JUST IN: Nearly 2000 Justice Dept. officials have signed onto a letter calling for Barr to resign

[MelissaB]

JUST IN: Nearly 2000 Justice Dept. officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Link to tweet

Nearly 2000 former DOJ officials call for AG Barr to resign over Flynn case

It's not clear how the judge in Flynn's case will react to DOJ's reversal.

Nearly 2000 former Justice Department officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Last week, the DOJ moved to drop charges against Flynn who had pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the former Russian ambassador during the presidential transition.

The letter, signed mostly by former career officials in the department, accuses Barr of joining with President Trump in "political interference in the Department’s law enforcement decisions."

"Attorney General Barr’s repeated actions to use the Department as a tool to further President Trump’s personal and political interests have undermined any claim to the deference that courts usually apply to the Department’s decisions about whether or not to prosecute a case," reads the letter, which was organized by the group 'Protect Democracy'

More: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2000-doj-officials-call-ag-barr-resign-flynn/story?id=70615677&cid=social_twitter_abcnp

Letter: https://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-flynn-case-7c38a9a945b9

[kysrsoze]

1. Key word missed in ABC tweet... "former." Barr doesn't give a rat's ass what former DOJ officials

think.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Former or current...Barr is a religious fascist...he wants to kill women and doctors, among other

things...

[Caliman73]

12. That is all true.

The problem is as I said in the post below, former officials can be debated as partisan. It is still a huge thing, but the difference between people who "used to work there" and people who are currently there doing the job is critical.

As I said, one is a professional and political statement. Powerful nonetheless. 2000 current workers penning a letter is a "vote of no confidence" a mutiny if you will.

[totodeinhere]

31. True, but the fact that they are former and not current officials is relevant.

If the headline does not list them as "former" then it's a bit misleading I would think.

[BamaRefugee]

43. and ESPECIALLY *women doctors* don't those bi*ches KNOW THEIR PLACE???????

[Eliot Rosewater]

48. exactly

[Caliman73]

7. Unfortunately, the omission also makes ABC seem disingenuous.

It is huge that so many former officials have called for the resignation, but it is different than actual working employees.

One is a professional but political statement. The other is a statement of the lack of confidence in the leadership.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Wow! The workers are revolting!

I don't see how the King Bee can survive the revolt of the worker bees.
At least I hope!

[tazkcmo]

4. They don't work there.

Former employees.

[sop]

5. And if they did work there, they'd all be former employees by tomorrow.

[tazkcmo]

6. For sure. nt

[MyOwnPeace]

24. Absolutely!

I posted this earlier:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016255263

[Desert grandma]

8. Barr could care less.

Even if they were CURRENT employees. He is the chief enabler of the Liar in Chief and he is as corrupt as they come. I hope there is some type of legal recourse after we get a new administration next January. At the very least he should be disbarred and his reputation, such as it is, should be forever tarnished.

[leftieNanner]

22. He should be disbarred NOW! nt

[sop]

29. That would make a good sign or t-shirt: "Disbar Barr"

[Desert grandma]

51. +1000

I would buy one...

[Sanity Claws]

9. That makes a big difference.

[cayugafalls]

10. There are some current employees that have signed on.

Here is the full link to the document.

I had to embed it to get it to display properly due to formatting.

[oasis]

11. Barr is out before Biden swears in as POTUS. nt

[leftieNanner]

23. Maybe with a "Presidential" Pardon in his pocket nt

[dmr]

34. Can that happen?

Can you get a Just-in-case-you're-charged-with-a-federal-crime pardon?

I don't think there's such a thing.

[leftieNanner]

37. Well, The Orange One has broken all of the rules and norms

of governing so far, so why the hell not?

He has talked about pardoning himself, hasn't he?

But you make a good point.

[Lochloosa]

58. Yes. Nixon got one.

The pardon of Richard Nixon (formally known as Proclamation 4311) was a presidential proclamation issued by President of the United States Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974. By it, Ford granted to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president.[1][2] In particular, the pardon covered Nixon's actions during the Watergate scandal. In a televised broadcast to the nation, Ford, who had succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation, explained that he felt the pardon was in the best interests of the country and that the Nixon family's situation was "a tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that only I can do that, and if I can, I must."[3]

After Ford left the White House in 1977, he privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v. United States, a 1915 U.S. Supreme Court decision that suggested that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and that its acceptance carries a confession of guilt.[4][5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon

[dmr]

59. Damn, I forgot about that.

Disagreed with it then, and disagree with it now.

Reagan, Bush, Bush and now Trump corrupted the Office and future Republican presidents will continue to corrupt.

