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View in browser APRIL 17, 2019 It’s (redacted) Muller report eve. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy AG Rosenstein (but not Special Counsel Mueller) will hold a news conference Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. ET on the release of the report.
A hard-copy of the redacted report will be made available to members of Congress after 11 a.m., but only after the news conference— timing that has infuriated Democratic lawmakers.
Democrats blasted the timing as political, with House Judiciary chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., calling the timing troubling and saying, "This is wrong." Nadler at a news conference Wednesday night accused Barr of waging a media campaign on behalf of the president.
"I assume we’ll probably find it useful to ask Mueller to testify, and I assume we’ll ask members of his team to testify," he said. "But we’ll have to make those decisions after we read what we get, as inadequate as that may be."
The Washington Post reports late Wednesday that the Justice Department plans to release "a lightly redacted version" of the report, offering a "granular look" at the ways in which President Trump was suspected of having obstructed justice.
ICYMI: Videos from MSNBC Today DOJ had 'numerous conversations' with White House on Mueller report: NYT Neal Katyal, former acting U.S. solicitor general, talks with Rachel Maddow about the impropriety of the Department of Justice reportedly having conversations with the White House about the Mueller report before anyone else has been allowed to see it or even Barr's redacted version of it.
Rep. Barr invited Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to visit coal mines in Kentucky while arguing against the Green New Deal, but then retracted the offer after she accepted.
30 years ago, coming out as a gay politician had a much different effect. Former Congressman Barney Frank said that when he came out, then-House Speaker Tip O'Neill told Frank he was "sorry to hear it" because O'Neill thought Frank could have become Speaker of the House if not for that. Fast-forward to today.
Quote of the Day “If a president cannot be indicted for crimes, then the only recourse for justice in this society of laws lies with the Congress.” —Chris Matthews (video)
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Things to watch Democratic hopefuls Rep. Tim Ryan and Mayor Pete Buttigieg join Morning Joe Thursday. AG Barr and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein hold that press conference at 9:30 am ET. The exact time for the public release of the Mueller report on Thursday has not been disclosed. The president also said he may hold a press conference sometime during the day.
Stay tuned to MSNBC for live coverage and analysis.
Thoughts ahead of the Mueller report from Ari Melber “Tomorrow is another test. It’s a test of the journalists and narrators. How will we cover this tomorrow? How many traps might we fall into while they are set?
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