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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis op-ed sums it all up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/03/this-nation-is-mercy-criminal-administration/?utm_term=.3af9088f6830Imagine that you live in a town that has been taken over by gangsters. The mayor is a crook and so are the district attorney and police chief. You cant fight city hall. But at least you know you can turn for help to the state or federal government. Now imagine that its not a city or state that has been taken over by criminals its the federal government. Where do you turn for help? That is not a theoretical concern. After the release of special counsel Robert S. Mueller IIIs report, its our grim reality.
Even before Muellers probe ended, federal prosecutors in New York had implicated President Trump in ordering his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to violate federal campaign finance laws. Mueller then documented at least six ironclad incidents of obstruction of justice by Trump along with numerous instances of misconduct that, while not criminal, are definitely impeachable. The New York Review of Books reported that two prosecutors working for Mueller said that if Trump werent president, he would have been indicted.
Now the administration is obstructing attempts to bring the president to justice for obstruction of justice. William P. Barr isnt the attorney general; he is, as David Rothkopf said, the obstructor general. We now know that Mueller wrote (in Barrs description) a snitty letter objecting that Barrs deceptive summary of his work, designed to falsely exonerate Trump, threatens to undermine public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.
Yet when Barr testified to Congress after receiving the Mueller letter but before releasing the Mueller report, he claimed not to know whether Mueller disagreed with his conclusions. He lied to Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) charged. But even if it could be proved that Barr committed perjury (no sure thing), who would prosecute him? Is he (or his deputy) going to appoint a special counsel to investigate himself? Unlikely. And if he did appoint a special counsel, would he heed the counsels conclusions? Also unlikely.
Even before Muellers probe ended, federal prosecutors in New York had implicated President Trump in ordering his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to violate federal campaign finance laws. Mueller then documented at least six ironclad incidents of obstruction of justice by Trump along with numerous instances of misconduct that, while not criminal, are definitely impeachable. The New York Review of Books reported that two prosecutors working for Mueller said that if Trump werent president, he would have been indicted.
Now the administration is obstructing attempts to bring the president to justice for obstruction of justice. William P. Barr isnt the attorney general; he is, as David Rothkopf said, the obstructor general. We now know that Mueller wrote (in Barrs description) a snitty letter objecting that Barrs deceptive summary of his work, designed to falsely exonerate Trump, threatens to undermine public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.
Yet when Barr testified to Congress after receiving the Mueller letter but before releasing the Mueller report, he claimed not to know whether Mueller disagreed with his conclusions. He lied to Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) charged. But even if it could be proved that Barr committed perjury (no sure thing), who would prosecute him? Is he (or his deputy) going to appoint a special counsel to investigate himself? Unlikely. And if he did appoint a special counsel, would he heed the counsels conclusions? Also unlikely.
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This op-ed sums it all up. (Original Post)
ginnyinWI
May 2019
OP
Justice Dept IG and OPR. The ball's in their court to investigate and toss Barr into the klink.
Mc Mike
May 2019
#2
It affirms what I have charged for years: The Republican Party is a criminal enterprise.
olegramps
May 2019
#3
We should find a good judge arrest trump, McConnell graham Barr and have a Nuremberg
notdarkyet
May 2019
#9
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)1. It's organized crime in steroids.
They bought politicians, the press, the police, judges to be able to conduct criminal business without interference.
Mc Mike
(9,111 posts)2. Justice Dept IG and OPR. The ball's in their court to investigate and toss Barr into the klink.
Legislative and Judicial branch oversight should aid in that effort.
True Blue American
(17,982 posts)6. They should, but
One branch is in bed with the mob. And, who knows about the High Court?
olegramps
(8,200 posts)3. It affirms what I have charged for years: The Republican Party is a criminal enterprise.
From Nixon, Reagan, Bush and now the arch criminal Trump it has been ridden with criminal activities. Numerous people have gone to prison, pardoned and escaped prosecuted for crimes in everyone of these administrations. Trump is their creation and is only the latest and most corrupt of the lot.
H2O Man
(73,524 posts)4. Recommended.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)5. We need to somehow close up this loophole. nt
malaise
(268,846 posts)7. Malcolm Nance is calling them a criminal enterprise
on AMJoy right now.
2naSalit
(86,502 posts)8. K&R
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)9. We should find a good judge arrest trump, McConnell graham Barr and have a Nuremberg
Trial. It can last as it needs to to get to the truth. Traitors found guilty should be hanged. They dont believe in the rule of law, show them some law.