yakov_a_jerkov | Пресс-конференция Барра

Даже более shameless shit, чем ожидалось.

Краткое содержание пресс-конференции:

Barr: I don't want to summarize the report but no collusion

Barr: I don't want to summarize the report but no collusion

Barr: I don't want to summarize the report but no collusion

Barr: I don't want to summarize the report but no collusion

И что имеется в виду под "no collusion" -- буквально участие в краже e-mail'ов. То есть Барр повторяет то, что говорил Джулиани, -- если в краже не участвовали, то no collusion.

Charlie Savage:

Embedded in Barr remarks is an important qualifier: Trump campaign collusion with WikiLeaks could not be an illegal conspiracy because WL publication of the emails was not a crime since WL didn't help hack them.

Что касается obstruction, то... Трамп был взволнован:

Barr seems to be arguing that while Trump tried to obstruct justice, that was totally understandable because a lot of people were criticizing him and that made him mad.

В общем, даже Chris Wallace на Fox News отмечает:

Chris Wallace on Fox: "The Attorney General seemed almost to be acting as the counselor for the defense, the counselor for the president, rather than the Attorney General, talking about his motives, his emotions... Really, as I say, making a case for the president."

Доклад Мюллера (redacted) должен быть опубликован через полчаса, вроде. Президент is looking forward to it: