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Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Riots and Domestic Terrorism
www.justice.gov/ ^ | May 31, 2020 | Attorney General William P. Barr

Posted on 05/31/2020 12:54:38 PM PDT by bitt

Attorney General William P. Barr has issued the following statement:

“With the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities around the country, the voices of peaceful and legitimate protests have been hijacked by violent radical elements. Groups of outside radicals and agitators are exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate, violent, and extremist agenda.

It is time to stop watching the violence and to confront and stop it. The continued violence and destruction of property endangers the lives and livelihoods of others, and interferes with the rights of peaceful protestors, as well as all other citizens.

It also undercuts the urgent work that needs to be done – through constructive engagement between affected communities and law enforcement leaders – to address legitimate grievances. Preventing reconciliation and driving us apart is the goal of these radical groups, and we cannot let them succeed.

It is the responsibility of state and local leaders to ensure that adequate law enforcement resources, including the National Guard where necessary, are deployed on the streets to reestablish law and order. We saw this finally happen in Minneapolis last night, and it worked.

Federal law enforcement actions will be directed at apprehending and charging the violent radical agitators who have hijacked peaceful protest and are engaged in violations of federal law.

To identify criminal organizers and instigators, and to coordinate federal resources with our state and local partners, federal law enforcement is using our existing network of 56 regional FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF).

The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly.”


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To: bitt

If you’re a Trump supporter - or just want America, the idea, to survive - please splash this video on your social media...until their respective Gestpo agents pull it! Both links are functional.

IN 3+ MINUTE VIDEO, KIRK LAYS OUT WHY I AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS PUT DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE. LET’S GIVE HIM A CONGRESS THAT SUPPORTS THOSE SAME IDEAS!!
https://www.brighteon.com/139ffc84-c138-4485-9223-80c7600d5808

https://www.bitchute.com/video/5hqEsexgdlEN/


21 posted on 05/31/2020 3:22:05 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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To: bitt

If you’re a Trump supporter - or just want America, the idea, to survive - please splash this video on your social media...until their respective Gestpo agents pull it! Both links are functional.

IN 3+ MINUTE VIDEO, KIRK LAYS OUT WHY I AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS PUT DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE. LET’S GIVE HIM A CONGRESS THAT SUPPORTS THOSE SAME IDEAS!!
https://www.brighteon.com/139ffc84-c138-4485-9223-80c7600d5808

https://www.bitchute.com/video/5hqEsexgdlEN/


22 posted on 05/31/2020 3:22:15 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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“President Trump delayed the riots the Deep State planned to deploy within months of his taking office. In the interim, the Trump administration drastically reduced their capacity to staff, arm and fund riots meant to overthrow the goverment. Since then, President Trump has used 1.5 Trillion dollars to restore the strength of our military which Obama intentionally gutted. The riots planned for the President’s first months in office, and repeatedly throughout his presidency, can now bring a small fraction of the damage and mayhem that we are witnessing today. “

Source please.

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You’d like links for 3.5 years of observation. That could take even more time than my following response. I’d need your assistance in tracking down years of links.

“President Trump delayed the riots the Deep State planned to deploy within months of his taking office.”

Please reference the unison choir spanning the time period of the MSM and Dems claiming Sessions was President Trump’s appointee because he would protect Trump from impeachment.

Please reference Jeff Sessions open letter explaining that Comey told him he was under investigation and that it would be illegal for him to be in charge of investigating his own actions.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3844716/posts

Please reference the rules succession in place at the time.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/24/politics/what-happens-if-sessions-is-fired-or-quits/index.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/24/why-it-matters-whether-rosenstein-is-fired-or-he-resigns.html

Please reference the Media and Congress Deep Stater’s comments spanning the time period alleging that Trump was going to fire Rosenstein and or Mueller to protect himself.

The media was always laying the ground work. Far too many to list, but here’s two examples.

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/25/651373763/if-rosenstein-is-fired-his-departure-would-impact-mueller-probe

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/politics/sessions-resigns.html

“Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein has discussed ways to remove President Trump from office. He’s also fiercely defended the special counsel for the Russia investigation, Robert S. Mueller III — one of the president’s most frequent targets.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-justice-department-trump.html

Please cross reference with organizations coming together under webpages titled “No One Is Above The Law” wherein they detail their plans to “protest,”, locations and sign up “reservations” nationwide within 12 hours of any announcement indicating that Mueller or Rosenstein were being forced out. Note the insistence that such an act would prove the president was “lawless”. Question what the citizenry are likely to do if the MSM unites to panic them into believing a “lawless president” has gone rogue.

Chuck Schumer: “protecting Mueller and his investigation is paramount,” he said. “It would create a constitutional crisis if this were a prelude to ending or greatly limiting the Mueller investigation. And I hope President Trump and those he listens to will refrain from that.””

https://time.com/5448238/jeff-sessions-fired-congress-reaction/

Please read nauseating hateful shrieking on sites like Democratic Underground and lefty Twitter sites spanning the time period accusing Trump of treason and stating that “action would be necessary” to halt the “dictator” if he interfered with the ongoing investigation. “Constitutional Crisis” was the least of their accusations.

