Edit: The following is correct but misleading. The Muller report was reported to...

k_sh · on April 18, 2019

Sure, but the Mueller report was widely reported[0][1][2] to be released Thursday morning days ago.

[0]: https://deadline.com/2019/04/redacted-robert-mueller-report-...

[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/muell...

[2]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/mueller-report-expected-to-b...

bhelkey · on April 19, 2019

I wasn't aware of this. I updated my comment to reflect this.

rococode · on April 19, 2019

In a way this is even more worrying (knowing that the Mueller report release time was widely known beforehand).

It's probably "safer" for Facebook to make the announcement with the guaranteed disruption of the Mueller report release afterwards, than it is for them to release it after the report is out, since they can't predict how long people will be focused on the report. I can imagine a conversation along the lines of what I just wrote happening at Facebook, and that's really a distirubing level of coordination to hide a serious incident.

anarazel · on April 18, 2019

Barr's press conference was at 9.30 AM EDT, however.

bhelkey · on April 19, 2019

I wasn't aware of this. I updated my comment to reflect this.