Schiff making moves on Barr.

[triron]

Link to tweet

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

[RedParrot]

2. Barr makes John Mitchell look like an honest man

John Mitchell went to jail. Barr is following a similar path

[Shell_Seas]

8. How can this happen? What steps have to take place first?

[RedParrot]

12. Mitchell was convicted of conspiracy in Watergate coverup

Unless there is a blanket pardon from Trump before he leaves office, all of his toadies that played a role in coverup can be prosecuted.

Mitchell was among 7 Nixon Administration officials indicted for conspiracy to coverup Watergate crimes.

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/02/archives/federal-grand-jury-indicts-7-nixon-aides-on-charges-of-conspiracy.html

[Shell_Seas]

14. So, AFTER the Trump regime is over, then Barr might face legal charges?

[RedParrot]

16. We have to wait for a Democratic Administration

Take politics out of DOJ. Federal prosecutors will follow the evidence and, if warranted, prosecute former government officials for wrongdoing.

Other countries have jailed former presidents for corruption. Even Israel has jailed a former prime minister, and about to do same with the current one.

[pandr32]

23. Regarding the current prome minister of Israel

...hope you are correct!

[marylandblue]

26. It may come to that here, but we'll never get the politics out of it.

We could have the most insulated, apolitical investigation in history and the right will still insist it's a witch hunt. Even worse, if they ever got back into power after that, they will start finding liberal witches everywhere.

I wish I knew what to do about that.

[Ligyron]

37. Simple

They must never be let back into power.

[marylandblue]

38. There are things beyond our control. The future is one of them.

[Ligyron]

39. I just said it was simple.

Not easy or even possible. But we can try.

There are also things beyond their control and the future is defiantly one of them.

[Roy Rolling]

46. Simple, But Not Easy

Impeach Barr. And Mnuchin.

[Texin]

47. Mitchell was the bag man for the coverup.

Memorable from All the President's Men was the description of that walk-in safe in at Justice where they kept stacks and stacks of cash which was used to fund the coverup and dirty tricks ops.

[uponit7771]

9. +1,

[True Blue American]

15. I read this morning

That Ted Lieu had reported Barr to the Virginia Bar Assc.

[MasonDreams]

31. Dis-bar Barr? Ok sounds good!

How much can you bend twist and contort the law before they take away your priveledge to practice law? Have we established a pattern of obstruction of justice yet? Is not lying to Congress, taking Mueller's report to the White House, and lying with intent to deceive the people enough?

[lastlib]

43. I want to dis-Barr tRump.

Take Barr down and put him in deep-fry stir. Put in a *REAL* A.G. and do PROPER investigations. Then let the other "dominoes" fall as they may!

My pipe dream..................

[lunatica]

3. Good! It needs to be done. nt

[Raven123]

4. Now that's a letter.

[RKP5637]

5. More and more Barr is IMO starting to sound like a gangster attorney! n/t

[Me.]

6. Excellent

watching Barr on CBS he reminded me of Cheney. The ponderous attitude, sometimes downcast eyes in a posture of gravitas. Not to mention being overdressed and sitting before a burning fire. (yes I do know he is in Alaska, but he wasn't on the tundra). Do they go to school for this?

[DeminPennswoods]

17. Barr's a tool, but Cheney is just evil

nt

[Traildogbob]

20. Barr IS tRump's Dick🍆

Cheney, Literally. Short, soft and a freakin joke. He speaks and acts exactly like the Dick. He is the evil sidekick to this version of the Baffoon president. Anyone see a pattern in GOP rule?

[Me.]

32. I Agree

that he speaks like Cheney. I saw a distinct resemblance form the time Cheney was quoting the false lead from the NY Times on aluminum tubes.

[True Blue American]

44. When I listened to Barr

Yesterday I could close my eyes and hear Cheney.

Cheney now has a daughter that is as nasty as her father. She tried to run against Enzi, without warning him. Enzi was a family friend. He was shocked. She failed.

