Barr spoke extensively w/ Lindsey Graham over dinner before he spoke w/ Nadler.

[MelissaB]

THE FUCK. "Barr acknowledged making a mistake by speaking extensively with [Senate Judiciary chair] Lindsey Graham, a Republican of South Carolina, over dinner before he had spoken with [House Judiciary Chair Democratic Rep. Jerrold] Nadler."

Link to tweet

House Democrats increasingly troubled by Barr's plan for Mueller report

House majority staff members described their frustration with the attorney general.

... snip

Staffers also said Barr acknowledged making a mistake by speaking extensively with the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Lindsey Graham, a Republican of South Carolina, over dinner before he had spoken with Nadler.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-increasingly-troubled-barr-s-plan-mueller-report-n988586

I missed this earlier.

[mr_lebowski]

1. A 'mistake' .... BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Uh-huh, yeah, it was TOTALLY just a 'mistake' ... lolololol ...

How fucking stupid do these people think we are?

[pangaia]

16. They think we are as stupid as they are.

[RVN VET71]

32. 2 points, mr_lebowski

1. I'll be damned if Barr doesn't look to me like he could play John Goodman in movies -- and vice versa.

2. Jennifer Lawrence is such a beautiful woman and fine actress that I will devour -- albeit chastely -- with my eyes any video clips you choose to put up of her doing anything.

3. OK, so 3 points: Barr is a bozo, a lying, partisan bozo with no visible principles. I had hoped (maybe because I'm stupid sometimes) that because of his legal background and political experience he would rise above the sewer of politics and be an open, honest and ethical Att'y General. It's pretty clear now -- even to a dolt like I sometimes am -- that Barr is exactly the type of unethical, temporizing, crassly political son of a bit*h that Trump might go a'whoring with in Mar-a-Lago or in Jeff Epstein's private island menagerie of 13 year old girls.

4. Jennifer Lawrence is more beautiful, talented, articulate, and intelligent than the entirety of the current administration and all GOP politicians and voters put together in a sodden lump. (OK, so I made a 4th point, but I had to.)

5. (I can't help myself): John Goodman would be excellent playing the current farce of an Att'y General on a couple of choice SNL skits. He and Alec Baldwin would make a great pair, with Barr's intelligent bloviation matched by Trump's blustering narcissism.

So, OK, 5 points, with number 3 being my attempt at a serious political summing up of Trump's new friend and true enemy of the people.

[mr_lebowski]

33. I've posted before how pissed I am Barr looks like my best bud Walter lol ...

Good eye!

And yeah, Jennifer is ... NICE

And indeed Goodman would be GOLDEN as Barr on SNL! Good call!

[MurrayDelph]

36. I always thought he looked like Eddie Jones

Who played Superman's dad in Lois & Clark, and a bit part in Rocketeer, and many, many other one-shot roles.

[madaboutharry]

2. This cover-up is going to end up being a huge scandal all on its own.

[Auggie]

14. YES!!!

[lagomorph777]

20. Talk about lowering the Barr.

Schiff will lower the boom on Barr.

[Blue_true]

35. With Barr going to prison like John Mitchell. nt

[Liberalhammer]

3. So Obstructing justice to hide obstruction of Justice...

... to hide Treason might put the stake in the heart of the traitors.

[dchill]

8. I'm sure it's Barr's position that the Attorney General...

cannot commit obstruction of justice.

[Iliyah]

4. Hiding the "Mueller" report confirms guilty . . .

That is the way many sane Americans will perceive it. It will also be viewed as a cover up.

[Liberalhammer]

6. The cover up is better

Than the Truth.

They set a low bar. I think trying to quell the evidence of Treason they opened another Pandoroas box.

They will never be free and Barr will be crucified, it's just a small payment for what he owes for IranContra Coverup.

[lagomorph777]

21. Schiff (and all of us) need to use these words: "Barr is hiding something very big."

[lark]

5. Barr is a traitorous AG serving maybe the worst traitor in American history.

Both are total liars, white nationalists & criminals and want to do nothing but increase their and the richs' personal power while they destroy the rest of us.

[Liberalhammer]

7. It's what children do

Tell lie after lie in order to get away with something
Eventually you have to pay up.

[gratuitous]

9. Did they just happen to go to the same restaurant at the same time?

Well, and you know Bill Barr: Can't help himself. Friendly guy. Saw his old pal Lindsey sitting by himself and joined him at his table? A minute or so later, a well-groomed young man came up to the table, but Lindsey shook his head and the young man disappeared. You know how it is. A total coincidence, and before he even knew it, Bill found himself blabbering all about the Mueller report to Lindsey, who seemed remarkably well-informed about what was in the report. The time got away from Bill and Lindsey, you know how it is, and the place was getting ready to shut down.

A simple mistake. Could happen to anyone.

Now, sit down and let me tell you why Bill Clinton chatting with Loretta Lynch about their grandkids is the scandal of the century!

[GeorgeGist]

10. Coward.

[rockfordfile]

11. House should just continue the investigation.

[maxrandb]

13. No, House should begin impeachment hearings on Barr

Fuck that it won't go anywhere in the Senate.

If anyone thinks that fucking drooling herd of morons that go to dipshits rallies are going to get "angrier" if Democrats fight back, they're fucking delusional.

[BigmanPigman]

12. I hope some Dems make a big deal about this.

We know the GOP would be crying foul if the situation was reversed. Dems should use this and say it over and over and loudly, "Cover Up, Graham involved" or are we still taking the high road?




.

[Paladin]

15. Golly. How completely unsurprising. (nt)

[progressoid]

17. Golly, I hope he gets a sternly written letter for his behavior.

Gosh.

[deurbano]

18. I wondered about that in a post on Wednesday! (They start at corrupt... then go downhill.)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2293582

"The chair of the Sen. committee that oversees the Justice Dept. had dinner with the Atty General?

At this pivotal moment? Was it private?"

[zentrum]

19. Of course....

...the Mobbed up cop is always goning to confer with the Capos before he goes public.

[DemoTex]

22. The fix is in.

Always was, always is, and forever will be.

[hibbing]

23. Has Susan Collins voiced her concern yet? n/t

[cstanleytech]

24. Perhaps its time that Barr was disbarred?

[onetexan]

25. the stench of GOP corruption and coverup is so strong it reeks to high heavens

[DFW]

26. THAT must have been a study in contrasts

Dinner with a sycophant of average intelligence before meeting with a top legal mind who is also a towering intellect. Either Barr is a blithering idiot, or he recognizes the difference in caliber, even if he sees Graham as being on his side and Jerry as his opponent.

[spanone]

27. It's a criminal enterprise that doesn't play by any of the rules.

[CentralMass]

28. They had to get their lies straight. .

[Hassler]

29. I'm thinking of a phrase that rhymes with hover pup.

[Alwaysna]

30. A cover up for a cover up ?

How many layers of cover ups will US citizens accept before they don't care anymore? Cover up fatigue.

[NNadir]

31. House Judiciary Members should preface every question to Barr with...

"Under Penalty of Perjury..."

[shanti]

34. Do the dirty deed

and then ask for forgiveness. Riiiiiight.

[yonder]

37. Remember all the repubs howling bloody murder

when Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton had their little chat on the tarmac?

I do, and it seems it went on for weeks.

I wonder how selective their memory will be in this instance?