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(9,094 posts)AZ8theist
(5,477 posts)John Mitchell went to jail for far less.
Our democracy is just about lost...
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)I hope Barr ends up behind Bars!
triron
(22,007 posts)Needs to share a cell with Trump.
blaze
(6,362 posts)triron
(22,007 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)You have to have three. Coincidence? I think not. This just gets worse and worse every day.
Kudos to Steve Cohen D-TN and others who drafted articles articles of impeachment in 2017!
Golden Raisin
(4,609 posts)speaking out in anti-Trump mode via Twitter and publicly. She's trying.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,035 posts)Barr belongs behind bars.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)sheshe2
(83,791 posts)The DOJ of these United States...
New evidence indicates DOJ coverup.
UnF**King believable. The CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES is covering up crimes for the PRESIDENT OF OUR UNITED STATES.
triron
(22,007 posts)sheshe2
(83,791 posts)We need to end this.
blm
(113,065 posts)sheshe2
(83,791 posts)I want the Repukes brought to light and then want them all destroyed.
Moosepoop
(1,920 posts)"Chief Justice of the United States" denotes the Supreme Court Chief Justice. I couldn't figure out how he was involved in the coverup -- then I realized you meant Barr. Agreed, the Attorney General of the United States is covering up crimes for the President of our United States (although I hate referring to him as our President!). And it has to end!!!
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)I will not capitalize his name. He does not deserve the honor or respect.
Thanks, Moose.
triron
(22,007 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)I have to admit I was surprised when he was chosen because he was old enough to retire and had a fairly good reputation as his legacy. I never thought he would scrap all that to become an a** kisser and for sure that's what he would be remembered for.
crickets
(25,981 posts)He also began flexing his ideology in public. During a congressional hearing at the time he boldly acknowledged having doubts about the constitutionality of the independent counsel statutes because of what he saw as their limiting effect on presidential power.
For the next two years, as chief of the Justice Departments Office of Legal Counsel, Barr played a key role in shaping Richard Thornburghs stormy tenure as attorney general. In a job that was essentially political, he helped maintain the administrations ideological purity by screening out judicial candidates who werent conservative enough. He also drafted two key documents rationalizing the U.S. invasion of Panama and the seizure of General Manuel Noriega.
If Barr had made no other contribution to the imperial pretensions of George Bush, these documents would nevertheless qualify him for hero status in the Republican pantheon. The first opinion, written in June 1989, recognized the presidents right to dispatch FBI agents abroad to arrest foreigners even in violation of international treaties. The second document, issued the following December as American forces geared up to invade Panama, gave a patina of legality to the presidents desire to use the military in similar takedown operations. Together, the two memos enshrine what has come to be known as the presidents snatch authority.
In an inevitable seignorial flourish, the administration refused to release the complete contents of these documents, even to Congress. But over the years, enough of their flavor has seeped into the press to take ones breath away. Writing in the June memo, Barr argued that both the president and, through him, the attorney general have an inherent constitutional power to authorize certain overseas operations, including abductions, to fend off serious threats to U.S. domestic security from international terrorist groups and narcotics traffickers. Such actions, he said, are mandated by the Constitution and domestic law and can be undertaken even in the face of objections from a foreign government or provisions of the UN Charter barring the use of force against member nations.
Emphasis mine. No wonder Barr sees no problem in personally running around overseas doing whatever it is he's doing. There's more covered in the article - BCCI, Inslaw (PROMIS) and Iraqgate. It's been a while since the Bush I era. So much has happened since, it's been less on the mind of the general public, especially since the overall quality of media coverage has steadily deteriorated since then.
The man is a menace.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I'm sure he's been obstructing justice and covering things up on an hourly basis since he got that job.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)Who investigates the investigators?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,353 posts)Impeach.
Convict.
Imprison.
Throw away the freakin keys!!!!
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)JCMach1
(27,559 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)The timing is perfect now, and the story WILL gain traction.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)as well as dis-Barred.
Lock him up!!
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)dlk
(11,569 posts)She knew it was a bombshell.
KPN
(15,646 posts)Lock this fucker up and throw away the keys.
Kid Berwyn
(14,909 posts)Whistle blowers, ambassadors, IGs ALL reported wrongdoing that Barr Just Us had no problem with.