Will A.G. Bill Barr be able to cover his arse ?

[bodysong]

Will A.G. Bill Barr be able to cover his arse ?

The pretend wrestling match shows put on
in front of the press and media do not convince
anyone- private, secret handshakes took place
ahead of Bill Barr's appointment to AG position

I just walked out of the #StateOfTheUnion.
I’ve had enough. It’s like watching professional
wrestling. It’s all fake.

— Congressman Tim Ryan (@RepTimRyan) February 5, 2020

I left the #SOTU after Trump—a draft dodger who has mocked
Sen. John McCain, Gold Star families, and soldiers with traumatic
brain injury—started talking about the good he has done for
our military.

— Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) February 5, 2020

I just walked out of the #StateOfTheUnion.
I can’t stand a liar.

This man’s presidency is a national tragedy.

— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) February 5, 2020

Bill Barr squawked, and made noises,
after his dirty work was accomplished.

Bill Barr is being asked to testify to Congress
about his actions. The House Judiciary Committee
announced on Wednesday that Barr will appear the
following month, writing in a letter to the AG that
his “pattern of conduct in legal matters relating to
the (Not Real King) … raises significant concerns,”
including in the Stone sentencing.

Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told
the Daily Beast on Tuesday that the decision to override
the sentencing recommendations was made Monday night,
before Trump’s tweet. She said DOJ had not consulted
with the White House about the decision, and Barr was
unaware of Trump’s views before the department made
its decision. She did not respond to request for comment
on Wednesday.

“Do not underestimate the danger of this situation:
the political appointees in the DOJ are involving themselves
in an inappropriate way in cases involving political allies
of the President,” Eric Holder, former attorney general
under President Obama, tweeted. “This affects the rule
of law and respect for it. Unprecedented.”

The House Judiciary Committee also asked Barr to testify
about “the creation of a new ‘process'” in the DOJ, by which
Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani
“can feed the Department of Justice information,
through you, about the President’s political rivals.”

https://time.com/5782899/roger-stone-sentencing-attorney-general/

 

[butters]

it's about as transparent as his dropping the go-nowhere investigation into McCabe with one hand whilst opening a host of 'reinvestigations' about the prosecution's handling of michael flynn and other trump cronies, bringing in outsider prosecutor/s to do so

 

[KeithD]

The judge needs to get on with the Flynn sentencing to move to the pardon phase to then rack up another element in another Trump abuse of power impeachment.

 

[bodysong]

Attorney General William Barr is taking direct control
of the cases closest to Donald Trump.

(This is not normal.)

"...there is an even more important reason than practicality
why Main Justice has respected the independence of line
prosecutors. That reason is the recognition that the fair
dispensation of justice requires them to be as independent
as possible from political influence."

"This is what Barr has upended."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-barrs-power-grab-puts-politics-above-prosecutors

The Times reported that AG Bill Barr had assigned a prosecutor
to lead a "highly unusual" review of the criminal case against
former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded
guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials
and his overseas work in Turkey before trying to walk back his plea.

"In Barr's DOJ, investigations of Trump's friends are highly
scrutinized and questioned. Investigations of Trump's perceived
enemies receive more resources than they merit," he tweeted.
"This isn't how the Justice Department is supposed to work . . .
Our legal system is supposed to treat you the same, whether
you're Trump's enemy or his friend."

https://www.salon.com/2020/02/14/wh...justice-department-wont-charge-mccabe-report/

The incomplete crushing of FBI Deputy Director
Andrew McCabe- The Russia Inquiry began, and that
pisses King Donald Presiderp off!

(King Donald Presiderp) raged at White House officials after the
Department of Justice said it would not charge former acting
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe after investigating
whether he lied to investigators.

Trump was so angry that -
"White House lawyers moved to calm the president,"
according to the report.

McCabe asserted he had been ousted illegally as part
of a plot by Trump to remove those who were not loyal
to him politically.

(Craven, petty, vindictive firing of McCabe- hours before
he could have a full retirement.)

Vindictive Trump fires FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
just two days before his retirement


There are two key ways a president can abuse the
Justice Department and federal prosecutorial powers:
he can protect his friends, and he can go after his enemies.

In recent days and months, especially with developments
around the Michael Flynn and Roger Stone cases, observers
have been deeply concerned that President Donald Trump is
engaging in the first kind of abuse. But according to a new
report from the Washington Post, what Trump really cares
about — and what he is really furious hasn’t happened yet —
is the prosecution of his enemies.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/02/tr...se-his-enemies-arent-being-prosecuted-report/

March 16, 2018

Andrew McCabe, Trump’s foil at the FBI, is fired hours
before he could retire

Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired
former FBI deputy director Andrew Mc*Cabe, a little
more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...55a22a-2895-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html

 

[JackLuis]

Here is why AG Bill Barr is actively trying to harm the credibility of the Department of Justice

Attorney General William Barr is psychologically manipulating Americans to question the legitimacy of the Department of Justice, a former DOJ spokesperson charged on Saturday.

