What They're Saying About the Mueller Report: "Russian Government Interfered in the 2016 Presidential Election in Sweeping and Systematic Fashion"

let this not be lost in Mueller Report: "The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion." Part I, page 9

— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) April 18, 2019

All right. I just finished the Mueller Report. I'm going to combine the most shocking and important revelations in one thread. Long and short: there was collusion, there was obstruction, Donald Trump needs to be removed from office. Immediately. 1/

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) April 18, 2019

Mueller says Russian intelligence targeted Clinton’s personal office within five hours of Trump publicly requesting it on July 27, 2016

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 18, 2019

“Trump Campaign and the Dissemination of Hacked Materials” section of the Mueller Report is almost entirely redacted. pic.twitter.com/6b1plzgJCt

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 18, 2019

This is what Barr is calling a “lightly redacted report.” This is simply unacceptable. This isn’t the #MuellerReport: it’s a #BarrCoverUp. pic.twitter.com/hlZ0S1M4M6

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) April 18, 2019

"Lightly redacted" pic.twitter.com/sHkgz99iBe

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 18, 2019

Seems worth noting. Red underline is part Barr quoted, blue underline the part he omitted. pic.twitter.com/5UOC22ZsZk

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 18, 2019

Charles Pierce:

Say what you will about the Nixon people, but they worked at their crimes. What we saw Thursday, when William Barr cemented his legacy as a hack in constitutional history, was one of the laziest attempts at a political cover-up you ever will see. Barr wasn't even trying hard, and it showed, most graphically, when he explained what he believes the El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago's motivation in this whole affair. ...

My god, what a complete tool this man is.

"This is something that Barr has done before." -Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian pic.twitter.com/I8atxzTToe

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) April 18, 2019

Joan Walsh:

Now that we have the redacted but still damning Mueller report, we know that Barr was lying. On the issue of obstruction, Mueller has essentially delivered materials that ought to move the House of Representatives to an impeachment investigation.

Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow just told me he first saw the Mueller report on Tuesday afternoon. Trump’s legal team, including the Raskins, made two visits to the Justice Department to view the report securely — late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Sekulow said.

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) April 18, 2019

Barr said Bill Clinton’s lawyers saw Starr report before it was released. FALSE. Here’s Starr’s letter to Clinton lawyer denying the request. https://t.co/h6FjADSHm5

— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) April 18, 2019

Sarah Sanders admitted she lied to America about why Trump fired Comey https://t.co/XLVkLqBIyc

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 18, 2019

They planned all this out so that the report would drop (with Barr's astonishing press conference) as the Sacred Triduum begins for Christians, and right before Passover.

Why?

Barr is Catholic, closely connected to Opus Dei. He knows what he's doing in making this move.

— 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝙳. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚎𝚢 (@wdlindsy) April 18, 2019