But talking to Crawford, Barr took the knife he had already stuck in his old friend and twisted it, using St. Mueller’s prestige against him. After indicating that Mueller was derelict and misguided, Barr went ahead and belittled him and his dream team as inept. When Barr moved on to his investigation of the investigators who worked on the case of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, he really bared his claws. Mueller’s argument seems to be that he can’t report on what his facts mean because the president has immunity from prosecution. That (in addition to impeachment) is a reason to gather the evidence now while docs are available and memories fresh.”

Source: New York Times June 01, 2019 17:48 UTC