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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA.G. Barr Accused of Covering Up Whistleblower Complaint about Trump
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Another Democratic member of the committee, Mike Quigley, was more direct, charging that Attorney General William Barr was seeking to protect the president.
Mr. Barr and the Department of Justices job in their mind is to protect the president, he told reporters. And it doesnt matter if that violates the laws. - PoliticusUSA
I like politicians who speak truth.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,789 posts)Keep the Congressional heat on this asshole who thinks he is Trump's personal lawyer.
Larrybanal
(227 posts)nothing congress does has any effect. they need to get a spine a rip the trump administration a new one because every time they ignore congress, trump just becomes more out of control
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)he has been told to do.
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)Can't he fire anyone who comes to put the handcuffs on him?
(Can I make a citizens' arrest? I'd love to do that.)
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)It's called -- MISPRISON OF A FELONY. In this case, TREASON.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)jayschool2013
(2,313 posts)She was my fourth-grade teacher, if my memory serves me.
calimary
(81,466 posts)My bad!
RobertDevereaux
(1,858 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)That is all
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)ScratchCat
(2,002 posts)in the position of having to defend not removing someone who has BROKEN THE LAW. This isn't over lying about a private sex act. Good god, folks, we aren't wanting to remove these people over partisan nonsense, they are BREAKING THE LAW. If the house passes articles of impeachment, they will state he violated the law, not lied to investigators. The Senate does not want to be put in that position. Its electoral disaster.
Kid Berwyn
(14,953 posts)We wouldnt want that, would we?
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)How will that stop him from doing anything he's doing now?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)ooky
(8,929 posts)cheering while Barr breaks the law. It might be, but it also might be for us where we are defending closely contested seats if it motivates their base more than ours. I don't think we really know how it will impact the election. I have to think if we had a clear indication from the plurality of would be voters that impeachment would cause them to flock to us in 2020 we would do so. But I don't readily see that. What I do see is national polling that says all of our top candidates would beat Trump if the election were to take place today, so perhaps Pelosi doesn't want to do anything seismic at this time while our candidates are enjoying that advantage. It appears to me she is playing the long game. Impeachment, or not, won't stop the law breaking by Barr as long as McConnell is enabling him. It may be the noble thing to do, the "right" thing perhaps. But if it were to cause us to lose the election and get another 4 more years of Trump, that would be a disaster.
machoneman
(4,010 posts)Cabinet, agency heads and more is far more serious in violating the right of Congress (yes both housed even though we only have one) to investigate any and all presidential, WH staff, Cabinet, agency and even military staff. They will lose in the end to the Supreme Courts striking down of this widespread and blatant acts, we hope well before the election. But, even when we get the right-leaning SC's approval, who says that Trump will abide by their decision?
ooky
(8,929 posts)And, as we have all observed now, Trump will not abide by any decision that goes against him as long as he has his lackey AG to block it. And, the only way I see out of this is by voting them out in 2020. So I think we should be very careful about doing anything that might backfire and tip the electorate back toward Republicans.
I don't want to lose this war.
stopdiggin
(11,361 posts)ancianita
(36,133 posts)So far, impeachment inquiry has resulted in one article of impeachment. Extracting evidence from another hostile branch looks like a long, hard fight.
We'll see how much House Judiciary and Intel can get with a formal Impeachment Inquiry.
If there really are structural blocks to congressional oversight enforcement -- with emphasis on enforcement -- Democrats will be the only ones to change those structural blocks used for misprision.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,656 posts)ancianita
(36,133 posts)What's behind my comment isn't about Quigley. We can file articles of impeachment, so let's do it.
We can talk impeachment all we want here, but where I'm coming from concerns blocks to productive impeachment enforcement.
machoneman
(4,010 posts)We have lived too long with the niceties of past presidential deference to conventions and practices. In fact, post-Nixon was the time to enact many a law with severe penalties for recalcitrant presidents who circumvented the courts, the law and Congressional subpoenas.
Woe to us for not doing so long ago!
spanone
(135,873 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)Something about his manner just appeals to me. He seems normal and approachable but then you realize he's really smart... and obviously he is on the correct side of the law.
spanone
(135,873 posts)I like him too.
Kid Berwyn
(14,953 posts)So is Benedict Donald.
The federal penitentiaries were made for their kind.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,953 posts)...unrelenting drugs, pain, bad-cop badder-cop routines, false executions, etc., to the point where the traitors break and reveal all of their co-conspirators. We harvest the data, discern the guilty, and arrest the lot going back to Nov. 22, 1963. Then, they can rot. Or hang.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,656 posts)When do Barr's impeachment hearings start?
AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)Impeach, take it to court, do fucking something other than talk and schedule hearings.
BamaRefugee
(3,487 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)For this and a lot of other illegal acts he's involved in, especially with Epstein.
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)and then tell him he is in Contempt, they tell the Sgt of Arms to throw his ass in jail....................due process........................
AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)gademocrat7
(10,669 posts)Need to file complaints with the DC Bar Association against William Barr. He needs to be disbarred. He is a criminal.
AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)dlk
(11,576 posts)He should be locked up.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)The Wizard
(12,547 posts)struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)He apparently encouraged GHWB to pardon the Iran-contra folk who otherwise looked like they might help convict him
And, of course, he was auditioning in June 2108 for his current role as AG with his little brief on Mueller and obstruction
So maybe nobody's really too surprised if Barr's still acting like Trump's consigliere now