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Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:32 pm
by DCHawk1
twocoach wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:31 pm
DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:26 pm
twocoach wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:23 pm
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?
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:01 pm
by 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?
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:07 pm
by DCHawk1
Did you just use "Trump" and "wait" in the same sentence?
Instant gratification is the name of his game.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:16 pm
by twocoach
DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:32 pm
twocoach wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:31 pm
DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:26 pm
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.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:32 pm
by Geezer
Give Roger the Sheriff Joe peremptory pardon.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:32 pm
by Mjl
DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:07 pm
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.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:48 pm
by Geezer
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:27 pm
by Shirley
"lulz"
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!
[...]
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:59 am
by 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.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:05 am
by Shirley
jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:59 am
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.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:56 pm
by Shirley
Today In: Trump/Barr Kabuki Theater:
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:59 pm
by Geezer
LOL
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:30 pm
by Deleted User 62
So predictable
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:03 am
by Deleted User 295
This is where you guys draw the line on believing anonymous leaks/sources?
Yeah, predictable.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:20 am
by jfish26
Barr has clearly studied at the Susan Collins School of Being Very, Very Concerned.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:42 pm
by Shirley
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:29 am
by Shirley
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:53 am
by seahawk
Well, at least that was a much needed laugh this morning.
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:38 am
by Shirley
Re: AG William Barr, Trump's Personal Attorney
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:23 pm
by Shirley