Trump, lagging in polls, pressures Justice Dept. to target Democrats and criticizes Barr

[Zorro]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump publicly pressured the Justice Department on Friday to move against his political adversaries and complained that Attorney General William P. Barr is not doing enough to deliver results of a probe into how the Obama administration investigated possible collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

The delayed report is “a disgrace,” and Trump’s 2016 Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, should be jailed, Trump said in a rambling radio interview, one day after he argued on Twitter that his current Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, is a criminal who should be barred from running.

Three weeks before the election and trailing Biden in polls nationally as well as in key states, Trump is issuing a new torrent of threats and demands for federal action against Democrats, including former president Barack Obama, that go beyond his familiar and often erroneous claims of wrongdoing by his perceived political enemies.

One main difference is in the level of anger being leveled at Barr, a deeply conservative lawyer picked for the job after Trump complained that Barr’s predecessor, Jeff Sessions, was disloyal.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-barr-durham-russia/2020/10/09/05ed9842-0a40-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html

[captain queeg]

1. Hope he starts the Sessions treatment

Because constantly criticizing the guy who is protecting you is always a good idea.

[pfitz59]

2. "off with their heads."

Said the Queen of trumps

[Xipe Totec]

3. Now Barr has his double chin caught in the wringer. nt

[dhill926]

4. well, this isn't fascism at all....

the fuck...

[SoCalNative]

5. Where have I seen this before.....

Oh yeah

[paleotn]

8. Donnie Two Hands at about 2am ET, Nov. 4.

[Drum]

9. Precisely

[TomCADem]

6. This Is Why We Need to Work to Win Every Senate Seat

If Trump loses, but Republicans retain control of the Senate, Trump will try to hold onto power, particularly if he thinks he has a Republican Senate to back him up.

[TomSlick]

7. I'm still betting there will be a political indictment before November 1.

They may not have the gall to indict Obama, Hillary, or Biden but there will be an indictment of someone close to one of these.

There is a reason DoJ recently announced dropping the long standing rule against political announcements close to an election. There is ratfuckery coming.

[Wuddles440]

12. If not before...

certainly after and especially so if Benedict Donald loses. He will not abdicate his throne and will use every means necessary to stay in power. Branding Biden and the Dems as "criminals" provides cover for him to contest the results of the election and suspend any transition. He knows that if he ever leaves office, he and his organization will be subject to multiple criminal prosecutions.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Trump getting desperate

[SWBTATTReg]

11. I hope Mr. Biden and all watch carefully anything that rump and cronies do now...more than likely,

something will be done and it will be illegal, blatantly illegal.

I'm sure Mr. Biden is well aware, and is prepared.

DUers, be ready to support our leaders if and when such a moment arrives, when something is attempted that is illegal and wrong too (to be pulled off by republicans and/or thugs in some manner or means), to either not count votes or do some other sick thing to discount our votes.