Shameful.

I don't need to editorialize it any further.

Thank you for this historical reminder.

[BSdetect]

13. k&r

[Ford_Prefect]

14. None of them are leaving until McConnell says its over. (Not Sarcasm)

Putin surely pulls most of the strings but McTurtle is the one who calls the shots, however much he despises the Orangutan-in-Chief.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. This only feeds their ego and resolve. Universal pardons would get their attention.

"No man is subject to the law."

[uponit7771]

16. Please change OP title its not correct,

[NoRoadUntravelled]

17. Tomorrow's story; 2,000 Government Employees Fired and will not be replaced.

[stillcool]

18. kind of like a sympathy card,..

..so sorry to hear about your downfall.

[malaise]

19. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

Rec

[spanone]

20. K&R

[Silent3]

21. I had hope when I didn't see the expected word "former" in the subject...

...of this thread. But there it was when I clicked on it and read more.

Let me know when the CURRENT employees are brave enough or sick and tired enough to do this.

[SBoy]

25. Barr could give two shits about what 2,000, 5,000, or a million

Lawyers, former Justice Dept, current JD employees and you and me think. He’s impervious to words and has as big an ego as Trump.

[Jakes Progress]

26. The problem isn't that trump and Barr don't care

It isn't even that the republican office holders don't care.

The problem is the dull-witted dweebs who vote for trump not only don't care, they don't understand, or know.

Too many deplorable idiots in the country.

[DENVERPOPS]

41. People across the United States:

The Key to resolving the horrific mess in front of us, is the RepubliCON Senators.............

Go after THEM with a vengeance...........................

BTW? has anyone heard word one from the Democratic Party?????? Are they all worn out, after firing their load during the impeachment???????

[dlk]

27. Let the bar complaints begin

Barr is too corrupt and compromised to retain his law license. The rule of law is at stake here.

[Warpy]

28. This bullshit stunt with Flynn might just do it

although I'm sure Big Dummy will just pardon the bastard. He doesn't really want to do it because he thinks it will make him look bad (duh!), so he's ordered the Toad to pull some shenanigans.

[LiberalFighter]

30. He should be taken to one of those meatpacking plants.

[3Hotdogs]

32. I betcha $5.00 what is response will be.

[Vinca]

33. A good thing to do, but it will amount to nothing. The mob lawyer's mob boss is happy with him.

[mikelgb]

35. "former" sigh...

[zentrum]

36. "Former" carries little weight.

[UTUSN]

38. *HUZZAH*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Linda Ed]

39. Barr has once again assaulted the rule of law

Barr has once again assaulted the rule of law, this time in the case of drumpf’s former national security adviser Flynn.
the career prosecutor who withdrew from the Flynn case are upholding the oath ..drumpf accused the career investigators and prosecutors involved in the Flynn case of “treason” and threatened that they should pay “a big price.”

The rule of law should outweigh the mask of corruption...Barr in office sends the message that it is okay to lie to the FBI, that it is okay to break the law as long as one has the right connections in the future.
IThe RULE OF LAW IS AT STAKE! Barr should be DISBARRED! This is BLATANT CORRUPTION!

[BComplex]

40. YAY!!!! I'm sorry to say that Barr will not give a shit about any of them,

but it's still noteworthy!

[yonder]

42. Willie the Piper should be playing his last tune by now.

Unfortunately, the bag is still a-blowin'.

[bdamomma]

44. may be he will

catch the covid. And pass it along to the king.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. Lock him up!!!!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

47. Demons don't resign...they only answer to Satan.

[BamaRefugee]

49. Bill DISbarr. Fixed.

[Skittles]

50. Barr is Trump's pimp

fuck the both of them

[BlueJac]

52. No shit, this outrageousness

[Cha]

53. TY, Melissa.. the link works if you take the "@" out of the url..

https://medium.com/dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-flynn-case-7c38a9a945b9

[blueinredohio]

54. Why not send the letter to the bar association to have him disbarred?

[warmfeet]

55. It's not clear that discussions on websites will have any substantial impact on the outcome

of authoritarians taking over this nation and eliminating the rule of law.

Fun to talk about, though.

Hope we get to do that, in future.

[live love laugh]

56. Him AND his toupee need to go. nt

[TheNewNumberTwo]

57. #firetheliar2020

even conservative judges (excepting Alito and Gorsuch) take exception to politicians telling them what to do, and if there was ever a 'politician', it is certainly Barr (beyond just being a piece of s***)

[HotTeaBag]

60. The Barr family now has one extra piece of toilet paper.

That's pretty much how much impact the letter will have.