WTF Just Happened Today?

Day 820: Total bullshit.


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1/ The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department for access to Robert Mueller’s full report, including grand jury testimony and other material not made public. “My committee needs and is entitled to the full version of the report and the underlying evidence consistent with past practice,� Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a statement. He added that the redactions in Mueller’s report “appear to be significant.� Nadler gave the Justice Department a May 1st deadline to provide the report and “all documents obtained and investigative materials created by the Special Counsel’s Office.� Attorney General William Barr will testify to the House Judiciary Committee on May 2nd. (NPR / Bloomberg / NBC News / New York Times / Politico / The Guardian)

2/ The White House called the House Democrat subpoena for the unredacted version of Mueller’s report “more political grandstanding.� Meanwhile, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, accused Democrats of issuing a “wildly overbroad� subpoena to Barr. (Washington Post)

3/ The House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to allow Mueller to testify next month. Nadler said he wants Mueller to testify “no later than May 23.� Barr said he has no objection to Mueller testifying before Congress. (Politico / CNBC)

4/ Trump claimed that statements about him “by certain people� in Mueller’s “crazy� report are “total bullshit,� made by people trying to make themselves look good and harm him. Close White House advisers said Trump’s rage was aimed at former White House counsel Don McGahn, who blocked several attempts by Trump to interfere in Mueller’s investigation. Trump continued tweeting: “This was an Illegally Started Hoax that never should have happened, a…� He never finish the statement. (Politico / Bloomberg / Washington Post / NBC News / Wall Street Journal)

5/ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed the Mueller report contains “no evidence substantiated by any facts� that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and that Moscow rejects any such accusations. Peskov also claimed that Putin has repeatedly denied any interference “because there was none.� Mueller’s report, however, documents multiple efforts by the Russians to meddle in the ele...

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