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The folks at ABC News were either desperately in the tank for the Democrats or they needed to get fitted for tin foil hats Thursday evening. Instead of reporting on the growing calls for House Intel Committee Chair Adam Schiff (CA-D) to resign that position, as CBS and NBC did, ABC’s World News Tonight carried water for Democrat conspiracy theories suggesting Attorney General William Barr was hiding the truth about collusion and did something improper when clearing the President of obstruction of justice.
From the get-go, fill-in anchor Cecilia Vega was all-in for misleading viewers and spreading doubt about Barr’s summary:
He is feeling vindicated by the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. But hanging over his victory lap this new revelation: Mueller’s still secret report is more than 300 pages long. And that is fueling new questions about the Attorney General’s brief summary, just four pages.
After suggesting it was Trump himself who “declared” “full vindication”, ABC senior national correspondent Terry Moran (who sounded like he was reporting from down a well) tried to cast doubt on that fact, saying, “No one outside the Justice Department has actually seen the Special Counsel's report.”
“But, today we learned that it's long, more than 300 pages long. And all we've seen of it is a four-page summary by Attorney General Bill Barr, who says Mueller cleared the President on collusion with Russia,” Moran reported in a skeptical tone, “but could not reach a determination on whether Trump obstructed justice.”
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