Former DOJ spokesperson Matthew Miller was interviewed for a Washington Post story titled, “Barr’s internal reviews and re-investigations feed resentment, suspicion inside Justice Dept.”

“When you are constantly launching politically motivated probes, the public can’t tell which investigations are legitimate and which are political, and ultimately they question everything. And that is clearly part of the goal,” Miller concluded.

And thereby break the Republic!

 

[BotanyBoy]

I love it.

(D)'s launch probes it's justice.

(R)'s launch probes it's a threat to the republic.

LMFAO.....nothing shady about that.

 

[Ziggins]

He can afford tailoring, and most people want him to wear pants, but there are probably some threads here for large men without pants.

 

[JackLuis]

Bill Barr ouster demanded by over 1,100 ex-Justice Dept officials in scathing letter

 

[bodysong]

More Than 1,000 Department of Justice Alumni
Release Statement Calling for AG Barr to Resign

- Charles Johnson

If these people tell you the US is sleepwalking into an autocracy
you should probably believe them.

They have no illusions about whether Barr will actually resign.

The statement concludes by calling on current DOJ employees
to stand up, report abuses of power, and refuse to carry out illegal
or unethical orders.

"We likewise call on the other branches of government
to protect from retaliation those employees who uphold
their oaths in the face of unlawful directives.

The rule of law and the survival of our Republic demand
nothing less.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/art...lease_Statement_Calling_for_AG_Barr_to_Resign

 

[JackLuis]

WATCH: Nicolle Wallace breaks down ‘the case against William Barr’

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace on Monday broke down “the case against William Barr” as controversy continues to envelop the Department of Justice.

“Republicans and Democrats who have served in the Justice Department for the past 12 presidents are today calling for William Barr’s resignation as our country’s attorney general,” Wallace reported.

Wallace read from an open letter signed by 2,000 former federal prosecutors and DOJ officials.

By now over 2000 FFP's may have denounced Droopy Dog!

 

[Ziggins]

Billy appears to be doing his job, which is investigating the coup. He can be measured by the quality of his enemies.

 

[cuck72]

AG BILL BARR DID NOTHING WRONG! Just DUMBocrats crying once more.

 

[JackLuis]

Inside DOJ’s mysterious abandonment of a Russian money-laundering case against Deutsche bank

When other banks weren’t making generous loans to Donald Trump and the Trump Organization, Deutsche Bank was. David Enrich, finance editor of the New York Times and author of the new book, “Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump and an Epic Trail of Destruction,” discussed Deutsche’s relationship Trump and a seemingly abandoned U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) case against the bank during a Monday night, February 17 appearance on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.”

Has Billy been naughty with the Germans?

 

[bhurry]

Bill Barr ouster demanded by over 1,100 ex-Justice Dept officials in scathing letter

Ex,Ex, EX,Ex ,EX,EX, Welcome to the real world.

 

[JackLuis]

Federal Judges Association calls emergency meeting to discuss AG Barr as crisis ‘could not wait’: report

The independent Federal Judges Association will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss Attorney General Bill Barr’s intervention into politically sensitive cases to help President Donald Trump.

Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, who heads the group, told USA Today the meeting “could not wait.”

 

[JackLuis]

Is Bill Barr Cockblocking The SDNY? Sure Damn Looks Like It!

Hey, y'all hear those rumors that Attorney General Bill Barr has been threatening to resign, and has been supposedly telling Trump folks that? Ha ha! That is not what this post is about. Pink pussy hat and GIT OUT if it's true, asshole!

Were we not just saying like five seconds ago (yesterday morning) that it's getting KIND OF WEIRD how Barr keeps appointing special buddy pal US attorneys to look into whatever is grieving Donald Trump that day? They're not special counsels, they are Bill Barr's special boys!

Well surprise, there's a new one! And if we're reading this right, it's a pull-the-fire-alarm moment because it sounds like Barr is directly and obviously fucking with the Southern District of New York (SDNY), which likes to introduce itself at cocktail parties as the "Sovereign District of New York," because of how notoriously independent it is. That would be bad.

 

[KeithD]

Yes, he's been fucking with the New York folks since he was appointed. Where did the follow-up cases on the one that put Trump's lawyer in prison and Trump in the coconspirator chair go? Hint: nowhere, starting with when Barr took up his office. The administration is wallowing in corruption, criminality, cover up, and treason. Their coup against the American nation is moving along, with the aid of Moscow Mitch and his Senate Republicans.

 

[bodysong]

This is stunning.

The new DOJ attorneys are arguing
in favor of most aspects of the initial Stone sentencing recommendation,
even though Barr stepped in and rescinded it.

Are they revolting against Barr’s interference?

— Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) February 20, 2020

https://www.alternet.org/2020/02/le...-barrs-new-roger-stone-sentencing-guidelines/