{"id":13484,"date":"2019-04-18T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=13484"},"modified":"2019-04-18T22:58:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T02:58:00","slug":"carping-on-the-mueller-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/18\/carping-on-the-mueller-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Carping on the Mueller Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mueller-report-41fRRItFudL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13494\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mueller-report-41fRRItFudL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mueller-report-41fRRItFudL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg 333w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mueller-report-41fRRItFudL._SX331_BO1204203200_-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When reading <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a>, remember that FBI chief <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Comey<\/a> torpedoed an offer from Julian Assange to provide key details on the DNC emails leak  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xos4MvIAfs\">https:\/\/t.co\/xos4MvIAfs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118710112338817024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Record-setting Canonization? The 195,000-word <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a> became holy writ within hours. Remember that prosecutors did not prove their case before an impartial judge or jury.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118964263245291521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Would anyone recall English King Henry II if nobody reacted after he muttered, &quot;Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EdS4PN5zu7\">https:\/\/t.co\/EdS4PN5zu7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118969124162613248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a> knew the allegations would never go before a judge or jury. Did they pile on damn shaky details like Mueller did as FBI chief in this case?   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x5UoN0QTpN\">https:\/\/t.co\/x5UoN0QTpN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1119043886473711619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don&#39;t forget perhaps the biggest Redaction of the 2016 campaign &#8211; Obama admin.&#39;s illegal refusal to disclose Hillary Clinton&#39;s email as Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JWZNpczjyX\">https:\/\/t.co\/JWZNpczjyX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118956350577442819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a> is not the truth handed down from Mt. Sinai. His team knew they would never have to prove specific assertions in a court of law.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118869965682044928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wikileaks<\/a> post a rebuttal or comment or clarification on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a>&#39;s statements on its role in the 2016 presidential campaign?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118948552703651845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BarrCoverUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BarrCoverUp<\/a> ? Anybody who expects the Attorney General to personify &quot;justice&quot; hasn&#39;t been paying attention since 1870 when DOJ was created.  That office &amp; agency have always been political.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118881117346652166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a> What an outrage &#8211; Mueller did not consider this Russian Facebook ad an act of war! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5XPUrJdpum\">pic.twitter.com\/5XPUrJdpum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118874996741427200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bummed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerReport<\/a> didn&#39;t vindicate fired FBI boss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Comey<\/a>&#39;s revelation that electronic surveillance doesn&#39;t count as &quot;spying&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118947409118339072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mueller impeccable? Tell that to the Liberty City Seven, who the FBI entrapped in a ludicrous terror plot to rack up conviction numbers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x5UoN0QTpN\">https:\/\/t.co\/x5UoN0QTpN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mpAdsR3aFz\">https:\/\/t.co\/mpAdsR3aFz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118858115569672192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When Mueller&#39;s report is released tomorrow, remember his litany of civil liberties abuses &amp; false statements when he was FBI chief.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuellerThursday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MuellerThursday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDgPRBVWVD\">https:\/\/t.co\/SDgPRBVWVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1118618218573246464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Aussie satire on the Julian Assange arrest is far superior to anything shown on late night American television.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1uX8GiVLrB\">https:\/\/t.co\/1uX8GiVLrB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1117818506014339073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More to follow&#8230;. When reading #MuellerReport, remember that FBI chief @Comey torpedoed an offer from Julian Assange to provide key details on the DNC emails leak https:\/\/t.co\/xos4MvIAfs &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 18, 2019 Record-setting Canonization? The 195,000-word #MuellerReport became holy writ within hours. Remember that prosecutors did not prove their case before an impartial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1983,753,47,1073,1449,923,285],"class_list":["post-13484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-collusion","tag-donald-trump","tag-fbi","tag-james-comey","tag-robert-mueller","tag-russia","tag-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carping on the Mueller Report - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mueller report finds no collusion with Russia but media feeding frenzy regardless. 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