The idea that any of us would take the word of Barr about the conclusions of Mueller’s report at face value, without seeing the underlying evidence, is practically surreal

And don’t get me started on media criticisms: have we all just collectively forgotten that more than a dozen Trump campaign aides met with Russian officials and virtually all of them lied about it. Or that Trump repeatedly & flagrantly tried to interfere w/the investigation

Were journalists simply supposed to ignore that? Were they supposed to ignore the fact that Trump’s son, campaign manager and son-in-law met with Russian officials promising dirt on Hillary Clinton (and lied about it) as if this wasn’t evidence of attempted collusion?

Do we all have collective amnesia over the president taking the word of Putin, repeatedly, over US Intel agencies on the question of Russian interference in the election?

Let’s be clear: none of know what Mueller found. None of us have seen the evidence. Until we do none of us know anything

And this guy ... who has literally spent his entire career screaming that practically everything said by a government official should be considered a lie running around spiking footballs based on the word of Bill Barr

And kudos to @Smartypants60 for pulling up this astounding quote (in light of his comments the last 48 hours) from @ggreenwald in 2013

@speechboy71 I assume a lot of Democrats will disagree with Barr’s conclusion that Trump did not obstruct justice. But it beggars belief that the AG would lie about Mueller’s failure to find collusion. That would be a scandal in and of itself.

@speechboy71 They have normalized everything Trump does and now the US is living like it is part of a TV show.

@speechboy71 @realDonaldTrump seems to be more surprised by William Barr's summary of the #MuellerReport than he was about winning the presidential election.

@speechboy71 Not just people, the damn media! Credulously acting as Trump’s propagandists by taking a political hack at his word.

@speechboy71 Doesn't the public have any options for seeing the report? Is the AG's decision the final say on releasing it?

@speechboy71 Exhausting is eternally the best way to manage confluct

@speechboy71 @SentinelJust What's bothers me most is how people are accepting collusion/conspiracy while not recognizing the deck was stacked when the definition was purposefully narrowed to "Russian Government". It's absurd to think Derapaska, Kilimnik or others operated outside Putin. There's no way.

@speechboy71 This.

@speechboy71 Poor Michael does he need a new supply of pacifiers?

@speechboy71 They're desperate to think this lie reconstructs some kind of respectability for them, which is obviously complete lunacy.