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Grasswire2

(13,564 posts)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:33 PM Jan 2020

AP exclusive: Breaking: Barr Installs Stooge As New D.C. U.S. Attorney


[link:https://wtop.com/local/2020/01/ap-exclusive-barr-names-new-u-s-attorney-in-dc/amp/?__twitter_impression=true|


Attorney General William Barr on Thursday named Timothy Shea, one of his closest advisers, to be the next top prosecutor in the nation’s capital.

Shea will lead the largest United States attorney’s office in the country, which has been historically responsible for some of the most significant and politically sensitive cases the Justice Department brings in the U.S.

He is a senior counselor to the attorney general and was Barr’s right-hand man helping institute reforms at the federal Bureau of Prisons after Jeffrey Epstein’s death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.



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AP exclusive: Breaking: Barr Installs Stooge As New D.C. U.S. Attorney (Original Post) Grasswire2 Jan 2020 OP
more Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #1
"...Shea would oversee some of the lingering cases... GReedDiamond Jan 2020 #5
Payoff for the cleanup crew chief. Nt lostnfound Jan 2020 #2
Is the takeover complete yet? dem4decades Jan 2020 #3
He's in charge of not prosecuting Republicans and people who pay Trump muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #4

Grasswire2

(13,564 posts)
1. more
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:35 PM
Jan 2020

As the U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia, Shea would oversee some of the lingering cases from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, along with a number of politically charged investigations. The office is also generally responsible for handling potential prosecutions if Congress finds a witness in contempt.

Prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office had been investigating former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s wrath, and the prospect of charges seemed likely in the fall after his lawyers failed to persuade senior Justice Department officials that he didn’t intentionally lie to internal investigators. Little has been said about the case in recent months.

The position generally requires Senate confirmation, but the law also allows federal judges to vote to appoint a U.S. attorney after a 120-day window. That was the case with Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan.

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
5. "...Shea would oversee some of the lingering cases...
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:59 PM
Jan 2020

...from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation..."

"oversee" = "shut down"

muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
4. He's in charge of not prosecuting Republicans and people who pay Trump
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 05:11 PM
Jan 2020

and anyone who has information about Trump but can be bought off with immunity.

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