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kentuck

(111,111 posts) Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:10 PM Feb 2019

Bill Barr's first day on the job.

Early in the morning, he is "privileged" to sit in on Donald Trump's Rose Garden performance.

As if that was not enough for the first day, he does not interfere with Mueller's decision to throw the book at Paul Manafort. Was Mueller testing him on his first day?

Then, later in the day, he is greeted by the news that Roger Stone was communicating with Wikileaks and Guccifer 2 thru emails and that Mueller had access to those emails.

If Barr was going to put restraints on Mueller's investigation, he did not do it on his first day.

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Bill Barr's first day on the job. (Original Post) kentuck Feb 2019 OP

he is going to try to make the Mueller report inaccessible. mucifer Feb 2019 #1

Maybe there won't be the need for much of a report if the story is told through the courts... UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #3

House will subpoena Mueller to testify in open court aeromanKC Feb 2019 #4

I think when Barr sees the evidence from his buddy Bobby he will do nothing of the sort. UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #2

Nadler has reminded everyone he can call Mueller to testify... he needs to issue a different threat, RockRaven Feb 2019 #5

He will engineer wholesale pardons Thunderbeast Feb 2019 #6

That's why they picked him 2naSalit Feb 2019 #7

Best guess so far. Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #8

mucifer

(23,634 posts)

1. he is going to try to make the Mueller report inaccessible.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:12 PM

Feb 2019

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)

3. Maybe there won't be the need for much of a report if the story is told through the courts...

Reply to mucifer (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:14 PM

Feb 2019

???? But yeah I suspect that is the plan ...but it ain't gonna work.

aeromanKC

(3,332 posts)

4. House will subpoena Mueller to testify in open court

Reply to mucifer (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:18 PM

Feb 2019

Might they even direct him to read the report in open court and then it becomes part of the official record?

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)

2. I think when Barr sees the evidence from his buddy Bobby he will do nothing of the sort.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:12 PM

Feb 2019

*being optimistic*

RockRaven

(15,098 posts)

5. Nadler has reminded everyone he can call Mueller to testify... he needs to issue a different threat,

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 12:23 PM

Feb 2019

in my opinion...

Nadler needs to remind everyone that he is going to do a f-ing colonoscopy on the oversight/management of the Mueller investigation once it is over, examining: interference in decision-making, limitations of scope and resources, tampering with witnesses (including communicating the content of the investigation with subjects and targets), and whether government resources within the DOJ and White House Counsel's Office were misused.

Thunderbeast

(3,432 posts)

6. He will engineer wholesale pardons

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 01:45 PM

Feb 2019

He did it before. All of the players in Iran-Contra were pardoned as Bush 41 was leaving. Barr is the guy who engineered that breach of justice.

Someday (possibly soon) the whole klepto-mob known as the Trump administration will be pardoned. The Russians will guarantee Barr wealth for life. At that point, they can focus on stealing the 2020 election (another state of emegency?).

The GOP Sentate is so deep in the corruption and fear of their looney base that they will stand and watch.

2naSalit

(86,993 posts)

7. That's why they picked him

Reply to Thunderbeast (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 02:23 PM

Feb 2019

to put the pardons together. And don't forget his relatives slinking around relatively unannounced too.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

8. Best guess so far.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 02:41 PM

Feb 2019

Understand this suckers selection was done sometime middle of last year. Smells of Lindsey Graham and Orin Hatch. Remember,these two were all about covering up Iran Contra back in the day.

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