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@JoyceWhiteVance
AG Barr was so outraged & angry when he learned Trump lumped him in with Rudy Giuliani on the Ukraine call that he turned around and booked a $30,000 party at Trumps DC hotel. Timeline: Barr learns about the call mid-August, books the party late August.
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UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Raven123
(4,837 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)and booked the hotel just to be sure his lips stayed comfortably affixed to the orange one's big orange butt.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)Caliman73
(11,738 posts)People may not be understanding Barr's "qualifications" for serving in the Trump administration. The asshole was at the center of Iran-Contra, the scandal where Reagan's administration illegally sold weapons to Iran in exchange for Iran holding on to the hostages in order to win the election of 1980. The second of 3 occasions where Republican candidates conspired with foreign governments to influence elections. Barr pushed GHW Bush to pardon Casper Weinberger effectively closing the loop on the Iran-Contra investigations and allowing that treachery to go unpunished. He started the secret phone tapping on average Americans' international calls predating the Patriot Act. He pushed for "more incarceration" in a "study" in which he cherry picked data to make his point. Barr then went to work for Governor Allen (of "macaca" fame) to end parole in Virginia.
The guy is a disgusting, unethical, partisan hack through and through. He doesn't care about being lumped in with Trump and his goons. He is one of the main goons in Trump's pack of goons.
Lucky Luciano
(11,254 posts)...but dropped it to $30,000 upon being lumped with Rudy.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Was "yeah, right".
Followed quickly with "that has to be coming from Barr himself".
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)pertaining to lawyers conduct both in and out of court. If I misrepresented the facts or the law the way he routinely does, I would be disbarred. In fact, I cannot think of any lawyer who has does more to underline the rule of law than Barr. He should be disbarred.
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)Good one!
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)The Bar Association just might have something to say. That family Barr was so proud of? His daughter and SIL went to work for Trump.
trof
(54,256 posts)klook
(12,154 posts)I always appreciate her analysis and her integrity.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Vinca
(50,270 posts)down in the history books as Don's mob lawyer.