AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney

[DCHawk1]

That assumes that the Judicial Branch isnt just now rolled up under the Executive Branch, doesnt it?

Ah. so you're against presidential appointments.

Or something.

cuZ tRumP!

You people are as fucking weird as you are transparent.

So Barr's behavior has been purely "what is standard of a Presidential appointment"?

Noted.

Ummm...I hate to be a downer here, but you know Barr has nothing to with the judicial branch, right?

[Mjl]

Why didn't Trump just wait for the sentencing to go through and then pardon him? And if he did that, which is highly precedented, would there be the same amount of complaints?

[DCHawk1]

Did you just use "Trump" and "wait" in the same sentence?

Instant gratification is the name of his game.

[twocoach]

Ah. so you're against presidential appointments.

Or something.

cuZ tRumP!

You people are as fucking weird as you are transparent.

So Barr's behavior has been purely "what is standard of a Presidential appointment"?

Noted.

Ummm...I hate to be a downer here, but you know Barr has nothing to with the judicial branch, right?

Well, I forgot that the Justice Department was part of the Executive Branch until this conversation so apparently not.

[Geezer]

Give Roger the Sheriff Joe peremptory pardon.

[Mjl]

Did you just use "Trump" and "wait" in the same sentence?

Instant gratification is the name of his game.

Ok, sure, but my point is moreso that the end result of what he did isn't unprecedented, even though the process was. And I wouldn't consider this process worse than simply pardoning a crony for no reason.

[Geezer]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judg ... 44852.html

[Shirley]

"lulz"

Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone

A national association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting Tuesday to address growing concerns about the intervention of Justice Department officials and President Donald Trump in politically sensitive cases, the group’s president said Monday.

Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, who heads the independent Federal Judges Association, said the group “could not wait” until its spring conference to weigh in on a deepening crisis that has enveloped the Justice Department and Attorney General William Barr.

“There are plenty of issues that we are concerned about,” Rufe told USA TODAY. “We’ll talk all of this through.”

Rufe, nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush, said the group of more than 1,000 federal jurists called for the meeting last week after Trump criticized prosecutors' initial sentencing recommendation for his friend Roger Stone and the Department of Justice overruled them.

Trump also took a swipe at the federal judge who is set to preside at Stone’s sentencing hearing Thursday.

“Is this the judge that put Paul Manafort in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, something not even mobster Al Capone had to endure?” Trump tweeted last week, referring to U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson. “How did she treat Crooked Hillary Clinton? Just asking!

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[jfish26]

Bill Barr Must Resign

The attorney general is working to destroy the integrity and independence of the Justice Department, in order to make Donald Trump a president who can operate above the law.

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Donald Ayer
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General under George H. W. Bush

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... JWCokLwFto

The fundamental problem is that he does not believe in the central tenet of our system of government—that no person is above the law.

Indeed, given our national faith and trust in a rule of law no one can subvert, it is not too strong to say that Bill Barr is un-American.

Ayer served as United States Attorney and Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Reagan administration and as Deputy Attorney General under George H.W. Bush.

[Shirley]

Bill Barr Must Resign

The attorney general is working to destroy the integrity and independence of the Justice Department, in order to make Donald Trump a president who can operate above the law.

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Donald Ayer
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General under George H. W. Bush

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... JWCokLwFto

The fundamental problem is that he does not believe in the central tenet of our system of government—that no person is above the law.

Indeed, given our national faith and trust in a rule of law no one can subvert, it is not too strong to say that Bill Barr is un-American.

Ayer served as United States Attorney and Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Reagan administration and as Deputy Attorney General under George H.W. Bush.

If only he would come out and say what he thinks.

Searing. Absolutely searing.

I have that pulled up ready to post, but am doing my taxes instead. Because



fun.

Edited to add: I'm sure we'll learn why he isn't a "real" conservative, either, soon.

[Shirley]

Today In: Trump/Barr Kabuki Theater:

[Geezer]

LOL

[Deleted User 62]

So predictable

[Deleted User 295]

This is where you guys draw the line on believing anonymous leaks/sources?

Yeah, predictable.

[jfish26]

Barr has clearly studied at the Susan Collins School of Being Very, Very Concerned.

[Shirley]

[Shirley]

[seahawk]

Well, at least that was a much needed laugh this morning.

[Shirley]

[Shirley]