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Eliot Rosewater

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2. What? That was the old USA, our institutions, laws etc are no longer

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 12:53 PM

Jan 2019

at play as long as putin is in charge and rump and his base are willing to ignore the law and dare us to do something about it.

This buzzsaw you speak of would result in what, legally? Worst case? I am asking.

And if the answer could be he is held criminally liable for something, no problem, he will be pardoned.

I am very angry and I dont know how to express it but the one thing I am CERTAIN is Barr gave a promise to rump to derail justice. I am SURE of that.

A. I would LOVE to be wrong

B. I will celebrate my wrongness with you if I am

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When, not if BARR interferes one way or another with Mueller or outcome...then what? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 OP

He'll be hauled before the House Judiciary, Intelligence and/or other committees The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #1

What? That was the old USA, our institutions, laws etc are no longer Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #2

The House is now controlled by Democrats. They have subpoena power. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #3

OK, thanks. So lets say the report is given to Barr, it calls for indicting Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #4

They have the power to call Mueller to testify as to what the report actually said. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #6

Yes., I said that wrong, thanks for reminding me. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #7

No, Bork wrote an opinion stating that a vice president *could* be indicted, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #8

The record will be broken duforsure Jan 2019 #5

Sure wish you could be correct, but I am dubious. Putin has us by the balls. triron Jan 2019 #9