President Donald Trump AG Nominee Says Public May Never See Mueller’s Report | Hardball | MSNBC

Comments made Tuesday by William Barr, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, suggest that the report of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's Russian meddling investigation might not become public in the way many have been expecting.

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President Donald Trump AG Nominee Says Public May Never See Mueller’s Report | Hardball | MSNBC

[initiald]

The report must be made public. The American People has the RIGHT to know.

[rebeccatreeseed]

Not the right answer. It must be released.

[okapmeinkap]

That RIGHT THERE is *unacceptable* . Next.

[debra]

These guys are in cahoots with Russia, and this guy is a friend of Pompeo. Something about that meatball with eyeballs Pompeo that really makes my skin crawl.

[jackohere]

If Mueller's report is not made public can't Congress bring Mueller before them in some sort of Congressional hearing and get what was in it that way?

[DefineArt]

Clown ! We have to take it to the streets !

[djsugarbear]

that report gets released or there are riots

[francischanc]

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD RIOT IF WE DO NOT SEE MUELLER REPORT

[nathanjamesbaker]

I actually thought Barr did a decent job in his hearing today. Like Betsy said, he is sophisticated and smart. I trust that he will do the right thing. He's certainly better than Matt Whitaker.

[smujismuj]

Why is a publicly funded report not available to anyone who wants to see it?

[christopherlococo]

Doesn't matter what barr says. The House can bring Mr. Mueller to speak in front of the house of representatives.

[vonsuthoff]

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*BAR BILL BARR!* BAR HIM NEAR AND FAR! *WHO'S HE THINK WE ARE?* HAR HAR HAR!
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[okapmeinkap]

If the tradeoff is no report but finish the investigation, then let this option be warranted and enforced: A sealed indictment to be *unsealed* the day the felon-in-chief leaves the White House. *No other deal.* Better yet, no confirmation.

[Astrobrant]

Y'know, I don't really care if "the public" ever gets to see the report. Information will be available to the public in any later proceedings. But keeping the report from Congress can't be tolerated.

[michaelstead]

Imagine and ANY court where the defendant receives not only the discovery material but actual arguments that the prosecution was going to use. Kangaroo much?

[stevewyatt]

somebody will redact a ton of it to protect their own self interests

[samobama]

Look out Feinstein has your grade school yearbook 😂😂😂

[pspicer]

It seems to me that Mr. Barr was perfectly reasonable. I can imagine that some of Mr. Mueller's report is highly confidential - methods etc.

[rstrajt]

The president is a public servant. He works for the people. Therefore the public has a right to any information about how he is doing this job and since they are paying his expenses, what it is costing them.

[sclogse]

What this guy should be saying is examples of the reasons he would not release parts of Mueller's report to the public. But that wold make us infer that he would have all the skill sets and knowledge to make these decisions. The experience in the world of intelligence and law to decide. They should be asking questions that make him tell them things that tell them he is capable of making these decisions.
But for my money, he is still partisan, as Flannery said today. And look what the republicans held back from the house democrats. That's why the house intelligence committe is so important.