William Barr and his henchmen must be held accountable

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/08/next-administration-must-investigate-barr-his-henchmen/

William Barr and his henchmen must be held accountable
By Jennifer Rubin
May 8, 2020 at 6:45 a.m. CDT

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This is one more instance — along with the misleading presentation of the Mueller report, reversing prosecutors’ sentencing recommendations for Trump confidant Roger Stone and refusing to investigate Trump’s extortion of Ukraine for political gain — in which Barr has acted contrary to his oath of office and to his professional obligations as a lawyer. He continues to serve President Trump’s interests (and, by extension, those of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom Trump bizarrely discussed the Russia investigation in a phone call last year) and not the fair administration of justice.

“What Barr has done on Trump’s behalf with respect to Flynn, who entered a fully justified guilty plea that the district court duly approved, is blatantly and purely partisan,” constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe tells me. “I know of no similarly corrupt action in the Justice Department’s entire history. This latest outrage, which closes the circle that began with Trump’s attempt to get [then-FBI Director] James Comey to go easy on Flynn and with Trump’s firing of Comey for his failure to do so, just goes to show that a president with a sufficiently unprincipled and compliant Attorney General needn’t even bother to abuse his pardon power to bail out his loyal henchmen.” Tribe further observes, “By sparing Trump the need to invoke his pardon power and at least having to be held politically accountable, Barr gave the president cover. Hopefully the voters will see through the ruse come November.”

I recommended long ago that Barr be impeached for his unprecedented assaults on the rule of law. The latest stunt confirms my fear that, left to his own devices, Barr would continue to undermine the impartial administration of justice and the integrity of the Justice Department. “Close observers already knew that Barr was willing to sell out justice from his excusing Trump’s obstruction after it was revealed by the Mueller report — but this is even more brazen,” Eisen says.

Despite the pandemic, the House Judiciary Committee should revisit impeachment. In any event, as I also raised during the Stone fiasco, it is beyond time that state bar authorities investigate the attorney general and his enablers at the Justice Department. The next administration will need conduct a thorough investigation into Barr’s conduct, fire anyone who aided and abetted Barr, set up new guidelines to prevent the politicization of justice and report the whole lot of them to the state bar associations. The damage to the rule of law is incalculable.

[FarPoint]

1. I totally agree...

That said...we have NO ONE to actually stop this Coup d'état...

[spanone]

6. We are watching the dismantling of our Democracy...one brick at a time

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Amen. This has definitely passed into John Mitchell territory

Joe, if you’re inaugurated next January, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE investigate this guy and his henchmen. No passes, no. “let bygones be bygones,” for the sake of the country and the Constitution, INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE!!!!

[mopinko]

3. unrelated, but was pondering this morning about delusions.

i have increasingly noticed how often a delusion is perfect mirror of the truth.
that includes the delusions we usually call lies.

[sfstaxprep]

4. Unfortunately Our System Does Not Work That Way

All of these CRIMINALS are going to walk away without any penalties.

Assuming we're fortunate enough to have a President Biden in 2021, he's going to express the desire to Move On. Sorry to say, our justice system does not go after those of privilege and power.

[blueinredohio]

5. Agreed 1000 percent!!! Money talks and all the rest.