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https://crooksandliars.com/2020/06/gop-witness-calls-barrs-resignation-if-he6/30/20 3:48am
GOP Witness Calls For Barr's Resignation If He Was Involved In Photo Op: 'Outrageous Use Of Power'
Jonathan Turley told Congress that if Attorney General William Barr was involved in the plan to clear Lafayette park for Trump's photo op he should resign.
By David
George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley, a witness for House Republicans, on Monday said that Attorney General William Barr should resign if he knew about President Donald Trumps Lafayette Square photo op before protesters were forcefully cleared from the area.
There was evidence the plan was put into place 48 hours before, Turley told the House Oversight Committee. Even if those facts are true, it does not answer whether the presidents photo op played a role in the size of the perimeter, the decision to move people all the way to I Street, for example.
Those are things that are legitimate questions, he continued. If Attorney General Barr cleared that area for the purpose of the photo op, despite knowing him for many years, being a graduate of our law school, I would immediately call for him to step down because that would be an outrageous use of power.
He added: If this was done to intimidate people, this would be a serious problem.
Those are things that are legitimate questions, he continued. If Attorney General Barr cleared that area for the purpose of the photo op, despite knowing him for many years, being a graduate of our law school, I would immediately call for him to step down because that would be an outrageous use of power.
He added: If this was done to intimidate people, this would be a serious problem.
Barr, who ordered the square cleared and participated in the presidents photo op, is on record denying that he knew the event was going to take place.
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GOP Witness (Turley) Calls For Barr's Resignation If He Was Involved In Photo Op... (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2020
OP
jayfish
(10,039 posts)1. He's Right But...
he can also f right off. POS!
crickets
(25,982 posts)2. Bill Barr was in the thick of it. He knew exactly what was going on.
Former US Justice Lawyers Call for Investigation of Barr
VOA June 10 (is this the longest month ever or what?)
Barr lies again and again in this article.
Read it quick before the new head of VOA takes it down.
VOA June 10 (is this the longest month ever or what?)
WASHINGTON - More than 1,250 former attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department called Wednesday for the agencys internal watchdog to investigate the role Attorney General William Barr played in the aggressive police clearance of largely peaceful protesters from a park near the White House last week.
Police mounted on horses and officers on the ground firing pepper balls at the protesters cleared Lafayette Square minutes before President Donald Trump walked through the park June 1 for a photo-op at a nearby church where he held a Bible aloft.
Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official, has acknowledged telling police commanders stationed at the park that he wanted the fencing perimeter surrounding the park extended a block farther away from the White House after three days of occasionally violent protests in Washington May 29-31.
But he has disputed accounts that clearing the park was directly related to Trumps short walk, which Barr joined, through the park to St. Johns Episcopal Church.
Police mounted on horses and officers on the ground firing pepper balls at the protesters cleared Lafayette Square minutes before President Donald Trump walked through the park June 1 for a photo-op at a nearby church where he held a Bible aloft.
Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official, has acknowledged telling police commanders stationed at the park that he wanted the fencing perimeter surrounding the park extended a block farther away from the White House after three days of occasionally violent protests in Washington May 29-31.
But he has disputed accounts that clearing the park was directly related to Trumps short walk, which Barr joined, through the park to St. Johns Episcopal Church.
Barr lies again and again in this article.
Read it quick before the new head of VOA takes it down.
blm
(113,083 posts)3. Turley jumps off Trump train, caught trying to save his future
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)4. I know, I just gasped a bit!!
and yeah, best luck with that "future" you think you have, LOSER!!
blm
(113,083 posts)5. Do you hear Carole King or is it just me?
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)7. Naw, I hear her too, b!!
--along with "50 Ways to Leave Your Unbelievably Putrid Political Party!"
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)8. But he said "if"...
so he still has his hand on the hand rail to get back on "if" he can.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)10. Yeah, welcome to 'the party" dipshit. nt
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)11. Trump's check must have bounced.
Budi
(15,325 posts)12. Isn't George Washington University Barr's alma mater?