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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPete Williams, just now on MSNBC, said Barr knew nothing about the call
The Justice Dept. put out a statement that Barr never knew about the call until the matter was referred for a criminal investigation. According to Justice the president has never talked to Barr about this, nor has Barr talked to anyone in Ukraine about it nor to Giulliani about it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)I suppose he's packing his bags and his driver is at the ready.
wcmagumba
(2,881 posts)BS
dem4decades
(11,269 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)He doesn't have to laugh out loud.
eleny
(46,166 posts)I suppose they're all pinching the inner skin of their upper arms to keep from laughing.
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)Freethinker65
(9,998 posts)dem4decades
(11,269 posts)In the deep ocean of justice.
tblue37
(65,215 posts)tblue37
(65,215 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)It's time for Barr to try to save his own ass.
Thekaspervote
(32,691 posts)Barr will not take a hit for the dotard. Hes got his own skin to worry about
Meadowoak
(5,534 posts)tblue37
(65,215 posts)malfeasance and even crimes comes naturally to him, with or without kompromat.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)What a fucking cover up liar. Impeach Criminal Barr also with the rest of shithole's cronies. And release the complete "Complaint".
TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)Said that standard procedure is that the transcript of calls are delivered to top administration officials if their name is mentioned in the call.
eleny
(46,166 posts)TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,691 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Trump already dumped on you, but by taking the job you deserve it.
They claim that Barr was a smart, professional attorney. Who wanted to work for Trump?
Idiot.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)when Pete Willson's name pops up,you just know a distraction story is about to happen. Old Pete must have gotten the call from someone at the top to the Rethug heap of manure to spread another False Narrative. Is Ken Vogel next or will it be Maggie Habberman?
eleny
(46,166 posts)Good one!
Ken Vogel. He tries so hard.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)watch and see.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)with Mrs.Greenspan. She does what ever necessary to claim her title as Queen of the D.C. Cocktail Circuit. After her Subtle Daily criticizing of Every Democratic office holder finally did it for me and I assume many others.
Her best fit would been Murdoch Media.
klook
(12,151 posts)Barr, Mulvaney, Pompeo, and whoever else participated in this scheme. I agree with John Dean on this.
The other thing is, I think the impeachment inquiry should include ALL of Trump's impeachable offenses -- the emoluments clause violations, the obstruction of justice, campaign finance violations, abuses of power, and more. You can't run off in all directions at once, but I think as this unfolds the Democrats in the House must include these other actions as well as others that come from the investigation to reveal the extent of Trump's perfidy.
But this memo gives a snapshot of Barr distancing himself from Trump. Trump being isolated from his fixer is juicy like a ripe pear.
klook
(12,151 posts)Trump frantically screaming Wheres my Roy Cohn? has the same ring as A horse, a horse. My kingdom for a horse!
Thekaspervote
(32,691 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,462 posts)Otherwise, making it too big may make it too easy for Republicans to confuse the facts for the American general public
gibraltar72
(7,498 posts)DBoon
(22,338 posts)Did he have his memory wiped? Is this device real?
eleny
(46,166 posts)That memo deserves to be framed and hung on Adam Schiff's office wall. Give him a chuckle when he needs one.
spanone
(135,781 posts)Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)uponit7771
(90,301 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)I don't think Williams believes it any more than us.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)It represents Barr distancing himself from Trump. I like that a lot.
OneBlueDotBama
(1,376 posts)Cheney's former press secretary...that Pete Williams...
ffr
(22,665 posts)The need to protect Pence illustrates just how screwed the Republicans think Trump is at this point.
SWBTATTReg
(22,059 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,839 posts)Trump doesnt understand the concept of recusal but Barr probably does.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Except that Trump told Zelensky to get with Barr about Biden. So Barr should recuse no matter what he asserts about being in the dark. Not that he'll recuse. But things are heating up all around him.
RockRaven
(14,886 posts)or his DOJ flunkies.
ffr
(22,665 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)Vinca
(50,236 posts)jayfish
(10,037 posts)The same Pete Williams that served with William Barr in the G.H.W Bush Administration? Color me shocked!