Barr: The report says X. "Put another way, it says NO COLLUSION!"

Ah, and now the reason for the assange arrest comes out. Time to throw him under the bus.

That's twice now that Barr has had to says "in other words" or "put another way" before saying No Collusion. Hmm....

So if there is evidence of various illegal stuff in here that Trump did, could he be charged once he is no longer president? From stuff I had read awhile back the whole concept of charging a current President seemed to be a big sticking point for mueller

Hey guys, you gotta understand the context.... President Trump was under massive amounts of investigation, so ya gotta let some obstruction slide sometimes.

Wow, listening more and more, it's clear the WH straight up wrote this.

lol Trump had it so hard I mean can you imagine how hard it must have been trying to run the country with all this legal stuff going on? Barr is an obvious hack

This Barr guy really showing off his impartiality and duty to America.

Barr literally sounds like Trump's personal attorney here

I looked away from the screen. Barr didn't seem to like that last question.

OK WE ARE DONE HERE I SAID GOOD DAY SIR

What was the question? I was out the room

That was weird. AG holds a press conference then picks and chooses what he wanted to talk about within the report and questions he didn't want to answer he deferred to the report. Holy hell.

"[garbled] the impropriety for you to come out and, sort of, what appears to be you sort of spinning the report before the public gets to read it?"

Very reminiscent of Chris Wallace saying "This was very bad for Kavanaugh" before 3 hours after that when the narrative became "lol who cares"

I mean it's Chris Wallace. He exists to offer a thin veil of professionalism to FOX News. Nobody actually listens to him.

Yeah I mean it doesn't matter at all but it's notable that even the head of "news" on state TV is basically saying this presser was all spin.

Also Barr said "collusion," which is not even a prosecutable crime, SIX times.

I didn't hear Barr respond before turning off the mic and walking off, but Daniel Dale says Barr said "No."

correct Rupar from Vox confirms

Don't worry boys, only 30 more minutes before your prayers come true and the released report completely justifies the last two years of screeching and Mueller hero-worship.

So gets called out on poisoning the well and then walks off in a huff? Thats a good look

Russia has responded to the impending publication of the Mueller report. It seems the Kremlin isn’t that bothered:

“This is not an issue for us,” said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, when asked if Moscow was concerned about the imminent release of Mueller’s report.

“It is not a thing that interests us or causes us concern… We have plenty of other important, interesting, fruitful, and constructive things to do. That’s what we prefer to focus on.”

Thanks to the Guardian’s Marc Bennetts for that snippet.

Analysis: Barr’s performance confirmed worst fears of Democrats
David Smith
Maybe Rudy Giuliani ought to worry about his job as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. William Barr seemingly just auditioned to replace him.His press conference was a performance that appeared to be aimed at an audience of one.

The attorney general sought to tug at the heart strings, telling how Trump “faced an unprecedented situation” as federal agents and prosecutors scrutinized his conduct before and after taking office and the media speculated personal culpability. The president “was frustrated and angered by a sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents, and fueled by illegal leaks”, Barr said.

To many ears, these sounds like lame excuses for Trump’s own “unprecedented” and unhinged attacks on Mueller and the FBI. Barr went on to claim that the White House “fully cooperated” with the special counsel’s investigation. Yet Trump himself did not agree to be interviewed, apparently on advice that he would likely incriminate himself.

Barr’s performance will have confirmed the worst fears of Democrats that he is an apologist for the president. It will also have gone down very well at the White House, perhaps even better than an episode of Fox and Friends. Once again, the world got to see the Barr report and was left wondering what lurks in the Mueller report.