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kentuck

(111,052 posts)
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 07:46 AM Aug 2021

Barr praised Trump in his resignation letter.

(From an older article)

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/deputy-attorney-general-who-will-replace-barr-has-no-prosecution-experience


Rosen’s job will be taken over by his top deputy, Richard Donoghue, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. His office won convictions against Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere.

Donoghue was previously an assistant U.S. attorney and a military magistrate judge and lawyer with the U.S. Army JAG Corps.

Barr is leaving the department after declaring that the DOJ had found no evidence of widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and no evidence of bad voting machines. The statement was said to have angered Trump, who was also frustrated because Barr did not reveal the tax investigation of President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, before the election, according to the news coverage.

Barr praised Trump in his resignation letter.

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Barr praised Trump in his resignation letter. (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2021 OP
"One final word on departure ... ". lpbk2713 Aug 2021 #1
Eff Barr malaise Aug 2021 #2
Indeed, he did. kentuck Aug 2021 #3
Bought him time to clear the front gate. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #4
I wonder what conversation Barr had with Rosen before he left? kentuck Aug 2021 #5
Old school ties and keep it zipped. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #6
Is Barr working on a book to cast himself as a hero? Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #7
From one fascist to another. nt Hotler Aug 2021 #8
Barr would have sold his family to GITMO to avoid a bad firing Tweet. kairos12 Aug 2021 #9

Kid Berwyn

(14,795 posts)
6. Old school ties and keep it zipped.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 11:11 AM
Aug 2021

From “Barr’s Exit Leaves Deputy Rosen Running Trump’s Justice Department” Bloomberg, Dec. 15, 2020…

Excerpt…

From 2009 to 2017, Rosen was a senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where Barr also has held a senior position. After Barr became attorney general in February 2019, he successfully lobbied Trump to pick Rosen as his deputy even though he had never been a prosecutor, a more typical background for the post.

Continues…

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-15/barr-s-departure-leaves-rosen-running-trump-s-justice-department

Midnight Writer

(21,708 posts)
7. Is Barr working on a book to cast himself as a hero?
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 11:20 AM
Aug 2021

Or is he going to slink away and hide?

Why would a successful man throw his reputation away in order to serve a demented and corrupt man?

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