So essentially you have opinion on why they need to see the other 1% other than Dems should get would Dems want regardless of implications. Doesnt matter if someone's personal info gets leaked. Doesn't matter if sensative information to the intelligence agency is leaked, etc.
Again, what in the remaining 1% could possibly change anything? You dont think Muller would have had anything damning in the other 99% if it were really all that bad?
What if Barr is really just doing the right thing here and the Democrats are pushing for nothing? Has that ever crossed your mind?
Regardless of all of this. Why not just wait for when Muller testifies? Im sure he will make it known if Trump did something wrong.
1. In the 4 page summary of the Mueller report, as interpreted by AG Barr, Barr determined there was not enough evidence to indict Trump on obstruction of justice.
2. In the actual report, Mueller made it clear he did not make a prosecutorial judgement because of DOJ policy against indicting a sitting president, and not because there was no evidence of obstruction of justice by Trump.
3. Mueller objected to Barr's mischaracterization of his report, and told Barr as much in a written letter. Both Barr and Mueller understood that putting his objections in writing would mean the public would see that letter. That was why it was put in written form, and that is why Barr asked Mueller "why didn't you just pick up the phone and call me" if you had issues. Answer: because Mueller wanted Congress and the public to know he felt Barr mischaracterized the Mueller report
4. Congress is one of three co-equal branches of our federal government.
5. Congress also has the Constitutionally guaranteed power of oversight over the Executive branch of the federal government.
6. This power of Congressional oversight is part of the separation of powers enshrined in our constitution and the system of checks and balances enshrined in our constitution.
6. The House of Represenatives has the power to launch impeachment proceedings against the president. Congress does not need the president's permission for this.
7. The power of oversight over the Executive branch means the House Judiciary Committee has the right to see the entirety of the Mueller report, minus the redacted grand jury section. Once that full report is examined, it may, or it may not, serve as the basis for impeachment proceedings. But that requires the Executive branch, and the DOJ is part of that branch, recognizing and agreeing to subpoenas issued under the power of Congressional oversight.
8. The president, not just in stonewalling the House Judiciary Committee, (by declaring the entire Mueller report is now covered by executive privlage, a claim the courts will likely strike down, but it's a great stalling tactic), but in stating that he will ignore every and all Congressional subpoenas for both persons and documents, is in effect denying that Congress is a co-equal branch of the federal government, and through our system of checks and balances, enjoys oversight over the Executive branch.
9. The preceding point, #8, is the reason Nadler said "we are now in a constitutional crisis".
10. I believe you already know all of this, you're not as dense about this as you wish to appear. I also believe increasing authoritarianism in the Executive branch is OK with you. You're not alone, a perhaps significant % of the electorate likely feels the same way.
For those who judge this to be instead a constitutional crisis, increasing consolidation of power in the Executive branch is not something the framers of the constitution had in mind, and is not OK. This is one of the central differences dividing Americans at this time. When asked, following the Constitutional Convention, what kind of government had the delegates created, Benjamin Franklin answered "A republic. If you can keep it".
11. With # 10 in mind, some of us are vigilant and recognize the threat represented by Trump's effort to negate the powers granted to Congress by our constitution. Barr's argument, that the president can shut down any investigation if he thinks it isn't fair is an absurd argument reflective of Barr's apparent belief that the powers of the Executive are virtually unlimited.
