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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBarr pledged that investigations would be 'sacrosanct from political influence.
Thats in real doubt now.Attorney General William P. Barr faced big questions during his confirmation last year about whether he would maintain independence from President Trump when it came to the Russia investigation. To combat them, he assured senators repeatedly that he viewed his job as conducting investigations irrespective of the presidents political wishes.
Thats increasingly in doubt.
On Tuesday, all four prosecutors on the Roger Stone case moved to withdraw after senior Justice Department officials overrode their recommended sentence for Stone. The unorthodox move was announced shortly after Trump decried the proposed sentence of seven to nine years. The Justice Department said Trumps comments played no role and came after the decision was made.
Even if thats true, this is still higher-ups in the Justice Department intervening on behalf of perhaps the presidents oldest political ally to reduce his recommended sentence. And Trump on Wednesday implicated Barr directly in that effort, tweeting his congratulations to him for the decision to overrule the prosecutors.
Its the kind of situation that Barr indicated during his confirmation that he would guard against.
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Barr pledged that investigations would be 'sacrosanct from political influence. (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Feb 2020
OP
He lied, of course. His lies were totally unnecessary, though, to get himself confirmed.
Goodheart
Feb 2020
#2
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)1. He. Lied. He's just like them. Of course he lied.
Twitler finally got his Roy Cohn.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)4. You just nailed the real truth.
Goodheart
(5,324 posts)2. He lied, of course. His lies were totally unnecessary, though, to get himself confirmed.
He could have said "of course, I plan to be completely partisan, biased, and protective of trump regardless of the law" and he would have been confirmed by the same exact number of votes.
Polly Hennessey
(6,797 posts)3. He lied. They all lie.
Stop believing them. If they are Republicans they probably lie. Without lies they would not exist. Lies are their sustenance.