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(13,820 posts)Also, Trump won't be happy about this!
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Now when Barr testifies to congress on March 30, he can say, "See? We are fair and honest."
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,467 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)ha ha ha ha etc
Baitball Blogger
(46,763 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Yeah, hes Republican. But right now, hes tweeting/writing pure GOLD.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)soldierant
(6,937 posts)Foe decades Republican strategy has been basically attack dogs. They have lots of practice. It's very enjoyable to see it turned on deserving Republicans.
denem
(11,045 posts)and he has said so.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Skittles
(153,212 posts)he has won me over!
CaptainTruth
(6,606 posts)...to bring.
This is just BS to try & make it look like the DOJ is being "fair" & not retaliating.
struggle4progress
(118,378 posts)padah513
(2,508 posts)Barr blinked.
irisblue
(33,036 posts)More at article.
Snip--"Feb. 14, 2020, 1:02 p.m. ET
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WASHINGTON Attorney General William P. Barr has assigned an outside prosecutor to scrutinize the criminal case against President Trumps former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, according to people familiar with the matter.
The review is highly unusual and could trigger more accusations of political interference by top Justice Department officials into the work of career prosecutors.
Mr. Barr has also installed a handful of outside prosecutors to broadly review the handling of other politically sensitive national-security cases in the U.S. attorneys office in Washington, the people said. The team includes at least one prosecutor from the office of the United States attorney in St. Louis, Jeff Jensen, who is handling the Flynn matter, as well as prosecutors from the office of the deputy attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen.
Over the past two weeks, the outside prosecutors have begun grilling line prosecutors in the Washington office about various cases some public, some not including investigative steps, prosecutorial actions and why they took them, according to the people. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal deliberations.
The Justice Department declined to comment.
wishstar
(5,272 posts)Extreme for Barr to hire outside prosecutors to try to second-guess and discredit the career prosecutors who have already nearly concluded all of the cases that nailed down criminal convictions of Trump's advisors.
Especially shocking considering that Inspector Horowitz already completed thorough internal investigation concluding no wrongdoing by prosecutors or FBI except for the one FBI employee involved with Carter Page's FISA.
Strzok and others were cleared by IG regarding the handing of Flynn's FBI interviews yet Barr is staging last ditch intervention questioning prosecution over that case.
W T F
(1,148 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)wisteria
(19,581 posts)BarbD
(1,193 posts)It's a shame that he and his family were subjected to so much garbage.
wishstar
(5,272 posts)The lawsuit lists as defendants Attorney General William Barr, the Justice Department, FBI Director Christopher Wray and the FBI, although it says Trump was ultimately responsible for the decision to have McCabe fired.
Trump, acting in an official capacity as President of the United States, is responsible and accountable for Defendants actions," McCabe said in the suit. "Trump purposefully and intentionally caused the unlawful actions of Defendants and other Executive Branch subordinates that led to Plaintiffs demotion and purported termination.
McCabe said in the lawsuit that Trump demanded his "personal allegiance" and sought retaliation when McCabe refused to give it." He added that "Sessions, Wray, and others served as Trumps personal enforcers rather than the nations highest law enforcement officials, catering to Trumps unlawful whims instead of honoring their oaths to uphold the Constitution
gembaby1
(253 posts)Hahahahahahaha! Looks good on Orange Caligula! Hahahahahahaha!
colorado_ufo
(5,738 posts)And Trump can't do a thing about it!
Oppaloopa
(867 posts)NotHardly
(1,062 posts)He's acting this one week after the Senate failed in their duty and obligations as a body required to uphold and defend the Constitutions against all enemies foreign and domestic... we have entered a whole new Twilight Zone of revenge, retribution, and rage. Hold on to your hat Hanna, we're going for a bumpy ride with this joker.
True Blue American
(17,992 posts)Could have been dismissed long ago. There was no reason for it to hang on for 2 years.
I did hear something interesting yesterday. President Obama had shortened the sentence guidelines. They were lengthened under swarms Jeff Sessions and Trump!
DeSmet
(257 posts)to put these men whose only crime was upholding the Constitution in jail. Politically, a bridge too far for even these snakes in power . Rather rake them over the coals with public embarrassment, attorneys fees and emotional distress in retribution. Its good to mock their failure though. Let them add up, all the failed investigations. The cost. The corruption of it. Then turn it loose on them as the election draws near.