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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Jan 18, 2019, 09:40 AM Jan 2019

CNN's Phil Mudd: Bill Barr Will 'Crush This Administration' and Trump Never Saw It Coming

by Colby Hall | Jan 18th, 2019, 7:40 am

CNN analyst Phil Mudd provided an interesting observation on Friday’s New Day in which he took the position that President Donald Trump may come to regret nominating Attorney General Bill Barr but in his more signature and colorful style.

Mudd said “Barr will be one of the most significant appointees the president has ever made, because Barr, I suspect, is going to crush the administration. The president’s going to say, I never saw that one coming”

Mudd’s comment came during a conversation on CNN’s New Day focused on the recent bombshell report that Trump directed his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie during Congressional testimony about discussions with Russian authorities over a potential Trump Tower Moscow project. If true, the suborning of perjury would be the clearest case of obstruction of justice and a federal felony.

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CNN's Phil Mudd: Bill Barr Will 'Crush This Administration' and Trump Never Saw It Coming (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Is it possible that Barr, with help from anti-Trumpers shopped KCDebbie Jan 2019 #1

that could be very interesting scarytomcat Jan 2019 #2

Well, he was a Bush appointee. tinrobot Jan 2019 #4

Hmmmmm I dunno about that. Adrahil Jan 2019 #3

Maybe but gee the guy can read a poll titaniumsalute Jan 2019 #7

Look at Barr's history. Phil Mudd is full of it. Autumn Jan 2019 #5

Seriously, Barr encouraged GHW Bush to pardon the Iran Contra Crooks at the exact point when Bush's FSogol Jan 2019 #6

Yep, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. He fits right in the Trump administration. Autumn Jan 2019 #9

I can't really see that happening. Caliman73 Jan 2019 #8

I really like Phil Mudd bluestarone Jan 2019 #10

I hope Mudd is right. I don't trust Barr but I'm not sure how much I don't trust him. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #11

Remember ScratchCat Jan 2019 #12

It would be completely normal and expected for the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #15

Shhhhhhhh Hekate Jan 2019 #13

How close is Bill Barr to Dick Cheney? FakeNoose Jan 2019 #14

KCDebbie

(664 posts)

1. Is it possible that Barr, with help from anti-Trumpers shopped

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 11:28 AM

Jan 2019

His Trump-friendly AG resume to snare the Orange menace? Is Barr a closet anti-Trumper?

Stay tuned!

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)

2. that could be very interesting

Reply to KCDebbie (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 11:56 AM

Jan 2019

Barr's history worries me but there is a lot to not like about dump

tinrobot

(10,927 posts)

4. Well, he was a Bush appointee.

Reply to KCDebbie (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:08 PM

Jan 2019

The Bushes (and a lot of their colleagues) do not like Trump.

So... maybe?

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)

3. Hmmmmm I dunno about that.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:03 PM

Jan 2019

Barr seems like someone who would be willing to trash his legacy to meet political ends. We'll see, I guess.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)

7. Maybe but gee the guy can read a poll

Reply to Adrahil (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:12 PM

Jan 2019

I mean look he isn't a dummy. He saw what happened in the Fall elections. Those results could very possibly go even more blue in 2019 elections and especially 2020 elections. Trump is in a free fall polling. Not much to hitch his wagons to even for political ends.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)

5. Look at Barr's history. Phil Mudd is full of it.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:09 PM

Jan 2019

FSogol

(45,598 posts)

6. Seriously, Barr encouraged GHW Bush to pardon the Iran Contra Crooks at the exact point when Bush's

Reply to Autumn (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:12 PM

Jan 2019

name came up in the investigations. None of those crooks EVER paid for their crimes.

Barr is a partisan hack with situational ethics.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)

9. Yep, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. He fits right in the Trump administration.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:15 PM

Jan 2019

Caliman73

(11,760 posts)

8. I can't really see that happening.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:13 PM

Jan 2019

Barr is famous or infamous for his role in the Iran-Contra situation. Granted, he was working with more classical Republicans and proto-neocons but still, he is a shady character and I doubt that he would turn on a Republican president, even Donald Trump.

bluestarone

(17,143 posts)

10. I really like Phil Mudd

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:16 PM

Jan 2019

I really hope he's right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,020 posts)

11. I hope Mudd is right. I don't trust Barr but I'm not sure how much I don't trust him.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:24 PM

Jan 2019

One one hand he has an unsettling history, especially with respect to his encouraging pardons of the people involved in Iran-Contra. On the other hand, he's an institutionalist who worked for the Bushes, who do not like Trump at all. And I recall some columnist commenting that Barr, who is 68 and approaching the end of a long, respected (by a lot of people, if not necessarily by us) career, is unlikely to want to destroy that reputation and go down in history as the guy who buried the Mueller report. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

ScratchCat

(2,023 posts)

12. Remember

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:28 PM

Jan 2019

Lindsay Graham met with him BEFORE the hearing. This may be wishful thinking, but with the question he asked about ordering someone to lie, it looks like they may have "set up" Trump here to get Graham out of the bind he is in(with likely blackmail).

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,020 posts)

15. It would be completely normal and expected for the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee

Reply to ScratchCat (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:44 PM

Jan 2019

to meet with an AG nominee before the confirmation hearing, and I think Barr met with several other senators as well, which would be common practice. So nothing can be inferred by the fact that they met. What they discussed is anybody's guess.

Hekate

(91,055 posts)

13. Shhhhhhhh

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:29 PM

Jan 2019

FakeNoose

(32,917 posts)

14. How close is Bill Barr to Dick Cheney?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:35 PM

Jan 2019

Serious question - this could be something arranged by Mr. Cheney to torpedo the Trump administration. (?) I wouldn't put it past him to try something underhanded, but I don't know if Barr is the type that would go along with it.

Anybody else know anything? This could get real interesting.

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