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kpete

(72,030 posts) Mon May 18, 2020, 12:34 PM May 2020

"Obamagate" must really be a nothing-burger: "Barr Does Not Expect Probe Into Obama or Biden"

“Attorney General William Barr said that he did not expect the prosecutor he handpicked to review the 2016 FBI investigation into President Trump’s campaign would investigate former president Barack Obama or former vice president Joe Biden — an assertion that is likely to dismay Trump and his conservative allies,” the Washington Post reports.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/18/barr-does-not-expect-probe-into-obama-or-biden/

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"Obamagate" must really be a nothing-burger: "Barr Does Not Expect Probe Into Obama or Biden" (Original Post) kpete May 2020 OP

By combining Pres Obama's name with "gate" you are accepting his framing of this nonsense SoonerPride May 2020 #1

Barr doesn't want to bring any attention to HIS corruption Skittles May 2020 #2

I'm pretty sure Pres O and VP B have factual documents to back them up . . Iliyah May 2020 #3

Oh noes!11! They got to Barr too. He's part of the DeEp STaTe now! progressoid May 2020 #4

Trump fans melt down after Barr says he doesn't expect Obama will face criminal charges kpete May 2020 #5

That guy looks like the alien on Men in Black tavernier May 2020 #10

Nice teeth, who handles his health care? Brainfodder May 2020 #13

nice teeth? mnmoderatedem May 2020 #17

Nah, that's clearly 2 there. Brainfodder May 2020 #18

it's how you compliment a trump supporter. mnmoderatedem May 2020 #19

I would run, I would never speak to one in their uniform. Brainfodder May 2020 #20

Of course, but the point is to muddy the waters in the court of public opinion themaguffin May 2020 #6

(Cecily Strong/Jeannine Pirro voice): WHAAAT?!? But Q-Anon promised us! Nt Fiendish Thingy May 2020 #7

"We'd be a laughing-stock in every court if we pursued this" struggle4progress May 2020 #8

Every day the congenital liar just makes shit up dalton99a May 2020 #9

K&R UTUSN May 2020 #11

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU! Brainfodder May 2020 #12

Diaper Donny can't be happy about that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #14

Barr is such a proponent of unlimited Presidential power that it's absurd to go after Pres. Obama wishstar May 2020 #15

Does this mean trump will fire Barr? mnmoderatedem May 2020 #16

No worries jeffreyi May 2020 #21

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)

1. By combining Pres Obama's name with "gate" you are accepting his framing of this nonsense

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 12:36 PM

May 2020

By combining Pres Obama's name with "gate" you are accepting his framing of this nonsense

Just stop doing it.

By continually repeating this marketing ploy you are giving it life.

Stop.

Skittles

(153,243 posts)

2. Barr doesn't want to bring any attention to HIS corruption

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 12:36 PM

May 2020

yup

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

3. I'm pretty sure Pres O and VP B have factual documents to back them up . .

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 12:38 PM

May 2020

same for the others involved in the "unmasking" . The acting DNI is subject to investigating tho.

progressoid

(50,001 posts)

4. Oh noes!11! They got to Barr too. He's part of the DeEp STaTe now!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 12:40 PM

May 2020

kpete

(72,030 posts)

5. Trump fans melt down after Barr says he doesn't expect Obama will face criminal charges

Reply to progressoid (Reply #4)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:05 PM

May 2020

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/why-why-why-trump-fans-melt-down-after-bill-barr-says-he-doesnt-expect-obama-will-face-criminal-charges/

tavernier

(12,410 posts)

10. That guy looks like the alien on Men in Black

Reply to kpete (Reply #5)

Mon May 18, 2020, 02:09 PM

May 2020

whose eyes are two feet apart from each each other, lol

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)

13. Nice teeth, who handles his health care?

Reply to kpete (Reply #5)

Mon May 18, 2020, 02:59 PM

May 2020

Voting against own self interest & fear loving assholes....

Wacko eyes too...

A nice man otherwise?

A goat in human form?

mnmoderatedem

(3,733 posts)

17. nice teeth?

Reply to Brainfodder (Reply #13)

Mon May 18, 2020, 03:09 PM

May 2020

I think you meant nice tooth.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)

18. Nah, that's clearly 2 there.

Reply to mnmoderatedem (Reply #17)

Mon May 18, 2020, 03:10 PM

May 2020

mnmoderatedem

(3,733 posts)

19. it's how you compliment a trump supporter.

Reply to Brainfodder (Reply #18)

Mon May 18, 2020, 03:21 PM

May 2020

Hey! Nice tooth!

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)

20. I would run, I would never speak to one in their uniform.

Reply to mnmoderatedem (Reply #19)

Mon May 18, 2020, 03:25 PM

May 2020

themaguffin

(3,829 posts)

6. Of course, but the point is to muddy the waters in the court of public opinion

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:09 PM

May 2020

Fiendish Thingy

(15,690 posts)

7. (Cecily Strong/Jeannine Pirro voice): WHAAAT?!? But Q-Anon promised us! Nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:56 PM

May 2020

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)

8. "We'd be a laughing-stock in every court if we pursued this"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 01:58 PM

May 2020

dalton99a

(81,656 posts)

9. Every day the congenital liar just makes shit up

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 02:03 PM

May 2020

and feeds it to his cult

UTUSN

(70,769 posts)

11. K&R

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 02:51 PM

May 2020

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)

12. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 02:55 PM

May 2020

Asshole pulled that out of his taint, and awwwww it didn't stick?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,335 posts)

14. Diaper Donny can't be happy about that

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 03:02 PM

May 2020

wishstar

(5,272 posts)

15. Barr is such a proponent of unlimited Presidential power that it's absurd to go after Pres. Obama

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 03:05 PM

May 2020

over the Flynn situation when Pres. Obama and his national security team had every right to be informed about Flynn's conversations with Russian ambassador.

mnmoderatedem

(3,733 posts)

16. Does this mean trump will fire Barr?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 03:08 PM

May 2020

jeffreyi

(1,945 posts)

21. No worries

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 04:28 PM

May 2020

They will plumb the depths of their overflowing cesspools of vitriol to trot out the next "scandal".

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