Of course Enzi is not really a nice fellow either. I listened to him in a Health care meeting about rural health care. Sanders brought a Doctor who was very familar with the lack of rural health care. All Enzi did was sit and grumble that it cost too much. A typical hateful old Republican.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. Good. Now I expect Barr to tell Coates not to share.

[BamaRefugee]

10. Sounds sexy!

[smb]

36. That Mental Image Gives Me A Hard OFF nt

[Scurrilous]

11. K&R

[FakeNoose]

13. Something tells me the intel services really want to comply with Schiff

They've been insulted enough by Chump and the GOP for the last 2 years. They can see where this is going and who the good guys are.

[DeminPennswoods]

18. Agree with you

I doubt Schiff will lack for whistleblowers at all.

[dalton99a]

19. Kick

[Perseus]

21. Impeach Barr, and then disbar him, or whichever comes first.

There should be a complaint made to bar association and "disbarr" him...He must go out, what a corrupt individual.

[genxlib]

22. I fear that this is the perfect storm

Barr says to release crazy stuff
Intel community complains to the House
House moves to block
Barr throws up his hands and yells "Deep State!"
Trump declares victory and says "I told you they were in cahoots and all out to get me"

[Nitram]

28. genxlib, your fears are unfounded. the law and the constitution are on our side.

Yelling "Deep State" would be about as effective as yelling "look over there."

[genxlib]

29. Maybe fear is the wrong word

I just see it as an opportunity to further his propaganda and keep 40% of the public in the dark.

The problem is that the GOP has no problem in weaponizing classified information. Sometimes that is in selectively releasing information as in the case of Valerie Plame.

Other times I think it is maneuvering around what cannot be revealed. I am convinced that the CIA was doing something classified in Benghazi. I think the GOP knows that Hillary couldn't tell the real story so they set her up to take the blame. Being a patriot, she was unable to say how it really played out.

[Nitram]

42. You are right, that is their strategy. It is up to us to make a lot of noise about the truth, and

deny the right wing an uncontested framing of the issues.

[hughee99]

24. So Schiff wants an update from these agencies about any request Barr makes for information, and

to get copies of whatever they give to Barr (that's one of the requests in the story)? And this isn't for a investigation that's complete, it's for one that is currently in progress? Do I understand that part correctly?

[FBaggins]

30. I think you do... and I doubt that they can get it

This letter is really Schiff's response to Trump's action. The "request" at the end is a nonstarter from what I can see.

Congressional oversight authority does not extend to getting information before the executive branch takes an action. Moreover.. the cited code section (50 U.S. Code § 3092) does not create the claimed "statutory obligation" to keep the committee informed of all IC activities... just "intelligence activities" (really just "financial intelligence activities&quot ... which can't possibly be stretched to include what they're asking for.

On edit... I just noticed that he's insisting on getting anything (regardless of classification) that is sent over to DOJ for the AG's review. Which means that whether or not it gets declassified at all... the committee get's to see it. Definitely not happening.

[triron]

35. So you think Schiff wouldn't know that??

[FBaggins]

40. I'm almost certain that he does

and doesn't care.

It's useful either way. When Coats tells him "no" (or just ignores the request), it's one more thing to add to the list of the administration refusing legitimate congressional oversight.

That's of partisan benefit... but the underlying fight really goes back decades and is between the legislative and executive branch (regardless of who controls either one at any given time).

[hughee99]

41. I think he knows he's not going to get what he asked for.

He's going to say that the DOJ is obstructing Congressional oversight, but his requests don't really fall under the oversight rules. Had the republicans requested that congress be kept up to date on the goings on in Comey's investigation of Clinton and a list of and access to all documents Comey requested during the investigation, we would have suggested that they were attempting to interfere in that investigation.

[True Blue American]

45. Barr is pacifying Trump.

We shall see how far he goes, hang himself.

[spanone]

25. Barr makes Roy Cohn look like a liberal.

[dawnie51]

27. If ever a miserable MF needed moves to be made.....

it's Barr. He gives sacks of shit a bad reputation.

[BlueJac]

34. lol

[BlueJac]

33. K&R

Go Adam!

[triron]

48. knr