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Impeach Bill Barr too: AG backs Trump over his own Department of Justice

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In March 2018, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the DOJ’s official watchdog, announced he was reviewing aspects of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. These include whether the FBI and the Justice Department acted properly in seeking a warrant for a wiretap on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page and whether political bias motivated law enforcement to pursue these investigations.

Horowitz concludes that the “FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime.”

The report acknowledges that the bar isn’t incredibly high to launch an investigation, but that the requirements were met.

Because Barr has decided that backing Trump against any and all attacks is more important than upholding the law, it's time for House Democrats to seriously consider impeaching the attorney general as well as the president. Dereliction of duty is reprehensible whenever it happens and whoever does it, but it's even more dangerous when the result, as we see here, is that a lawless president can use the cover of his corrupt attorney general as permission to cheat at elections.

That's why the Democrats should not limit themselves to impeaching Trump. Barr must be held to account for spreading lies about the people who work for him and did their jobs — even though many of them adore Trump — by snagging some criminals who were practically begging to be investigated with their blatant behavior. What he's doing is obstruction of justice and abuse of power — the very definition of impeachable offenses.

Impeach Bill Barr too: AG backs Trump over his own Department of Justice | Salon.com
 
Never ever going to be removed! So please keep the progressive dream alive by thinking that he will be removed.


Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Inspector General's Report of the Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Inspector General's Report of the Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation | OPA | Department of Justice


Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham
Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham | USAO-CT | Department of Justice
 
This is what happens when you give a four year old a hammer.
 
........or matches.....
 
Sand Castle said:
In March 2018, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the DOJ’s official watchdog, announced he was reviewing aspects of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. These include whether the FBI and the Justice Department acted properly in seeking a warrant for a wiretap on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page and whether political bias motivated law enforcement to pursue these investigations.

Horowitz concludes that the “FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime.”

The report acknowledges that the bar isn’t incredibly high to launch an investigation, but that the requirements were met.

Because Barr has decided that backing Trump against any and all attacks is more important than upholding the law, it's time for House Democrats to seriously consider impeaching the attorney general as well as the president. Dereliction of duty is reprehensible whenever it happens and whoever does it, but it's even more dangerous when the result, as we see here, is that a lawless president can use the cover of his corrupt attorney general as permission to cheat at elections.

That's why the Democrats should not limit themselves to impeaching Trump. Barr must be held to account for spreading lies about the people who work for him and did their jobs — even though many of them adore Trump — by snagging some criminals who were practically begging to be investigated with their blatant behavior. What he's doing is obstruction of justice and abuse of power — the very definition of impeachable offenses.

Impeach Bill Barr too: AG backs Trump over his own Department of Justice | Salon.com
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That Salon article is lying.

This is what Horowitz announced on Mar. 28, 2018: https://oig.justice.gov/press/2018/2018-03-28b.pdf

As you can see, there is no mention in that announcement that he intends to review "aspects of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election". In fact, the question about whether “FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime.” was not mentioned at all in the announcement.

The two people who HAVE stated their intention to investigate the predicate into the opening of Crossfire Hurricane have disputed the conclusion that Horowitz came to and those two people have more legal power and ability to gather evidence that Horowitz simply has no access to. So instead of getting angry at Barr, try waiting to see what conclusion Barr and Durham reach and wait to see who they actually indict. You'll never see Horowitz indict anybody because he doesn't have that power.
 
Sand Castle said:
In March 2018, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the DOJ’s official watchdog, announced he was reviewing aspects of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. These include whether the FBI and the Justice Department acted properly in seeking a warrant for a wiretap on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page and whether political bias motivated law enforcement to pursue these investigations.

Horowitz concludes that the “FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime.”

The report acknowledges that the bar isn’t incredibly high to launch an investigation, but that the requirements were met.

Because Barr has decided that backing Trump against any and all attacks is more important than upholding the law, it's time for House Democrats to seriously consider impeaching the attorney general as well as the president. Dereliction of duty is reprehensible whenever it happens and whoever does it, but it's even more dangerous when the result, as we see here, is that a lawless president can use the cover of his corrupt attorney general as permission to cheat at elections.

That's why the Democrats should not limit themselves to impeaching Trump. Barr must be held to account for spreading lies about the people who work for him and did their jobs — even though many of them adore Trump — by snagging some criminals who were practically begging to be investigated with their blatant behavior. What he's doing is obstruction of justice and abuse of power — the very definition of impeachable offenses.

Impeach Bill Barr too: AG backs Trump over his own Department of Justice | Salon.com
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In your opinion, is disagreement between professionals a criminal act? Should disagreement, for example, between judges result in one of them (or both) being criminally penalized? Under what circumstances, if any, is professional disagreement allowable? Should politics or popular opinion be the determining factor for which opinions are "right"?
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Never ever going to be removed! So please keep the progressive dream alive by thinking that he will be removed.


Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Inspector General's Report of the Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Inspector General's Report of the Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation | OPA | Department of Justice


Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham
Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham | USAO-CT | Department of Justice
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LOL! This isn't about removing Trump, so try again.
 
Mycroft said:
That Salon article is lying.

This is what Horowitz announced on Mar. 28, 2018: https://oig.justice.gov/press/2018/2018-03-28b.pdf

As you can see, there is no mention in that announcement that he intends to review "aspects of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election". In fact, the question about whether “FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime.” was not mentioned at all in the announcement.

