Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade defends Barr's Mueller summary by admitting he's never read the Odyssey


Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade believes no one should be bothered by the length of Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller report because actually, summaries are good.
Kilmeade on Friday's Fox & Friends complained about criticism over Barr's summary of the report only being four pages when the actual report is reportedly more than 300 pages long. "You never heard of summarizing?" Kilmeade sarcastically asked.
He further suggested that we can glean everything we need to know about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report from this brief summary by admitting, "I never read the Odyssey. I only read the Monarch notes. I still got a very good grade."
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While not offering a similar anecdote about skipping high school reading assignments, co-host Ainsley Earhardt agreed with Kilmeade and argued that Americans are probably "thankful" for Barr's summary so that they "don't have to read" it. Brendan Morrow
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