Posted on 12/24/2019 8:07:45 AM PST by Maceman
Attorney General William Barr's defense of President Donald Trump amid impeachment is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest as legal experts accuse the Justice Department chief of ignoring his responsibility as the nation's top prosecutor.
"This is a really strange situation with Barr, who has so many conflicts and is up to his eyeballs in all of the corruption surrounding Trump," attorney Nick Akerman told Newsweek. Akerman served an assistant special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon.
The attorney general plays no official role in impeachment, but that hasn't stopped Barr from coming to Trump's defense on multiple occasions. The Justice Department's top official often protected the Trump administration throughout the inquiry and went so far as to suggest that Democrats are "trivializing" impeachment by using it as a "political tool."
Michael J. Stern, a former federal prosecutor, asserted that Barr's loyalty to the White House is a "perversion" of his job as attorney general. "There is an inherent conflict in Barr's designated role as the chief law enforcement officer of this country and his efforts to protect the man who gave him his job. It is unfortunate that Bill Barr never misses an opportunity to place his thumb on the scales of justice in favor of Donald Trump. That's not how it is supposed to be," Stern told Newsweek.
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Blah blah, blah!
He is precisely over the target!
LIEberals CANNOT believe that they are about to get LOCKED UP!
BRAVO ZULU, Mr. Attorney General! BRAVO ZULU!
Friends, we must continue to pray and pray unceasingly that our Lord, God will protect our wonderful nation from its enemies, both domestic and foreign.
I pray daily for President Trump and VP Pence. I pray that they remain faithful to their oath of office, they govern in a wise and truthful manner, and that Almighty God will bless them and keep them and us safe.
Merry Christmas.
Wonder where Newsweek dragged up the slugs they call experts.
>yawn< Same stuff, different day.
Dems should pass out suits and ties and have a large photo op like they did with lab coats for Obama Care.
Boy, these angry liberals sure do like to make accusations but never come up with any proof.
The democRats have turned into the party of, “Give us Barabus”.
There were humans who wanted the perfect Sacrificial Lamb to die, because they despised Him.
We know that Trump isn’t perfect and this isn’t a pretense that he is. Still, the man has been doing the things he is supposed to.
The democRats just can’t stand that he sees their policies for what they are, and is unraveling them.
The old Nazi trick...
Balderdash
Leftist “legal experts” are mostly nitwits co-opted for their political causes. The challenge our society has is in keeping them from any position of responsibility, authority or influence. Losers all.
Always remember the value of things. newsweak (the whole shebang) sold for $1.00 a few years ago.
I am not sure what the left is worried about. For the most part, Barr has done squat against them.
What is this corruption they talk of? I think they are projecting.
They’re always first to project because they’re the first to know what they’ve been doing.
....with a rusty rake.
“The attorney general plays no official role in impeachment, but that hasn’t stopped Barr from coming to Trump’s defense on multiple occasions.”
Alexandra Hustler imploded her own article with one clause. If the AG has no official role in impeachment, how can the AG merely commenting on impeachment he has no role in pose a conflict of interest? Conflict with what? D’oh!
The Left, led by scumbags like Holder, will try to impeach Barr.
The truly disturbing thing about the Democrat lies and false accusations is THEY ARE BEING MADE BY FORMER FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS and FBI agents
This speaks volumes to the corrupt state of our justice system
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