Barr asked prosecutors to explore whether to bring charges against Seattle Mayor for police-free pro

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Barr Told Prosecutors to Consider Sedition Charges for Protest Violence

Attorney General William P. Barr was also said to have asked prosecutors to explore whether to bring charges against the mayor of Seattle for allowing a police-free protest zone.

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.....................The attorney general has also asked prosecutors in the Justice Department’s civil rights division to explore whether they could bring criminal charges against Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle for allowing some residents to establish a police-free protest zone near the city’s downtown for weeks this summer, according to two people briefed on those discussions.

The directives are in keeping with Mr. Barr’s approach to prosecute crimes as aggressively as possible in cities where protests have given way to violence. But in suggesting possible prosecution of Ms. Durkan, a Democrat, Mr. Barr also took aim at an elected official whom President Trump has repeatedly attacked.

Justice Department representatives did not respond to requests for comment. The Wall Street Journal first reported Mr. Barr’s remarks about sedition.

The disclosures came as Mr. Barr directly inserted himself into the presidential race in recent days to warn that the United States would be on the brink of destruction if Mr. Trump lost. He told a Chicago Tribune columnist that the nation could find itself “irrevocably committed to the socialist path” if Mr. Trump lost and that the country faced “a clear fork in the road.”........................................





See also: WSJ article

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142583434

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1. It looks like Mr Creosote is gonna blow.

[zorbasd]

2. Jabba Barr, the fascist AG, is telegraphing us what his plans for us will be in Nov.

He is actually telling us that he will interfere by using insane and lawless proclamations to invalidate state by state votes for Biden. He will use federal forces, and deputize state and local law enforcement to brutally suppress mass protests across the country by proclaiming sedition. He will attempt to jail Biden and Harris if they don't concede.

[COLGATE4]

3. He's nuttier than even Trump! nt

[liberalmuse]

4. He's dangerously insane.

Holy shit, we need to vote these nutty fascist criminals out like our lives depend on it (because they do).