So after the full transcript of Trump lawyer John Dowd’s call to Mike Flynn’s lawyer was released, the media went with “THIS IS ABSOLUTE PROOF OF OBSTRUCTION” or something, I couldn’t tell through the loud yelling.
BUT other people found something very interesting – an edited version of the call in the Mueller report.
Voicemail from John Dowd to @GenFlynn’s Counsel
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) May 31, 2019
LEFT: Mueller report
RIGHT: Full transcript released today per court order
Mueller’s hacks removed that Dowd wanted a heads up “not only for the president, but for the country” and wasn’t asking for “any confidential information” pic.twitter.com/r7BWhRtAw7
The biggest problem is that it excised the comment where the lawyer says they weren’t looking for “confidential” information.
Also clear it’s a lawyer to lawyer voicemail and Dowd clearly didn’t know for sure Flynn had decided to co-operate with the government
Luckily we can still ask Mueller why he decided to cut out just these exculpatory words to save all of *two lines* in a ~450 page report, right?
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) May 31, 2019
AND Dowd commented on this discrepancy and said it was unfair:
EXCLUSIVE
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) May 31, 2019
We got a statement from former Trump lawyer John Dowd, responding to the Special Counsel's deceptive edits of his voicemail to Flynn's lawyer
"It is unfair and despicable. It was a friendly privileged call between counsel - with NO conflict. I think Flynn got screwed" pic.twitter.com/gizOEl0Fxu
Well, unfortunately, Flynn admitted guilt. So would this have made a big difference? Would he have not admitted guilt otherwise? I haven’t seen a definitive statement that it would have, but if anyone has, feel free to let me know.
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Well go ahead and have an open thread.
Here’s some comment fodder, there’s a lot these week!!
For the first time in my life I watched a cat and mouse play....cat and mouse, and I am shook pic.twitter.com/HLZCKAa5VT
— Javier E. David (@TeflonGeek) June 1, 2019
This is just horrible.
Ever used that phrase “cat and mouse game”? Here’s what it really looks like:
For the first time in my life I watched a cat and mouse play....cat and mouse, and I am shook pic.twitter.com/HLZCKAa5VT
— Javier E. David (@TeflonGeek) June 1, 2019
Yikes:
[Two people having a civil, well thought out discussion about politics and policy on Twitter]
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 1, 2019
Me arriving in the replies:https://t.co/xviwOG9Krr
I would have made a post about this but there wasn’t enough to make fun of, sorry:
.@AOC: "Any job that pays $2.13 an hour is not a job. It's indentured servitude. All labor has dignity and the way that we give labor dignity is by paying people the respect and the value that they are worth... We have to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour." pic.twitter.com/onYPvrUls2
— The Hill (@thehill) June 1, 2019
Who’s laffing now?
White House: On June 19, Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Arthur Laffer, the 'father of supply-side economics." Full stmt >>> pic.twitter.com/dNQ9pLaxjn
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) May 31, 2019
This is adorable:
Awww. Enjoy your Saturday evening, see you tomorrow!!!