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bucolic_frolic

(43,291 posts)
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:13 PM Jan 2020

Barr's DOJ defies Court order on Kushner's notes

Last edited Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:57 PM - Edit history (1)




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Don't know if this action means anything. We keep waiting for some push back, but seems they have all the bases covered. Maybe it's all going to come at once? Could this be an indicator of things to come? Kirschner has been all over Twitter and MSNBC all week with fierce analysis and he doesn't back down.
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Barr's DOJ defies Court order on Kushner's notes (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 OP
They will continue to defy everything leftieNanner Jan 2020 #1
Agreed Sherman A1 Jan 2020 #2
Until someone of consequence gets some time in prison leftieNanner Jan 2020 #3
So, what does a contempt charge do? Bettie Jan 2020 #4
Actually, Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #31
It's BILL BARR defies court order. muntrv Jan 2020 #5
correction: Barr's Dirt Services (formerly, Dept. of Justice) Defies Court Order Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #6
Judge needs to put him in prison. LiberalFighter Jan 2020 #7
Oh that Rebl2 Jan 2020 #10
Unless this judge jails Barr for contempt, they'll keep obstructing Arazi Jan 2020 #8
So right! Rebl2 Jan 2020 #11
What the ever loving fuck? How can this go on?? SunSeeker Jan 2020 #9
+1, The weakness in the US constitution is the courts. They can take as long as they want to resolve uponit7771 Jan 2020 #12
Stuff's coming to a head folks. It's either us or them. KPN Jan 2020 #13
We need to be hitting the streets if they pull this shit. lastlib Jan 2020 #17
More and more I fear that it will wnylib Jan 2020 #19
Irony or Jung's synchronicity. Just as wnylib Jan 2020 #21
Well said. n/t EndlessWire Jan 2020 #33
If the big blue wave happens in 2020 these NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #14
Do you think they will accept the outcome of wnylib Jan 2020 #20
Send The Marshals After Him Me. Jan 2020 #15
Send in Tommy Lee Jones! Thunderbeast Jan 2020 #16
Raylan's available Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #22
That's The Ticket Me. Jan 2020 #24
Yes. Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #32
Lawman #1 breaking the law? czarjak Jan 2020 #18
JFC. What next next? Gestapo reality? triron Jan 2020 #23
Sure hope Rachel gets all over this. triron Jan 2020 #25
This is why they've been trying to take the courts. onecaliberal Jan 2020 #26
Indeed. triron Jan 2020 #28
Barr, nominally the Chief LAW Officer of the U.S.A., Golden Raisin Jan 2020 #27
Nothing happens to any of these people. Not the first denying court order for them. Bummfuzzle Jan 2020 #29
Remind us of the previous. I recall that vaguely. triron Jan 2020 #30
That's why EndlessWire Jan 2020 #34

leftieNanner

(15,150 posts)
1. They will continue to defy everything
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:15 PM
Jan 2020

as long as they keep getting away with it.

Could we have some serious consequences for these people, please? Somebody? Anybody? Hellooooo?

leftieNanner

(15,150 posts)
3. Until someone of consequence gets some time in prison
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jan 2020

This will not stop. Why should they do what the court says? All procedures and expected norms have been thrown out the window.

Bettie

(16,126 posts)
4. So, what does a contempt charge do?
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jan 2020

Nothing.

As I understand it, the DOJ is responsible for enforcing it and they will decline to do so.

Barr fucking wins again.

Turin_C3PO

(14,063 posts)
31. Actually,
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jan 2020

the federal judge could send US Marshalls to enforce the order and even arrest some people. Marshalls are more loyal to the courts than to the DOJ. Don’t underestimate them.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,424 posts)
6. correction: Barr's Dirt Services (formerly, Dept. of Justice) Defies Court Order
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 09:46 PM
Jan 2020

The apparent plan is to continue to defy courts until the take-over is consolidated.

Only peons are subject to laws.

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)
12. +1, The weakness in the US constitution is the courts. They can take as long as they want to resolve
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 10:18 PM
Jan 2020

... issues with people like Red Don that need to be resolved quick fast (like yesterday) and little enforcement other than a DOJ that could be crooked like Barrs.

wnylib

(21,611 posts)
19. More and more I fear that it will
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:21 AM
Jan 2020

come to that. We will either knuckle under to a dictatorship or rebel against it. Without effective courts and justice department, there seem to be no other alternatives. The outcome will depend on how many people come together to make a stand for democracy.

wnylib

(21,611 posts)
21. Irony or Jung's synchronicity. Just as
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:36 AM
Jan 2020

I was typing that post, my radio, tuned to an oldies station, began playing Buffalo Springfield's song, For What It's Worth.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,461 posts)
14. If the big blue wave happens in 2020 these
Sat Jan 18, 2020, 11:10 PM
Jan 2020

people should expect to be pursued by a new DOJ like there is no tomorrow. There will be no forgiveness and lots of looking back.

wnylib

(21,611 posts)
20. Do you think they will accept the outcome of
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 01:25 AM
Jan 2020

a big blue wave? These people obviously do not back down in the face of anything.

Golden Raisin

(4,613 posts)
27. Barr, nominally the Chief LAW Officer of the U.S.A.,
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 02:05 PM
Jan 2020

and his rogue Department of so-called "Justice" is defying Courts, subpoenas, etc. Along with Barr we are well and truly fucked with Trump in the Oval Office, McConnell in the Senate and Pompeo at State. They are strangling and trampling our Democracy in plain sight.

EndlessWire

(6,569 posts)
34. That's why
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 04:08 PM
Jan 2020

Trump probably shouldn't have called the military brass "dopes and babies." They won't forget.

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