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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts) Sat Mar 30, 2019, 04:54 PM Mar 2019

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William Barr's Secret Pro-Trump Memo

JAN. 15, 2019
By Jonathan Chait

Last month, The Wall Street Journal ... reported that William Barr, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, had sent the Department of Justice an unsolicited 20-page memo arguing against prosecuting Trump for obstruction of justice ...

... now a new report by CNN says the Journal had it wrong. According to “a source familiar with the discussions,” Barr “discussed the memo with Trump prior to his nomination” ...

So the fact that the president .. appointed a candidate who had submitted a long defense of Trump to the president’s lawyers turns out not to have been a massive coincidence ...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/william-barrs-secret-memo-attorney-general-department-justice-mueller.html

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William Barr's Secret Pro-Trump Memo (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2019 OP

"...turns out not to have been a massive coincidence ..." dchill Mar 2019 #1

More evidence of cover-up/ Zoonart Mar 2019 #2

Stupid people..... dawnie51 Mar 2019 #3

Whoever wins this battle will be the smart ones, the others will be called stupid. erronis Mar 2019 #4

FFS They even collude with themselves. n/t Beartracks Mar 2019 #5

That was my exact thought! AwakeAtLast Mar 2019 #6

Great minds! Beartracks Mar 2019 #10

I wonder if Barr will escape this with reputation intact? Kablooie Mar 2019 #7

Well, if Barr does a LOT of redactions to cover up his pals...he may also be guilty of FailureToCommunicate Mar 2019 #12

KnR! ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #8

Barr is the point man for a MASSIVE GOP coverup operation. Still In Wisconsin Mar 2019 #9

Bill Barr is nothing more than a FIXER MagickMuffin Mar 2019 #11

and he NEVER was! Thunderbeast Mar 2019 #13

Kicked. KPN Mar 2019 #14

I guess you could call it Barr's Resume patphil Mar 2019 #15

Yup, that was noticed. Anyone who thinks it was a coincidence probably still believes in the Nitram Mar 2019 #16

Business as usual for Trump. world wide wally Mar 2019 #17

I don't remember, was Barr asked during questioning if he discussed it with tRUMP? SayItLoud Mar 2019 #18

So, the AG is accused of obstructing justice. I guess it's a Republican thing. TryLogic Mar 2019 #19

barr and ghouliani remind me of two of ceramic jars we used to have DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #20

dchill

(38,505 posts)

1. "...turns out not to have been a massive coincidence ..."

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 05:00 PM

Mar 2019

Imagine that.

Zoonart

(11,869 posts)

2. More evidence of cover-up/

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 05:20 PM

Mar 2019

dawnie51

(959 posts)

3. Stupid people.....

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 05:34 PM

Mar 2019

Barr had a long career, and most of it was tolerable. Now, as with EVERYONE who comes in contact with Dump, he will be exposed as the cockroach he really is, and whatever history says ab out him will be justified. Stupid people.

erronis

(15,303 posts)

4. Whoever wins this battle will be the smart ones, the others will be called stupid.

Reply to dawnie51 (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 05:57 PM

Mar 2019

In the history books, written by the winners.

Or if not books, selected tweets from the dear leader.

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

5. FFS They even collude with themselves. n/t

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:08 PM

Mar 2019

AwakeAtLast

(14,130 posts)

6. That was my exact thought!

Reply to Beartracks (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:15 PM

Mar 2019

I clicked on the thread to reply using that sentence!

They are unbelievable!

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)

10. Great minds!

Reply to AwakeAtLast (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:32 PM

Mar 2019

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Kablooie

(18,634 posts)

7. I wonder if Barr will escape this with reputation intact?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:17 PM

Mar 2019

It seems that nearly everyone who links his fortunes to Trump ends up in jail sooner or later.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)

12. Well, if Barr does a LOT of redactions to cover up his pals...he may also be guilty of

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:43 PM

Mar 2019

obstruction, yes?

Lock him up! (with the rest of them)

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

8. KnR!

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:18 PM

Mar 2019

Does it do any good to say, "Lock him up"?

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)

9. Barr is the point man for a MASSIVE GOP coverup operation.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:23 PM

Mar 2019

He was billed as a sane, reasonable voice of decorum when he was nominated. The reality is that Barr is nothing more than a GOP operative who gets called in when one of them gets into serious legal jeopardy.

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)

11. Bill Barr is nothing more than a FIXER

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:35 PM

Mar 2019

He gets appointed knowing he will FIX whatever mess the republicons have created. Iran-Contra should ring a few bells.

Thunderbeast

(3,417 posts)

13. and he NEVER was!

Reply to MagickMuffin (Reply #11)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:51 PM

Mar 2019

The press quickly bought the bogus line that Bill Barr is a solid establishment lawyer with deep respect for the law.

Bill Barr is a hack. He "fixed" the Iran-Contra outcome by orchestrating the Bush41 pardons of most of the convicted players during his lame duck period. Bush, himself, was up to his eyeballs in crime and corruption.

Barr promised Trump this outcome when he "interviewed" for the AG job. He is the personal attorney that Trump thought he had in Sessions.

This was all known prior to confirmation. The GOP Senate continue to enable this ongoing corruption.