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rampartc

(5,388 posts)
1. no, of course not
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:47 PM
Aug 2019

that prison is managed by the dept of justice. the atty gen is responsible for his own prisoners.

Squinch

(50,922 posts)
2. Barr's father was the headmaster of the Dalton school. Barr's father hired Epstein to teach kids.
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:49 PM
Aug 2019

Epstein had no qualifications for the job.

The Dalton School was an elite prep school where most teachers had advanced degrees.

Epstein didn't have a Bachelor's degree.

Barr's father hired him anyway.

dlk

(11,514 posts)
4. I Think You're Right to Doubt Barr's Intentions
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:50 PM
Aug 2019

Everything about the man is nefarious. He’s been dirty for decades. And with his daddy’s long ago connection to Jeffrey Epstein, there's no telling what skeletons are in his closet.

blm

(113,019 posts)
10. Yep - older men often used younger ones to start the girls off
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 04:10 PM
Aug 2019

And soften them up for grooming.

brush

(53,743 posts)
7. Barr is so full of it. The outrage is fake IMO. He's only taking this public stance...
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:57 PM
Aug 2019

to make sure nothing comes back to him and trump as there are personal connections between Barr and Epstein, not to mention the well publizised ones between trump and Epstein. Plus we all know how he whitewashed the Mueller Report.

In 2009, Barr joined the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, the same law firm that represented Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 which ended in a no-prosecution. During Barr’s confirmation hearing in January, when Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse asked Barr whether he would conduct a “full and thorough investigation” into the Justice Department’s handling of Epstein’s case, Barr responded, “Senator, I have to recuse myself from Kirkland & Ellis matters, I am told. And I think Kirkland & Ellis was may be involved in that case, so I need to sort out exactly what my role can be. I will say that if I’m confirmed I’ll make sure your questions are answered on this case.”

On July 8, Barr made his final comments on the matter and said, “I am recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented Epstein long ago was a firm I subsequently joined for a period of time.” Back in 2007, Epstein pleaded guilty to a state charge of soliciting sex and prostitution with an underaged girl, was sentenced to to 13 months incarceration, but spent a bulk of that time on work release or in the jail’s private wing.

The deal was made between Acosta, who previously worked at Kirkland & Ellis, and was the Miami U.S. attorney at the time, and Kirkland & Ellis senior partner Jay Lefkowitz, along with colleagues Kenneth Starr, Gerald Lefcourt, and Alan Dershowitz. Court records show Kirkland & Ellis continued to represented Epstein through 2011, while Barr worked at the firm.
William Barr’s Father Allegedly Hired Epstein in the 1970s

Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI Assistant Director for counterintelligence said that Barr’s Father, Donald Barr, once hired Epstein to teach at Dalton School, a private academy in New York City. Back in 1973, even though Epstein had not obtained a college degree, Donald brought Epstein, who was only 20 years old, and had dropped out of both Cooper Union and New York University’s Courant Institute, was brought board to teach calculus and physics.


https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/william-barrs-personal-ties-jeffrey-epstein/

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
13. I think
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 04:20 PM
Aug 2019

Barr and Epstein and Barr's dad are possibly involved with Epstein a lot more then we know, and he's working to bury this before trump and he and his dad get exposed. Putin also may be involved if Epstein was selling him dirt to use against other very powerful people. This smells to high heaven what's happened to Epstein, and we're seeing this country turn into putin's criminal government here now.

 

JCannon

(67 posts)
14. Damn straight this is an anti-Clinton operation
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 04:32 PM
Aug 2019

Everything points to it. If I wrote for the rest of this evening, I could not cite all of the indications that Epstein is being used as a tool against the Democrats.

For years, the Alt Right has gone to extraordinary lengths to foster the impression that every Democrat -- and every non-Trumpist Republican -- with more than a million bucks to his name is a child rapist. The propaganda campaign has been nonstop. I mean, this propaganda campaign is the entire foundation of the QAnon subculture.

They would not have chosen this line of attack if they did not intend to use it as a political weapon.

Remember the woman who was offered $20,000 to lodge a sexual smear against Mueller? That was an amateurish attempt. Imagine what millions -- billions -- could purchase.

The latest allegations have targeted Democrats close to Clinton, plus Ehud Barak, whom Netanyahu despises. It is inevitable that false accusations -- backstopped by seemingly-incontrovertible documentary "evidence" -- will be leveled against Clinton himself.

When the attack hits, DU and similar sites will be flooded with "feminists" (who probably live in St. Petersburg) insisting that we must believe the women without question. You can easily foresee the kind of rhetoric they'll use.

Any male Democrat will be vulnerable. The female Democrats will be vulnerable via their husbands and former boyfriends.

What is about to hit us will be BRUTAL. It will be Franken times a million. It may wipe out the party, and perhaps democracy itself. Any number of dunderheaded young "woke" progressives will aid and abet the destruction of America.

bluestarone

(16,872 posts)
15. My thoughts are BARR is in this for one main reason
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 04:40 PM
Aug 2019

Cover things up! Anything he finds he will cover for tRUMP! and putin. He needs to be impeached fast! One of the three ( trump, McTurtle, Barr) needs to go. (They are trumps MAIN guardians!) THEN the tRUMP Putin plan will fold!

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
16. No, you're not
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 05:03 PM
Aug 2019

Barr has done nothing up to now except shield Trump, and now suddenly he's Mr. Law and Order. It's suspicious as hell.

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