Lindsey Graham Invokes Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories While Grilling Trump's AG Pick William Ba

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Lindsey Graham Invokes Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories While Grilling Trump’s AG Pick William Barr

The senator used Barr’s confirmation hearing to implore the nominee to ‘clean up this place.’

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Jackie Kucinich, Spencer Ackerman 01.15.19 11:27 AM ET


Newly minted Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) wasted no time in bringing in right-wing conspiracy theories about FBI and Justice Department misconduct into the confirmation hearing of President Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr, asking him to “clean up this place” should he be installed as the nation’s top cop.

Graham began by referencing a January 11 New York Times story that reported that after the firing of FBI director James Comey, the agency took the extraordinary step of opening a counterintelligence investigation into Trump for fear he was working against American interests for Russia.

“Are there rules about how you can do counterintelligence investigations?” Graham asked.

When Barr replied there were—in fact, they’re contained in official department guidelines—Graham asked if there were “checks and balances” if one was opened up against the president.

“Not outside of the FBI,” he said.

Graham replied, “Well, we need to look at that.” .................................

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Peter Daou
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13m13 minutes ago

Very soft questioning of #Barr by Dems so far.
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Peter Daou Retweeted MSNBC

#Barr corrected himself and said the Russians "attempted to interfere" in the 2016 election. Which is absurd. Not only did they interfere, they conducted a massive cyberattack on our democracy.

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Barr: "I believe the Russians interfered or attempted to interfere with the election, and I think we have to get to the bottom of it."
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Tea Pain
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1h1 hour ago

William Barr claims "I will act with the same integrity as I did with the George H. W. Bush administration."

That's the problem. Barr advocated the pardonin' of every scoundrel in the Iran-Contra scandal.

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