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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaddow dropped bombshell that indications are that Barr ordered the end of the Mueller investiga
BARR: If President believes he is falsely accused, he can terminate that investigaton
Wild from Barr: If the president feels a proceeding is unfounded, "the president does not have to sit there constitutionally and allow it to run its course. The president could terminate the proceeding and it would not be a corrupt intent because he was being falsely accused."
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coti
(4,612 posts)Why the FUCK did Barr get sworn in and suddenly the investigation was ending???
a kennedy
(29,793 posts)Talitha
(6,657 posts)That's probably what Shitler promised him.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)that's why he was hired
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)triron
(22,031 posts)Ponietz
(3,086 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)was called to be concluded?
In any case, Mueller will be testifying next week. I hope Barr didn't tell Mueller to conclude.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Plus, it was time for Mueller to turn whatever he had over to Congress to take action. If he didn't have the goods on trump, he wasn't likely to get it by spending another year.
Finally, if Mueller was told to wrap it up, why didn't Mueller say so. At least go out with a bang, rather than a whimper.
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Not a peep after March, 27th. Unless he testifies boldly in the next week or so, he and Fitzgerald fizzled and disappointed about equally.
manor321
(3,344 posts)- The AG can't do that. If he did, it is required to be reported to Congress. Mueller would tell us if Barr tried to hide it.
- Rachel has no story, she literally just said a sentence or two. It is extremely irresponsible.
DeminPennswoods
(15,307 posts)nt
TwilightZone
(25,525 posts)I'm not sure there's any basis for that assertion. He might be more likely to voice his displeasure privately and attempt to resolve it there first, as he did with Barr's interpretation of the Mueller Report. Mueller has never been one to directly or overtly discuss issues publicly.
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)... shit is hitting the fan
cause that's what we've gotten so far
triron
(22,031 posts)notinkansas
(1,096 posts)'- Rachel has no story, she literally just said a sentence or two. It is extremely irresponsible.'
Wasn't what she said a quote from Barr?
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Goodheart
(5,352 posts)That right there is probably the most outrageous shit I've ever heard from a "Justice Department" official.
Goodheart
(5,352 posts)How could we possibly know that if the corrupt jackass halted the investigation?
REPUBLICANS ARE EVIL SHITS.
bdamomma
(63,978 posts)that of course. His allegiance is to tRump.
BootinUp
(47,230 posts)former9thward
(32,179 posts)Everyone had plenty of time to do it.
triron
(22,031 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)that it ended just a month after Barr came on board, even though there were still several cases still ongoing. Flynn and Gates were still cooperating in multiple unnamed investigations, and the mystery SCOTUS case is ongoing, and Stone's trial isn't till next fall.
Also, Mueller had the budget to continue through September.
For example:
https://theweek.com/articles/832175/did-barr-shutter-mueller-probe
Before Attorney General William Barr completed his two days of Capitol Hill hearings this week, lawmakers should have secured an answer to this fundamental question about his work: Did he prematurely shut down Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the president?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)would have the job of ending Mueller's investigation, IMHO.
They started paving the way with rumors that the investigation was almost done that started even before Sessions left.
Remember all those "false" reports that Mueller was almost done? They were setting it up for the new A.G.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Act is old and has damaged our country.
He has a week or so to set everything straight in a Congressional hearing. Hope he rises to the occasion.
triron
(22,031 posts)uponit7771
(90,378 posts)gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Takket
(21,729 posts)triron
(22,031 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)then why wouldn't he shut it down?
So, if a person under investigation simply thought the investigation was unwarranted, that person could legally end the investigation.
I guess that pretty much ends the criminal justice system in this country.
All you have to do is say the investigation is a "witch hunt", and then shut it down.
Also, Barr says it's not illegal to tamper with a witness.
What law school did Barr attend?
It was George Washington University Law School in Washington DC.
Supposedly one of the most prestigious Law Schools in the country.
They should demand Barr give his diploma back, because he certainly doesn't understand the law.
Not to do so would imply this "law school" is a fake.
Patrick Phillips
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)I get a traffic ticket. Wish me luck.
ancianita
(36,241 posts)the rule of law.
And branches of government.
And elections.
And voilá! A fake country!
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Shoe to drop. The dam has to be getting close to breaking.