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Showing Original Post only (View all)Neal Katyal suggests again today: De-fund AG Barr's salary and the AG Office. [View all]
In light of the Barr display yesterday, it is clear he will ignore the subpoena, brush off a contempt of Congress, and attempt to force Dems to go down the impeachment process. There is another option, and one I thought was a waste of time a month ago. It's not sounding so far out there now.....
2:48 mark
De-funding the Attorney General of the United States is a legitimate and respectable tool Congress could use to at least curtail lawlessness on the part of the Attorney General and his office? Yes.
[Taxpayers]...shouldnt pay for...this lawlessness. Indeed.
Despite inevitable caterwauling and wailings of Partisanship! Cheaters! by the GOP, Congress should absolutely set these gears in motion while they still can and educate the American people as to why.
1. Bill Barr lied, and continues to lie, about the Mueller Report. That much is clear now that it has been parsed through and reported on. Does he think Americans are stupid? Yes.
2. Bill Barr refuses to release the full, unreacted Mueller Report to the other equal branch of governmentCongressbecause he knows most Americans dont realize that it is Constitutionally required.
3. Bill Barr is threatening to stonewall Congress yet again, by refusing to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee because he disagrees with their format, i.e., he does not want to be questioned by Democratic lawyers.
4. Trump, Barr, and former Acting AG Rod Rosenstein, are thumbing their noses at the PeopleCongressin their quest to to seize power. If the House doesnt act the AG Office/DOJ may start investigating members of Congress to delegitimize Congress even further
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/29/1845857/-Neal-Katyal-s-suggestion-in-March-applies-today-De-fund-AG-Barr-s-salary-and-the-AG-Office
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Neal Katyal suggests again today: De-fund AG Barr's salary and the AG Office. [View all]
OnDoutside
May 2019
OP
Not much really. It seems there's about 600 working in his office. It's not like the entire
OnDoutside
May 2019
#7
Even if you don't care about the welfare of those employees who don't deserve to be political pawns,
50 Shades Of Blue
May 2019
#15
That goes beyond my knowledge of Congressional procedure or methods, I'd have to ask Neal Katyal
Brawndo
May 2019
#12
How do "we" de-fund Barr's office when "we" don't control both houses of Congress?
onenote
May 2019
#5
Katyal is a former Solicitor General, so I presume he knows what is possible.
OnDoutside
May 2019
#11
Yeah he is extremely smart and knows what he is talking about and if he is saying they can do
UniteFightBack
May 2019
#19
Really? Because I'm laughing at the folks that think this can be done by any means other than
onenote
May 2019
#22