Please reference articles spanning the time period implying Trump was about to have a Saturday Night Massacre just like Nixon. Ask yourself what happened to Nixon. Ask yourself if the CIA just might be using the same tactics in the US that they have used to overthrow many foreign countries.

Please reference the meeting that Comey and Mueller had in which they tried to convince President Trump it would be in his best interest to have Mueller return as head of FBI, while Sessions was recused and Rosenstein was “in charge”.  Ask yourself about the choice presented to the president: hand both the FBI and DOJ to the deep state, or fire them and trigger the MSM/DEEP STATE laid plans portraying Trump as the new Nixon who must be stopped.

Ask yourself whether the planned “protests” by Antifa during that time period were curiously smaller than anticipated, even though they were damaging, just as Twitter accounts kept saying that they had been infiltrated by good guys.

“In the interim, the Trump administration drastically reduced their capacity to staff, arm and fund riots meant to overthrow the government.”

Please read the contents of the DOJ website for the time period, noting massive sting operations. Please reference reports of drug/trafficking rings and massive medical fraud, and the implications of the Panama Papers in curtailing offshore accounts.

Please reference the President’s EO Dated December 2017 wherein his action seized or froze the financial assets, including ships, of those connected to human trafficking. Cross reference that with the rage-tweet by Anderson Cooper that night which he quickly deleted.

Please reference the MSM and talking head fake “panic” re Richmond Virginia 2nd amendment protests wherein the Deep State set the stage to strip VA residents of weapons and portray those supporting 2nd amendment rights as too threatening to be allowed to gather in public. Ask yourself how far VA is located from DC, and why it was so important to the Deep State to disarm residents of VA. Cross reference the literal layout of the protests and the fanned drama with the means by which the CIA framed a protest in a public square to overthrow the Ukraine.

“Since then, President Trump has used 1.5 Trillion dollars to restore the strength of our military which Obama intentionally gutted.”

President Trump has said that many times; you should have no problem finding it. Reference the articles spanning Obama’s 8 years in office wherein he removed commanders, forced Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, cut funding repeatedly, and allowed the VA to fester.

 “The riots planned for the President’s first months in office, and repeatedly throughout his presidency, can now bring a small fraction of the damage and mayhem that we are witnessing today. “

Sure are a lot of wealthy elites “stepping down” from their CEO perches – record numbers in fact. The president’s EO freezing assets (Dec 2017), reference the DOJ arrests spanning the time period in question, peeps like Yates, RR, Comey, Coates, Brennan, Strzok etc. – all those  and more snakes are no longer in office.

The Deep State is “resisting arrest” and since they don’t have an army, they work to break the will of the people, while freeing prisoners and protecting MS-13 and antifa, demanding open borders, funding social services for illegals, providing China with two sovereign ports (on Obama’s watch – Trump forced them out)  in the US.  That doesn’t mean there aren’t weapons and tactics to concern us.

Things have changed, drastically.  The Deep State reserved some “ammunition” for this final push. They need to stampede the public and there are many whom the MSM has thoroughly indoctrinated. In 2017, I stood in a very large conference room full of professionals and listened to them talk about their fears for the future with a madman as president, their pride in the fact that not one student at their child’s school wanted to become president.  People have seen through the Covid-19 media operation. Eyes are opening, and have been opening since Trump took office.

The  Deep State cannot stage the scale of riots planned in 2017 because President Trump has helped many in the minority communities see that they were being oppressed by the Deep State Democratic party. I’ve seen many heartening images of of African Americans stopping riot damage by saying, “This is our community.”  Had the riots taken place in 2017, it would have been so much worse.  Weapons and tactics, more attempts to stampeded the public and summon "help" from foreign enemies lies ahead - but domestic rioting is not what it would have been had it occurred in 2017.

Here I will pause to pray yet again for the safety of our republic. May God bless and protect all who fight for good , from the president down to those citizens who act to stop rioters and clean up the devastation.  I pray that God will deteat and expose the plans and weapons the Deep State harbors and grant all those who fight for good complete, resounding victory over them. May God bless America with a halt to rioting and may he guard our freedom, our patriots, our President and our military from further harm.

23 posted on 05/31/2020 3:23:30 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: smileyface

“President Trump delayed the riots the Deep State planned to deploy within months of his taking office. In the interim, the Trump administration drastically reduced their capacity to staff, arm and fund riots meant to overthrow the goverment. Since then, President Trump has used 1.5 Trillion dollars to restore the strength of our military which Obama intentionally gutted. The riots planned for the President’s first months in office, and repeatedly throughout his presidency, can now bring a small fraction of the damage and mayhem that we are witnessing today. “

Source please.

