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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould the Bombshell NYT Article be Connected to the Upcoming Hearing of "Pardon Everyone" Bob Barr?
Barr was AG during the Iran Contra scandal and encouraged president Bush to pardon everyone who was connected with those crimes. Now Barr is looking at being confirmed as AG, again. He will likely give Trump similar advicepardon everyone. Given his history and bold lobbying directly to Trump for the AG position, would Barr sabotage the Mueller investigation? The answer seems clear.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)who was interviewed last night on MSNBC, the NYT have been working on the story for over a year.
dlk
(11,576 posts)I saw one of the reporters on MSNBC last night, too.
gohuskies
(1,157 posts)He seems to be linked to the Trump Russia conspiracy with his efforts to lobby for the job as AG?
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)bullshit on the way out the door.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)I think these guys could be guilty of a lot of state-level financial crimes and that the relevant states have already been read in by the OSC. Federal prisons tend to be nicer than state prisons, and a federal pardon would just throw the perps into the waiting arms of not-so-pleasant state facilities.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)trump for all crimes and misdemeanors.
Polybius
(15,476 posts)This is Bob Barr, former Georgia Republican Congressman and Presidential candidate: