Rick Wilson: There's some bad blood in the water for this to be leaking now.

[MelissaB]

Link to tweet

The Mueller graf in my new piece was added literally seconds after it posted and seconds before we went to press, and the more I contemplate the leak, the more interesting I find it.

Ask yourself why this is leaking now, kids.

There's some bad blood in the water.

[42bambi]

1. Mueller was chumming in the

swamp and caught a big fish. He's a patient man...likely more to come.

[lastlib]

28. I think he's got a much bigger fish on the jug-line.......

It may flop in the water for a while, but eventually it finds its way to the stringer......

[Wounded Bear]

2. Mueller is pissed...

I hope the whole fucking Trump obstruction cabal comes unraveled.

[maxsolomon]

3. "Graf"?

I'm sorry, I don't speak DC Insider...

Help?

[Zoonart]

6. Journalist speak for paragraph.

[LiberalFighter]

14. Glad you cleared that up. :)

[lunatica]

35. Thanks.

I wasn’t familiar with the term. Now the tweet makes sense!

[many a good man]

7. It's Journalism speak

Short for paragraph

[yonder]

8. Graft, an add-on, gaf, graphic??? Sorry, me no speak either.

[spanone]

4. K&R...

[JohnQFunk]

5. ⬇︎

[mr_lebowski]

9. Lol ... if you didn't know Al Bundy, you'd guess he's doing naughty things to Peg there

Or maybe that's just me

[calguy]

10. Who leaked? Rosenstein? On his way out the door?

A final FU?

[babylonsister]

13. Mueller wanted it leaked, no doubt, or

why write it. CYA, too.

[Karadeniz]

24. That's exactly what Lawrence O'Donnell said. On Rachel, Chuck Rosenberg said "going to

paper " is the expression used at DoJ for when someone has thought about something, often writing drafts and taking days to think and finally "goes to paper." Going to paper is a serious decision. Neal Katyal casually used the phrase talking to Lawrence. Then Lawrence, who has worked as Senate staff, said that letters aren't meant for only the addressee. It's understood that letters are for potential public consumption. So Mueller took a significant step in going to paper.

[lunatica]

36. Letters are also meant for historic records.

That’s a very important part of the reason to write them. They become part of the public record.

[shanny]

15. Not that weasel. No how.

Mueller himself, I bet. It is his work product that was being subverted.

[lastlib]

30. Hey, be nice to weasels!

Don't insult the Mustelidae family by comparing them to GOP scum. Weasels are noble beasts compared to GOPhers.

[CaptainTruth]

11. I'm betting Rosenstein was the DOJ source for the WaPo article.

He's in a position to know about Mueller's letter & the phone call, & he deliberately shared this with reporters the day before Barr is scheduled to testify to ensure Barr will be asked about it.

[Hekate]

12. If so, maybe a final effort to save his own soul. nt

[Perseus]

19. At least in the eyes of the World, Eosestein's soul is lost, long gone

All he can look forward now is that when the shit hits the fan, the buffoon will grab him by his big ears and shove him under the first bus that drives by.

Rosenstein will live in infamy for the rest of his life, he deserves it, he seems to have worked hard at it.

[Ilsa]

32. Rosenstein's resignation letter to trump was so

Pandering, so obsequious, that it is probably being viewed as sarcasm by the DoJ. It was really beyond ridiculous.

[cilla4progress]

33. Yes!

And I think his resignation letter flattering trump was sarcastic!

[lunatica]

37. It is now part of the public record and a historic document forever

Do you really think Rosenstein was just kidding?

[watoos]

16. It was leaked because Barr is scheduled to testify

in the Senate tomorrow. If he backs out it isn't going to look too good, if he goes to the hearing he is going to have to answer a lot of questions about why he lied to Congress and to the American people.

It's getting close to time for Democrats to call for Barr's resignation. Time to play hard ball.

[Mr.Bill]

18. For whatever reason he cares to give,

I bet Barr is a no-show tomorrow.

[Mme. Defarge]

22. And his impeachment.

[Quemado]

27. Do you watch Chris Matthews' show?

"Time to play hard ball" is his signature line.

[watoos]

17. Rosenstein is a cowardly rat,

he doesn't have the guts to leak this, Andrew Weismann would leak it.

[Lulu KC]

20. I'm sad that Barr is going to the Senate Judiciary

I'm afraid they'll be nice to him.
Still, not over 'til it's over.

[gratuitous]

26. Yeah, those shrinking violet Democrats on the Committee will probably give him a pass

Feinstein, Klobuchar and Harris, three Benihana chefs waiting to carve up a side of ham.

[Blue_true]

31. A ham named Barrhog. nt

[patphil]

21. Bad Blood?

Ya think?
Mueller's people work for nearly two years and Barr pisses all over it.
They just needed a proper setting to begin their counterattack...
...like Barr testifying tomorrow in the Senate and Thursday in the House.

It's about fuckin time.

Patrick Phillips

[Quemado]

29. Bad Blood

[eleny]

23. Barr should have at least contemplated the title of Wilson's book before accepting his nom to AG

[MelissaB]

25. LOL! He sure should have.

[calimary]

34. No kidding! It's now "Everything trump touches (like YOU, Too, Barr) dies."

What an epic disgrace.

[Pluvious]

38. Maybe Bill Maher's rant last Friday did it

J/K of course.

But the fact is, Bill's comments are just the obvious questions on all Patriots' minds today.

And Mueller is seeing the corruption ongoing, and hopefully, is moving on to the backup plan.