Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said parts of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report remind him of Pinocchio from the “Shrek” movie franchise.
Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday, Lee said Mueller’s details of the report on obstruction of justice contain double negatives and are a bit confusing.
“I think it’s odd to say, ‘I’m not going to make a recommendation, but I’m going to sound like I’m making a recommendation,” Lee said. “There’s not evidence that I can point to but nonetheless I couldn’t get there even if I did.’
“It’s kind of strange to spend two years on that and then speak with the sort of tone that is reminiscent of Pinocchio in the movie ‘Shrek 3.’ It’s full of double negatives. It’s kind of confusing,” the Utah senator added.
Sen. Mike Lee on Mueller’s obstruction probe: “It’s kind of strange to spend two years on that and then speak with the sort of tone that is reminiscent of Pinocchio in the movie ‘Shrek 3’…It’s full of double negatives. It’s kind of confusing” https://t.co/v0c7sJ8kcM pic.twitter.com/qyWphp5m37
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 21, 2019
Pinocchio is the childhood fairy tale character from the 1883 book “Adventures of Pinocchio.” He is a wooden puppet characterized by his wooden nose, which grows longer when he tells lies.
He has the same characteristics in the 2007 movie “Shrek the Third,” where he makes confusing statements like: “I’m possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way with any amount of uncertainty that I undeniably do or do not know where he shouldn’t probably be.”
A redacted version of Mueller’s 448-page report was released Thursday. In the document, Mueller lists 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice by President Trump his team examined. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote a four-page summary of Mueller’s investigation last month that cleared President Trump of both conspiring with Russia and obstruction.