The two people who HAVE stated their intention to investigate the predicate into the opening of Crossfire Hurricane have disputed the conclusion that Horowitz came to and those two people have more legal power and ability to gather evidence that Horowitz simply has no access to. So instead of getting angry at Barr, try waiting to see what conclusion Barr and Durham reach and wait to see who they actually indict. You'll never see Horowitz indict anybody because he doesn't have that power.
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And the last line of the Horowitz announcement of March, 2018 from your own link: "If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review."

Just too easy.... as usual.
 
Barr should simply resign. Its that simple. He won't because this is as usual with Repugs, its all about power, getting it and keeping it at all costs. Ethical standards do not exist for Repugs. He is absolutely trashing all of the conclusions of the IG Report, not just some of them but all of them.

Get the frigg outta' here Bill. Do you actually think you have any credibility left with anybody other than the most diehard Trumpette?
 
Smells like fear of Durham and Barr here.
 
Lutherf said:
In your opinion, is disagreement between professionals a criminal act? Should disagreement, for example, between judges result in one of them (or both) being criminally penalized? Under what circumstances, if any, is professional disagreement allowable? Should politics or popular opinion be the determining factor for which opinions are "right"?
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Just like the Meuller report, and Barr's quick response once again, unbelivably, within hours of the IG report release, Barr makes claims against it with a seemingly hasty review. Barr's corrupt response to discredit the IG report appears to have been already prepared by the corrupt gang of Trumpians
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Never ever going to be removed! So please keep the progressive dream alive by thinking that he will be removed.


Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Inspector General's Report of the Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on the Inspector General's Report of the Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation | OPA | Department of Justice


Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham
Statement of U.S. Attorney John H. Durham | USAO-CT | Department of Justice
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January 21st, 2021. Say by, by to AG Barr. He needs to be disbarred and forgotten about. His place in history is at the bottom of the conservative trash heap.
 
Mycroft said:
That Salon article is lying.

This is what Horowitz announced on Mar. 28, 2018: https://oig.justice.gov/press/2018/2018-03-28b.pdf

As you can see, there is no mention in that announcement that he intends to review "aspects of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election". In fact, the question about whether “FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime.” was not mentioned at all in the announcement.

The two people who HAVE stated their intention to investigate the predicate into the opening of Crossfire Hurricane have disputed the conclusion that Horowitz came to and those two people have more legal power and ability to gather evidence that Horowitz simply has no access to. So instead of getting angry at Barr, try waiting to see what conclusion Barr and Durham reach and wait to see who they actually indict. You'll never see Horowitz indict anybody because he doesn't have that power.
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The libruls are just having their pre-tantrum. They know what's coming.
 
Acadia said:
Smells like fear of Durham and Barr here.
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Not after today. Barr has already exposed himself as a political hack, is reenforcing it and has drawn Durham into it. Simply spelling out some reality for the Trumpettes who are doing nothing more than reinforcing the walls of their own silo by thinking anything Durham does now will be accepted as anything other than Barr Political Hackery unless it is iron clad AND IT WON"T BE THAT.

If they stop posting there "yea man, wait for Durham" nonsense then I think we won't see much of these threads or posts especially if Barr resigns which he should. Waiting for Durham went out the window today for the same reasons that have always been in the Trump World of politics.

Trump and his gang will always favor a possible short term political gain even if it costs them what might actually be a result of importance from what could have been a valid and forthright investigation. The Durham and Barr comments on the IG Report are just like Barr releasing his Mueller opinion before the actual report was released because that is what allowed Barr to promote what were nothing more than sentence fragments as if they were actual quotes from the Mueller Report. Had Barr waited and released his report alongside the Report he would not have been able to do that. But of course, that means his "opinion" would not have had the desired effect.

It is also just like Trump preferring a Ukraine announcement of investigations over an actual investigation. Trump never gave a rats behind about an actual investigation.

Interesting by the way that Lavrov is welcomed to the WH today and TO THIS DAY, Zalinksky does not have his cherished WH meeting with Trump. If this stuff were not so sad, it would be funny.

The Trump Gang playbook is not too thick but they run the same plays over and over again.
 
Mycroft said:
That Salon article is lying.

This is what Horowitz announced on Mar. 28, 2018: https://oig.justice.gov/press/2018/2018-03-28b.pdf

As you can see, there is no mention in that announcement that he intends to review "aspects of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election". In fact, the question about whether “FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime.” was not mentioned at all in the announcement.

The two people who HAVE stated their intention to investigate the predicate into the opening of Crossfire Hurricane have disputed the conclusion that Horowitz came to and those two people have more legal power and ability to gather evidence that Horowitz simply has no access to. So instead of getting angry at Barr, try waiting to see what conclusion Barr and Durham reach and wait to see who they actually indict. You'll never see Horowitz indict anybody because he doesn't have that power.
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Please provide the suposed access to evidence due to legal power.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
Barr has no evidence: he cited nothing to dispute the findings of the Ig report. He is flat out lying.
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You are making it up as you go along, just like other Trump haters. You do not have the foggiest clue what Barr has or does not have. However when the indictments come, you will get an education.
 
Sand Castle said:
Just like the Meuller report, and Barr's quick response once again, unbelivably, within hours of the IG report release, Barr makes claims against it with a seemingly hasty review. Barr's corrupt response to discredit the IG report appears to have been already prepared by the corrupt gang of Trumpians
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OK. So if I understand your position correctly, you only believe that professional opinions should be criminal if you disagree with them. That's actually VERY consistent with the new Social Justice perspective on legal culpability and democratic process.
 
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