Reaction was quick — and harsh — to the announcement that Attorney General William Barr would hold a news conference Thursday morning to release the much-anticipated 400-page report of special counsel Robert Mueller.
Both Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — who determined the evidence in the report was not sufficient to prosecute President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice — will be speaking to the press, Law&Crime reported.
But many Twitter posters have already made up their minds.
"There is absolutely no reason for Barr to be holding a press conference to take questions on a report no one has yet had a chance to read and digest," lamented national security lawyer Bradley Moss. "This is stupid."
Matthew Miller, an analyst on MSNBC, tweeted Barr "needs to get out of the way," while pundit Cheri Jacobus derided the news conference as Barr providing "fodder for his own impeachment."
Democrat partisan Scott Dworkin tweeted "enough with the games and pro-Trump propaganda."
Newsweek columnist Seth Abramson declared, "This is bad," saying "it suggests Barr will again say or do something to prove that he is essentially a marketing stooge for the Trump administration."
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