Barr just contradicted in interview the testimony he gave under oath.

[DetlefK]

Link to tweet

May 1 to Congress: “We accepted the Special Counsel’s legal framework for purposes of our analysis...in reaching our conclusion”

May 31 to CBS: “We didn’t agree with …a lot of the legal analysis in the Report…So we applied what we thought was the right law.”

[FBaggins]

1. Actually... that's two different frameworks

In one, he’s talking about accepting Mueller’s definition for obstruction. In the other he’s disagreeing with Mueller’s belief that the OLC decision means that he can’t even determine whether a crime was committed... rather than just that he can’t be indicted while in office.

[House of Roberts]

14. That's the way I read it too.

Mueller's analysis vs his analysis.

Just because it's in a tweet doesn't make it logical.

[Bettie]

2. That is not a surprise to anyone with a pulse

he lies just like they all do, knowing that they will never face any consequences for it.

[MBS]

3. Can a sitting AG be disbarred?

I'm not an attorney, so I admit that I know nothing, but it sure seems to me that he has disqualified himself from practicing law.
What do the lawyers here think?

I continue to be shocked by the number and shamelessness of his ethical breaches.

[FBaggins]

4. Sure

But the AG doesn’t have to be an attorney... so it wouldn’t have much impact.

[MBS]

8. ah, good to know, thanks. n/t

[deurbano]

13. Still could be symbolically useful, though.

[NewJeffCT]

5. I think Ted Lieu

May have referred his conduct to the Virginia state bar association

[MBS]

7. good.n/t

[NewJeffCT]

11. see this article from the beginning of the month

which seems like almost a year ago in Trump Time.

https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-lieu-and-rice-call-bar-investigation-conduct-william-barr

[MBS]

15. thanks. n/t

[Goodheart]

6. He's entirely full of shit. Just your typical Republican trash. A McConnell, a Scalia, a

you name it.

[Lonestarblue]

9. Can an AG be impeached for lying under oath to Congress?

Dems need to hold public hearings about the lies Barr has told and expose him as the personal fixer he is for Trump.

[Wounded Bear]

12. Yes, but the same problems apply...

He would be charged by the House and tried by the Senate, a Senate unlikely to apply any Constitutional principles or ethical standards to their decision.

[wryter2000]

19. I still think it would be worth it

It would get his lies out in the open.

[Wounded Bear]

26. Perhaps so...

There is also a high probability that under oath he might say something that would piss Trump off, and get fired.



I'm not saying don't do it, it would put a stain on his rep, but Repubs don't seem to care about that shit anymore.

[uponit7771]

20. Ah it'll go through the same process, hmm guess he can't be indicted either

[Baitball Blogger]

10. And it took him two months to tell us his true process!

He tried to manipulate the American people!

But I truly believe that people like Mueller should have known what he was dealing with.

[lindysalsagal]

16. Impeach barr, first.

[Scarsdale]

17. Bill "Low" Barr always

reminds me of The Sad Sack. He is completely without expression. Just looks beaten down. I wonder what tRump and the Russians have on him?

[wryter2000]

18. Dumb question

Where in Hell was he that he needed a fire?

[Brother Buzz]

21. Alaska

He was just up there

'Enough is enough': AG Barr hears from Alaska Native leaders about rural justice problems

By Wesley Early, Alaska Public MediaMay 29, 2019

U.S. Attorney General William Barr met with Alaska Native leaders from around the state today in Anchorage to discuss law enforcement challenges in rural Alaska.

Barr will spend four days traveling around Alaska, learning about the unique challenges rural areas, particularly villages, face.

“Because of its vast size, and because of the diverse communities, and because of the lack sometimes of easy transportation, it created a lot of serious law enforcement challenges,” Barr said. “And it piqued my interest.”

At a roundtable discussion at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Barr heard from Native leaders about high rates of violence towards Native women and children, the lack of law enforcement in many communities and the limited funding for the resources that currently exist.

<more>

https://www.ktoo.org/2019/05/29/enough-is-enough-ag-barr-hears-from-alaska-native-leaders-about-rural-justice-problems/

[wryter2000]

23. Thanks

I was wondering because the southeast is really hot right now.

[Brother Buzz]

24. Actually, he's still up there....

and it looks like he will be flying in a bunch of puddle-jumpers, but his itinerary is super-double secret for obvious reason.

You know what I mean, Vern?

[Achilleaze]

22. republicans need to stop lying to Americans

stop it. It's evil (R)

[Scurrilous]

25. K&R