"But Trump did it [fired Comey] at the height of the Mueller investigation. Do you think that it was unwise to do so then?" Barr answers accepting this incorrect factual predicate.
Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017. Mueller was appointed on May 17, 2017.
"But Trump did it [fired Comey] at the height of the Mueller investigation. Do you think that it was unwise to do so then?" Barr answers accepting this incorrect factual predicate.
Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017. Mueller was appointed on May 17, 2017.
I scratched my head over that, and then Barr didnтАЩt correct her. Mueller was appointed because Comey was fired. How soon we forget details of history.
It seems telling that both sought to obscure this fact, perhaps it was an honest mistake. Trump fired Comey only 4.5 months after his inauguration, and it is reasonable to see the immediate appointment of Mueller as payback or as a tool to prevent repercussions for such things as the Carter Page wiretap and the taking of the Steele dossier seriously. If so, mission accomplished.
"But Trump did it [fired Comey] at the height of the Mueller investigation. Do you think that it was unwise to do so then?" Barr answers accepting this incorrect factual predicate.
Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017. Mueller was appointed on May 17, 2017.
I scratched my head over that, and then Barr didnтАЩt correct her. Mueller was appointed because Comey was fired. How soon we forget details of history.
It seems telling that both sought to obscure this fact, perhaps it was an honest mistake. Trump fired Comey only 4.5 months after his inauguration, and it is reasonable to see the immediate appointment of Mueller as payback or as a tool to prevent repercussions for such things as the Carter Page wiretap and the taking of the Steele dossier seriously. If so, mission accomplished.
Good catch Paul