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In case I failed to make it clear in my long post above, that actions taken by President Trump kept the Deep State from justifying/enacting riots earlier. I’m not suggesting that he coordinated with them in any way. By refusing to fire Sessions or Rosenstein, he prevented the Deep State from justifying riots. So the Deep State delayed justice for a few years, but they did not justify rioting or take over the DOJ.


24 posted on 05/31/2020 3:27:40 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: bitt

Bla, bla, bla... Where are the indictments? Where are the perp walks? Where are the court hearings? Where are the trials?

Got to give it to you Bill, you talk a good game. The problem is that it is the eighth inning and you are far behind.


25 posted on 05/31/2020 3:33:23 PM PDT by upchuck (Windows 10 is just a fancy spying machine with troublesome, mandatory updates.)
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To: smileyface

“President Trump delayed the riots the Deep State planned to deploy within months of his taking office. In the interim, the Trump administration drastically reduced their capacity to staff, arm and fund riots meant to overthrow the goverment. Since then, President Trump has used 1.5 Trillion dollars to restore the strength of our military which Obama intentionally gutted. The riots planned for the President’s first months in office, and repeatedly throughout his presidency, can now bring a small fraction of the damage and mayhem that we are witnessing today.”

The answer to your question combines a few years of observations with a few years of articles - I can’t spend more time linking it all.

Source please.

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Yeah there’s so much it’s hard to compose in one spot and certainly too much to find links for.

There have been reports of 50,000 to 100,000 UN troops in Mexico ostensibly to deal with the “humanitarian crisis” the left was attributing to Trump. So that’s 27,000 Mexican Army, 50K-100K UN troops and tens of thousands of foreign fighters all heading for the US border. Riots back then would have been MUCH worse with UN, foreign troop involvment.

Not that we still won’t have any, but it won’t be such massive, unrestricted, coordinated influx because of the border wall sections designed and prioritized by the US military, and the fortifications quietly put along the wall. For example, Tweeters were wondering why the US “bothered” to thoroughly dismantle military helicopters and ship them on trains to the US border.


26 posted on 05/31/2020 3:45:12 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: smileyface

“President Trump delayed the riots the Deep State planned to deploy within months of his taking office. In the interim, the Trump administration drastically reduced their capacity to staff, arm and fund riots meant to overthrow the goverment. Since then, President Trump has used 1.5 Trillion dollars to restore the strength of our military which Obama intentionally gutted. The riots planned for the President’s first months in office, and repeatedly throughout his presidency, can now bring a small fraction of the damage and mayhem that we are witnessing today. “

Source please.

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I STILL didn’t mention the most important parts:

1. Given that all 50 states have now declared States of Emergency, the president has tremendous powers he did not have 2017-2019. He can control the media so they can’t coordinate rioting and fan panic. He can use the military to stop the riots.

2. Antifa is now a declared domestic terrorist - more power to the president to act.

These two points weren’t in place for over 3 years.
Can you imagine the rioting with CA and other governors holding the borders open for Caravans, foreign fighters, UN troops, drug cartels and the Mexican army - they would join the rioting and there would be no sections of wall in place to stop them from crossing multiple locations.

I’ve always heard that Canada is hosting quite a large number of Chinese troops for some reason. If true, I imagine our northern borders have been fortified as well from one coast to the next.


27 posted on 05/31/2020 6:29:25 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: little jeremiah

Driver’s side front wheel out of alignment, Roberts pulls left.


28 posted on 05/31/2020 7:47:23 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: bitt
Lay some words on 'em. What strength.

"Their shame is punishment enough," as none of these animals do time.

29 posted on 05/31/2020 7:51:21 PM PDT by deadrock
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To: bitt

The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly.”

Off to GITMO they go !!


30 posted on 06/01/2020 1:21:08 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: bitt
More talk from Bagpipes Bob.

Will there ever be INDICTMENTS and PROSECUTIONS for ANYTHING under Barr's DOJ?

31 posted on 06/01/2020 1:51:33 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: ransomnote
Barr is one of a legion of people draining the swamp from the bottom up.

He needs to switch to a better pump.

Maybe something electric.



32 posted on 06/01/2020 5:36:55 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: bitt
If only they were breaking some law that Barr could charge them with.</s>
33 posted on 06/01/2020 10:56:47 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: ransomnote
Barr doesn’t list classified activities on the DOJ website or release it to the news.

We know well what he doesn't do, what we want is to see him actually do something while He and Trump are still in office. If he waits long enough it won't really matter what he is doing secretly.

34 posted on 06/01/2020 11:08:07 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: ransomnote
Barr doesn’t list classified activities on the DOJ website or release it to the news.

We know well what he doesn't do, what we want is to see him actually do something while He and Trump are still in office. If he waits long enough it won't really matter what he is doing secretly.

35 posted on 06/01/2020 11:08:08 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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