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JAN. 15, 2019
By Jonathan Chait
Last month, The Wall Street Journal ... reported that William Barr, President Trumps nominee for attorney general, had sent the Department of Justice an unsolicited 20-page memo arguing against prosecuting Trump for obstruction of justice ...
... now a new report by CNN says the Journal had it wrong. According to a source familiar with the discussions, Barr discussed the memo with Trump prior to his nomination ...
So the fact that the president .. appointed a candidate who had submitted a long defense of Trump to the presidents lawyers turns out not to have been a massive coincidence ...
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/william-barrs-secret-memo-attorney-general-department-justice-mueller.html
dchill
(38,315 posts)Imagine that.
Zoonart
(11,747 posts)dawnie51
(959 posts)Barr had a long career, and most of it was tolerable. Now, as with EVERYONE who comes in contact with Dump, he will be exposed as the cockroach he really is, and whatever history says ab out him will be justified. Stupid people.
erronis
(14,941 posts)In the history books, written by the winners.
Or if not books, selected tweets from the dear leader.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,112 posts)I clicked on the thread to reply using that sentence!
They are unbelievable!
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)===========
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)It seems that nearly everyone who links his fortunes to Trump ends up in jail sooner or later.
FailureToCommunicate
(13,988 posts)obstruction, yes?
Lock him up! (with the rest of them)
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Does it do any good to say, "Lock him up"?
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)He was billed as a sane, reasonable voice of decorum when he was nominated. The reality is that Barr is nothing more than a GOP operative who gets called in when one of them gets into serious legal jeopardy.
MagickMuffin
(15,886 posts)He gets appointed knowing he will FIX whatever mess the republicons have created. Iran-Contra should ring a few bells.
Thunderbeast
(3,377 posts)The press quickly bought the bogus line that Bill Barr is a solid establishment lawyer with deep respect for the law.
Bill Barr is a hack. He "fixed" the Iran-Contra outcome by orchestrating the Bush41 pardons of most of the convicted players during his lame duck period. Bush, himself, was up to his eyeballs in crime and corruption.
Barr promised Trump this outcome when he "interviewed" for the AG job. He is the personal attorney that Trump thought he had in Sessions.
This was all known prior to confirmation. The GOP Senate continue to enable this ongoing corruption.
KPN
(15,585 posts)You couldnt make this stuff up!
patphil
(6,024 posts)Nitram
(22,663 posts)Easter Bunny.
world wide wally
(21,718 posts)There is no limit to his corruption.
No limit at all.
SayItLoud
(1,696 posts)TryLogic
(1,721 posts)DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)One was a frog and the other the Cheshire Cat.
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