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Nearly 2000 former DOJ officials call for AG Barr to resign over Flynn case
It's not clear how the judge in Flynn's case will react to DOJ's reversal.
Nearly 2000 former Justice Department officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Last week, the DOJ moved to drop charges against Flynn who had pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the former Russian ambassador during the presidential transition.
The letter, signed mostly by former career officials in the department, accuses Barr of joining with President Trump in "political interference in the Departments law enforcement decisions."
"Attorney General Barrs repeated actions to use the Department as a tool to further President Trumps personal and political interests have undermined any claim to the deference that courts usually apply to the Departments decisions about whether or not to prosecute a case," reads the letter, which was organized by the group 'Protect Democracy'
More: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2000-doj-officials-call-ag-barr-resign-flynn/story?id=70615677&cid=social_twitter_abcnp
Letter: https://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-flynn-case-7c38a9a945b9
kysrsoze
(6,023 posts)think.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)things...
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)The problem is as I said in the post below, former officials can be debated as partisan. It is still a huge thing, but the difference between people who "used to work there" and people who are currently there doing the job is critical.
As I said, one is a professional and political statement. Powerful nonetheless. 2000 current workers penning a letter is a "vote of no confidence" a mutiny if you will.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)If the headline does not list them as "former" then it's a bit misleading I would think.
BamaRefugee
(3,487 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)Caliman73
(11,744 posts)It is huge that so many former officials have called for the resignation, but it is different than actual working employees.
One is a professional but political statement. The other is a statement of the lack of confidence in the leadership.
Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)I don't see how the King Bee can survive the revolt of the worker bees.
At least I hope!
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Former employees.
sop
(10,241 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)I posted this earlier:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016255263
Desert grandma
(804 posts)Even if they were CURRENT employees. He is the chief enabler of the Liar in Chief and he is as corrupt as they come. I hope there is some type of legal recourse after we get a new administration next January. At the very least he should be disbarred and his reputation, such as it is, should be forever tarnished.
leftieNanner
(15,146 posts)sop
(10,241 posts)I would buy one...
Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)cayugafalls
(5,643 posts)Here is the full link to the document.
I had to embed it to get it to display properly due to formatting.
oasis
(49,401 posts)leftieNanner
(15,146 posts)dmr
(28,349 posts)Can you get a Just-in-case-you're-charged-with-a-federal-crime pardon?
I don't think there's such a thing.
leftieNanner
(15,146 posts)of governing so far, so why the hell not?
He has talked about pardoning himself, hasn't he?
But you make a good point.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)The pardon of Richard Nixon (formally known as Proclamation 4311) was a presidential proclamation issued by President of the United States Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974. By it, Ford granted to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president.[1][2] In particular, the pardon covered Nixon's actions during the Watergate scandal. In a televised broadcast to the nation, Ford, who had succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation, explained that he felt the pardon was in the best interests of the country and that the Nixon family's situation was "a tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that only I can do that, and if I can, I must."[3]
After Ford left the White House in 1977, he privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v. United States, a 1915 U.S. Supreme Court decision that suggested that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and that its acceptance carries a confession of guilt.[4][5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon
dmr
(28,349 posts)Disagreed with it then, and disagree with it now.
Reagan, Bush, Bush and now Trump corrupted the Office and future Republican presidents will continue to corrupt.
Shameful.
I don't need to editorialize it any further.
Thank you for this historical reminder.
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,918 posts)Putin surely pulls most of the strings but McTurtle is the one who calls the shots, however much he despises the Orangutan-in-Chief.
bucolic_frolic
(43,270 posts)"No man is subject to the law."
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)..so sorry to hear about your downfall.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Rec
spanone
(135,866 posts)Silent3
(15,261 posts)...of this thread. But there it was when I clicked on it and read more.
Let me know when the CURRENT employees are brave enough or sick and tired enough to do this.
SBoy
(92 posts)Lawyers, former Justice Dept, current JD employees and you and me think. Hes impervious to words and has as big an ego as Trump.
Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)It isn't even that the republican office holders don't care.
The problem is the dull-witted dweebs who vote for trump not only don't care, they don't understand, or know.
Too many deplorable idiots in the country.
DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)The Key to resolving the horrific mess in front of us, is the RepubliCON Senators.............
Go after THEM with a vengeance...........................
BTW? has anyone heard word one from the Democratic Party?????? Are they all worn out, after firing their load during the impeachment???????
dlk
(11,575 posts)Barr is too corrupt and compromised to retain his law license. The rule of law is at stake here.
Warpy
(111,336 posts)although I'm sure Big Dummy will just pardon the bastard. He doesn't really want to do it because he thinks it will make him look bad (duh!), so he's ordered the Toad to pull some shenanigans.
LiberalFighter
(51,070 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,405 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)mikelgb
(6,021 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)UTUSN
(70,726 posts)Linda Ed
(493 posts)Barr has once again assaulted the rule of law, this time in the case of drumpfs former national security adviser Flynn.
the career prosecutor who withdrew from the Flynn case are upholding the oath ..drumpf accused the career investigators and prosecutors involved in the Flynn case of treason and threatened that they should pay a big price.
The rule of law should outweigh the mask of corruption...Barr in office sends the message that it is okay to lie to the FBI, that it is okay to break the law as long as one has the right connections in the future.
IThe RULE OF LAW IS AT STAKE! Barr should be DISBARRED! This is BLATANT CORRUPTION!
BComplex
(8,064 posts)but it's still noteworthy!
yonder
(9,671 posts)Unfortunately, the bag is still a-blowin'.
bdamomma
(63,919 posts)catch the covid. And pass it along to the king.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,170 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)BamaRefugee
(3,487 posts)Skittles
(153,185 posts)fuck the both of them
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)Cha
(297,585 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)of authoritarians taking over this nation and eliminating the rule of law.
Fun to talk about, though.
Hope we get to do that, in future.
live love laugh
(13,128 posts)TheNewNumberTwo
(70 posts)even conservative judges (excepting Alito and Gorsuch) take exception to politicians telling them what to do, and if there was ever a 'politician', it is certainly Barr (beyond just being a piece of s***)
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)That's pretty much how much impact the letter will have.