred to as "Cover up-General Barr" by William Safire of the New York Times. He was called by this derogatory name because of his role in burying evidence of George H.W. Bush's involvement in that investigation."
Right now Attorney General Barr has attempted to use his 4 page summary to try to reduce expectations of what the Mueller report will reveal. He doesn't seem intent on making this investigation one that is of critical importance to this country. Based on his cover-up reputation it's very likely he will try to limit the content and conclusion of this report so that it is never presented in its entirety so that Congress and the American people are not fully informed.
So we know that Barr has a questionable past and is is known for having to do various things to try to cover up Republican presidents' highly questionable acts and behavior. Check out Thom Hartmann's article which goes much deeper into Barr's cover-ups.
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