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catbyte

(34,403 posts)
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 10:49 AM Sep 2019

Why is barr in Rome?



Can't say I love Bill Barr making an unannounced trip to Rome, during which trip no one knows who he's meeting with (but doesn't appear to be meeting with anyone you'd expect), at a time when one of the top two suspects in the Trump-Russia scandal (on the Russian side) is in Rome
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Why is barr in Rome? (Original Post) catbyte Sep 2019 OP
Remember the two times Rybolovlev's plane, Trump's plane on the airport tarmac at the same time? chia Sep 2019 #1
i do. why doent the fbi? mopinko Sep 2019 #6
Christopher Wray, that's why the FBI has blinders on! atreides1 Sep 2019 #30
Didn't that also happen in Wisconsin, one of the 3 states that allegedly swung the EC to trump? brush Sep 2019 #13
Mafia Convention. Sneederbunk Sep 2019 #2
Trump's fixer in action. dalton99a Sep 2019 #3
Coincidences take a lot of planning. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2019 #4
His office said he was on official business as well Arazi Sep 2019 #5
Establishing a Reverse Ratline? Kid Berwyn Sep 2019 #7
⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧⇧ ⇧ 👍🏼 spanone Sep 2019 #11
Bwahahahaha!!! jmbar2 Sep 2019 #18
Well this is just a beautiful piece of ART, Kid!! Leghorn21 Sep 2019 #23
Sharing far and wide! Dem2theMax Sep 2019 #24
Wrong uniform. CentralMass Sep 2019 #26
Need some red stars on those helmets -- otherwise, fantastic job ! nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #40
Brilliant! ZZenith Sep 2019 #42
Crooks gonna crook. volstork Sep 2019 #8
Kick and Rec. Anon-C Sep 2019 #9
Working on the 2020 elections with the Russians....what else? spanone Sep 2019 #10
Asking the pope to hide him in a monastery? malaise Sep 2019 #12
You beat me to it.... Pachamama Sep 2019 #14
May be hiding under Gingrich's wife's bed malaise Sep 2019 #15
... or exorcise him from Trump's demons. NCLefty Sep 2019 #35
Didn't think of that but I'm not sure there is anyone who could resolve that malaise Sep 2019 #36
Counseling with Opus Dei Aviation Pro Sep 2019 #16
A refresher course on Caligula's laws? world wide wally Sep 2019 #17
wonder how much that junket cost us? AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #19
Opus Dei would be my guess. nt woodsprite Sep 2019 #20
On official business? He's the Attorney General of the USA. His business is here, not Europe. Fla Dem Sep 2019 #21
He doesn't work for the American people dalton99a Sep 2019 #22
No. He just gets paid by us. Grammy23 Sep 2019 #25
Meeting with the Italian RW government malaise Sep 2019 #37
Looking for some nice young fresh acolytes? I hear the RC knows about these. erronis Sep 2019 #27
Getting instructions from his handlers... dlk Sep 2019 #28
Good noodles.... getagrip_already Sep 2019 #29
We can most assuredly know it was for 'no good'. What a sketchy individual. YOHABLO Sep 2019 #31
Must've been one hell of a talk for him to fly that far to avoid a phone record Buckeyeblue Sep 2019 #32
Won't copy but a Papadopoulos tweet alleges Barr is tracking down evidence Nevermypresident Sep 2019 #33
Barr is working with the Russians to make up shit. dalton99a Sep 2019 #34
Any mainstream media reporting on this? Heron5 Sep 2019 #38
Confessing his sins to the Pope? DFW Sep 2019 #39
Is Jared and Ivanka there too ? lunasun Sep 2019 #41

chia

(2,244 posts)
1. Remember the two times Rybolovlev's plane, Trump's plane on the airport tarmac at the same time?
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 10:54 AM
Sep 2019

Charlotte and Las Vegas, just before the 2016 election...

atreides1

(16,079 posts)
30. Christopher Wray, that's why the FBI has blinders on!
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 01:44 PM
Sep 2019

It appears that the Director of the FBI, use to work for a law firm that represents Rosneft and Gazprom, two of Russia’s largest state-controlled oil companies.

Rosneft was prominently mentioned in the now infamous 35-page dossier prepared by former British MI6 agent Christopher Steele.


Now we know why Trump went with Wray!!!


https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/08/trump-new-fbi-director-chris-wray-russian-ties-rosneft-gazprom-column/102603214/

brush

(53,791 posts)
13. Didn't that also happen in Wisconsin, one of the 3 states that allegedly swung the EC to trump?
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 11:41 AM
Sep 2019

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
5. His office said he was on official business as well
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 11:06 AM
Sep 2019

Makes me think he's hunting 2020 #Traitor election help if Rybovlev was also there since we now know #Traitor thinks it's fine to solicit foreign interference in our elections, esp from Russians

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
14. You beat me to it....
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 12:12 PM
Sep 2019

Either that or asking for asylum in the Vatican City and forgiveness for his sins....

malaise

(269,054 posts)
36. Didn't think of that but I'm not sure there is anyone who could resolve that
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 05:26 PM
Sep 2019

He has many demons of his own.
Freaking hilarious

Fla Dem

(23,691 posts)
21. On official business? He's the Attorney General of the USA. His business is here, not Europe.
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 01:02 PM
Sep 2019

He's been there since 9/23? Five days? Really? Something is very fishy.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
27. Looking for some nice young fresh acolytes? I hear the RC knows about these.
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 01:29 PM
Sep 2019

I love these open-ended questions....

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
32. Must've been one hell of a talk for him to fly that far to avoid a phone record
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 01:50 PM
Sep 2019

Rybolovlev had a two word message: it's over!

Nevermypresident

(781 posts)
33. Won't copy but a Papadopoulos tweet alleges Barr is tracking down evidence
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 02:09 PM
Sep 2019

on this trip to justify trump, rudy and right-wing conspiracy theories that the Mueller investigation was bogus. Remember this?:

"Moreover, Trump says, it's now time for the pendulum to swing and for Barr to investigate the "crimes" the president said this week were committed by "the other side."


Barr Is Investigating The Investigators: Will He Find Wrongdoing Or Political Fuel?
May 24, 201912:54 PM ET
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/24/726593232/barr-is-investigating-the-investigators-will-he-find-wrongdoing-or-political-fue




Heron5

(71 posts)
38. Any mainstream media reporting on this?
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 06:00 PM
Sep 2019

I can’t find any reporting on the amazing coincidence of oligarch Rybolovlev in Rome at the same time Barr has made a sudden unexplained appearance there. Hope they are investigating.

DFW

(54,408 posts)
39. Confessing his sins to the Pope?
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 06:04 PM
Sep 2019

Maybe he figures it'll get him some lenience later on, when St. Peter tells him his chances of going to hell are better than those of a Republican in a race where the only vote counting is done by Diebold machines programmed by his campaign manager the night before the election.

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