(04-18-2019 10:37 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-18-2019 10:14 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(04-18-2019 09:58 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-18-2019 08:53 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(04-17-2019 10:40 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  DOJ should not have been meeting with the White House in advance of this report being released.

I guess that the Office of the President has zero Executive Privilege interests, *and* the DOJ should utterly ignore that substantial prong of our jurisprudence en toto.
Got it. Makes perfect sense.
Geezus fing krist the press is intentionally ignorant on this....... The myna birds are just myna birds.
(yes a head slap emoji really should be available here....)
Edited to add: saw the conference live, and Barr confirmed this, albeit according to Barr, Trump refused to exercise *any* privilege. Yes, there should be *zero* communication between Barr and the holder of a very real, tangible privilege.
Good god that NY Times tweet pisses me off. Imply bad **** when you perfectly well know there is a real legal reason and rationale. I really think the job of the fing media is that of being the 'implier in chief' for all the fing myna birds and ignoramuses around.

I never said the Executive Branch should have zero Executive Privilege.
The Executive Branch should stay as far away from a potential conflict of interest as possible, though. But as we've repeatedly seen, there are no conflicts of interest for Trump in the eyes of many.
What's a better way to release a redacted report - before or after meeting with the person it focuses on (who is your boss)?

What difference does it make?

Hey molehill, go be a mountain for me, please? Pretty please?

Do y'all think any time I say something critical I'm suggesting it's the most awful, horrible, ungodly thing ever to happen?

Trump and DOJ should not have met before the release. Do you disagree with that?

I think it is immaterial. It appears that you are upset that Trump and his team may have been given some time to prepare. Is that it? Because it is certain that not one comma in the report was changed or could have been.

To answer your first question, no, not every time.