Before the Justice Department announced that Attorney General Bill Barr would be holding a press conference Thursday morning to discuss special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted final report, President Donald Trump broke the news himself — to a Washington, D.C. talk radio host.
“You’ll see a lot of very strong things come out tomorrow,” Trump told WMAL’s Larry O’Connor in an interview. “Attorney General Barr is going to be giving a press conference. Maybe I’ll do one after that. We’ll see.”
As news broke of Trump’s remarks, which came with little warning, reporters began reaching out to the Justice Department. The DOJ a few minutes later, DOJ confirmed the news themselves.
Trump added of Barr, who’ll be accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Thursday morning: “He’s been a fantastic attorney general. He’s grabbed it by the horn.”
Mueller’s redacted final report is the product of a multi-year investigation, about which speculation has only heightened since Barr released a four-page summary of the report last month.
Listen below at 3:29:
#ICYMI: President Donald Trump on The @LarryOConnor Show: Hard to believe Obama didn't know about spying on campaign https://t.co/ZEmK634OLi
— WMAL DC (@WMALDC) April 17, 2019
As if we didn’t know
“The fix is in boys”
White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release
Donnie was just joking, right, Hamhock?
Well, it actually went down like this:
Every fucking person in DOJ who looked at or saw this report, or talked to anyone in the white house should have their records subpoenaed, and then be called before House Oversight, and put under oath, detail every pre-release conversation. They need to load up the subpoena canons and start firing.
I don’t know why I torture myself like this, but whenever an outrageous story like this appears, I like to imagine possible NY Times headlines:
“Coordination Between DOJ Head and Target of Investigation Raises Eyebrows”
“For Some, Lack of Firewall Between President and Law Enforcement is Concerning”
“Another Improvised Moment From an Unconventional Presidency”