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Barr says he does not expect criminal investigation of Obama or Biden as result of Durham probe
Fox News ^ | May 18, 2020 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 05/18/2020 9:11:55 AM PDT by Coronal

Attorney General Bill Barr on Monday said he does not expect U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review into the origins of the Russia probe will lead to a “criminal investigation” of either former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden -- while noting that their concern of “potential criminality” in the conduct of that probe is “focused on others.”

Barr, during a press conference on Monday, spoke at length about Durham investigation. He said he has a “general idea” of how the investigation is going, and confirmed that “some aspects are being investigated as potential crimes.”

Barr did say, however, that “not every abuse of power, no matter how outrageous, is necessarily a federal crime.”

“As for President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement based on what I know, I don’t expect Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man,” Barr said. “Our concern of potential criminality is focused on others.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; bagpipesbarr; billbarr; johndurham; q; qanon; trusttheplan; williambarr
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To: JudyinCanada

As is the quote: “NO ONE IS ABOVE HE LAW, not even the President”. Pshaw!


21 posted on 05/18/2020 9:21:39 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: Coronal
Barr says he does not expect criminal investigation of Obama or Biden as result of Durham probe

Well so much for Obamagate.

22 posted on 05/18/2020 9:21:45 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Coronal

Sounds like Comey talk.


23 posted on 05/18/2020 9:22:03 AM PDT by sasquatch
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j-just wait till summer... errr after the election!


24 posted on 05/18/2020 9:22:28 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Coronal

If the real truth came out, we could lose half of our Republican Senators. A wipe out. Obama had too much cooperation. He knows he has nothing to worry about.


25 posted on 05/18/2020 9:22:47 AM PDT by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: Coronal

Why do we need an AG when all they seem to do is talk and get paid?
He never defended the woman arrested in TX and is ignoring the Oregon woman.
This is a easy job...sit around, eat and look important.


26 posted on 05/18/2020 9:22:51 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

So he and his turds can carry on trying to overthrow a duly , elected government.


27 posted on 05/18/2020 9:23:55 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Hostage

I see this differently. This could be Barr setting the stage for whatever happens.
He plays nonchalantly, to diffuse the “witch hunt” aspect that you know the left will scream.
If O and B committed crimes, Durham and Barr will treat them accordingly.
May be wishful thinking, but I’d do the same thing, if I were Barr.


28 posted on 05/18/2020 9:23:58 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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To: Coronal

At the very least, they should be unindicted co-conspirators.


29 posted on 05/18/2020 9:24:02 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Coronal
I am continually amazed that freepers post articles about guys like Gowdy or Jim Jordan or anyone else who says "indictments will be coming soon!" when it's clearly nonsense.

I eagerly await the day when people realize that running politicians out in handcuffs is not in the interest of ANY politician. Which means it's not going to happen. They want your money and your vote. And they will say anything to get either. That's all it's about.

30 posted on 05/18/2020 9:24:02 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: pepsi_junkie
We'll get a report that says disturbing breaches of protocol were found and numerous misstatements but no intent can be proven etc etc etc.

I've assumed that since the beginning of this mess. The "probe" will, as you say, find breaches of protocol and procedures and then make recommendations on how to "improve the process to ensure greater accountability going forward" or some such BS. In other words, the agencies will be "indicted" instead of the people who perpetrated this grotesque abuse of power.

Just another kabuki dance meant to distract us and make us think someone will be held accountable.

Yep, we are officially a banana republic now. Our government is corrupt and unaccountable.

31 posted on 05/18/2020 9:24:37 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Go after Obama and Biden and you will likely lose.

Go after the Tier 2 and the Tier 3 deepstaters who formed the footsoldiers in this and you can jail and ruin people who never thought they could be held accountable and never had the best for the American people in mind.

Get enough of them and Obama and Biden will fall.

32 posted on 05/18/2020 9:24:40 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Coronal

Yet 5 minutes after Trump is out of office they will find a way to charge him with a crime and try and put him in Prison for the rest of his live.

If the Fed won’t do it, the State of NY will do it for sure.

Turning the other cheek with this people will never work. Their hatred is bone deep.


33 posted on 05/18/2020 9:24:46 AM PDT by crusher2013
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To: Coronal

What did I just say about this? 98% of the GOP will not fully prosecute a Dem. It’s not just the Dems themselves who observe the double standard. Ask Lindsey Graham or The Turtle about it. This habit has become ingrained in the GOP party.
Perhaps the habit is generational and will fade over the next 10 years.


34 posted on 05/18/2020 9:25:16 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Coronal
Barr and Durham, wake the fuc^ up. We people expect you to indict criminals and Biden and Obama are the top of the list. Have you both decided to hell with the law or justice. We are getting damn sick and tired with this delay, delay, delay.
35 posted on 05/18/2020 9:25:32 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: Coronal

subversion of the elected government and threatening to stop aid if your son’s investigation isn’t stopped are apparently not crimes.


36 posted on 05/18/2020 9:25:55 AM PDT by stuckincali
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To: Zathras

Why do we need an AG when all they seem to do is talk and get paid?

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That’s pretty much all that official Washington ever does. All rhetoric all the time.


37 posted on 05/18/2020 9:27:28 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Of course not. Some people are above the law.

Taking the quaint view that this would set a bad precedent for the future and for a POTUS of his own party.

That viewpoint is SOOOOOOOOOO 20th. Century. If a Democrat becomes POTUS he's going to pursue charges against Trump until ten minutes after The Donald stops breathing. Wake up and smell the resist, Mr. Barr.


38 posted on 05/18/2020 9:27:37 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Coronal

No surprise here. Yet they’ll have Trump and/or his family in chains the next day after a DemoRat is ever sworn in.


39 posted on 05/18/2020 9:27:44 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab. So, let's see it.)
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To: AndyJackson

Tend to agree.

IF (a big IF) a lot underlings get very long prison sentences, that would be a great incentive for bureaucrats to refuse shady orders or actually whistle blow.

But I’m doubtful even that will happen.


40 posted on 05/18/2020 9:28:17 AM PDT by jjotto (“Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.”)
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