Let’s Debunk Some Misconceptions About Russiagate
We still need to see the whole report; it wasn’t all a hoax; and Barr’s letter hasn’t helped Trump yet.
Then-President-elect Donald Trump in Trump Tower in New York City.
Photographer: DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images
It’s only been a week since President Donald Trump claimed the Robert Mueller probe was a “complete and total exoneration” of him, and the victory champagne is already going flat.
Attorney General William Barr, who first fueled Trump’s exoneration claim, now says he couldn’t possibly summarize Mueller’s entire report and will release it, but with a level of redactions that could range from “a couple of names” to “all of the good stuff.” Democrats in Congress seem likely to subpoena the whole thing, but Eli Lake argues Democrats might want some of it to stay hidden. Cass Sunstein, though, suggests the bar for redaction should be high.