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AG Barr Makes Most Pointed Statements yet About Spygate “Travesty”
DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon

Posted on 04/09/2020 6:41:14 AM PDT by EyesOfTX

The corrupt media misses the real news, as usual. – In a wide-ranging interview with Laura Ingraham to be aired on Fox News Thursday night, Attorney General William Barr slams the corrupt news media for “waging a jihad” against hydroxychloroquine simply because President Donald Trump has spoken positively about it. This is the focus of headlines about the interview by media outlets both leftist and conservative this morning.

Here is an excerpt in a Washington Times piece about Barr’s HCQ-related comments:

Attorney General William P. Barr Wednesday accused the media of attacking hydroxycholoroquine solely because President Trump has suggested it could treat the coronavirus.

“Before the president said anything about it, there was fair and balanced coverage of this very promising drug and the fact that it had such a long track record, and soon as [President Trump] said something positive about it the media has been on a jihad to discredit this drug,” Mr. Barr said in an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingharam. “It’s quite strange.”

Mr. Trump has been urging federal health officials to make hydroxycholorquine more widely available as the coronavirus spreads, but others insist there is little evidence the drug will be effective.

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The WashTimes also includes this bit of truth from Barr about the corrupt media:

“I think the president went out at the beginning of this thing and was statesman-like — trying to bring people together, trying to work with all the governors, keeping his patience as he got these snarky gotcha questions from the White House media pool — and the stridency of the partisan attacks on him has gotten higher and higher and it’s disappointing to see,” he said. “The stridency of the partisan attacks and the politicization of hydroxychloroquine has been amazing to me,” he said.

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Barr also made the following accurate remarks as captured in a piece by SF Gate:

“I am concerned that we not get into the business of declaring everything an emergency and then using these kinds of sweeping, extraordinary steps,” Barr said. “But given where we were back in March, I think the president made the right decision.”

Barr noted the economics of the shutdown could cost lives. For example, he said, cancer researchers were likely at home now, not doing their critical work.

“We will have a weaker health care system if we go into a deep depression,” Barr said. “So just measured in lives, the cure cannot be worse than the disease.”

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These are all very good, cutting remarks that make for nice headlines that attract clicks to media web pages. But they are also not the real news in this interview, news that is not included even in the report on the interview at Fox New’s own website.

To get that, you have to go view a Twitter thread by Washington Post reporter Matt Zapotosky. Towards the end of that thread, Zapotosky quotes Barr as follows:

Matt Zapotosky ✔ @mattzap · 10h Replying to @mattzap Barr says he and his security detail wear masks going to and from the office (when they come in -- they are teleworking more, he says). He did not wear a mask during the interview, and joked he didn't think it would be allowed.

Matt Zapotosky ✔ @mattzap Previewing segment Fox plans to air tomorrow, Barr says what happened to Trump in Russia investigation was “one of the greatest travesties in American history." Probe, he says, was started "without any basis" & steps taken post-election were meant "to sabotage the presidency"

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Why is this news? Because in the past, AG Barr has always used speculative language regarding the origins of the Spygate operation run during 2016/17 by the deep state cabal within the DOJ and the FBI. He has always used qualifiers like “I suspect” or “we need to find out” when referring to his and U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation into what was an outright coup d’etat effort on American soil.

To now directly call Spygate “one of the greatest travesties in American history” and to overtly state that the spying operation James Comey called “Crossfire Hurricane” was started “without any basis” and “meant to sabotage the presidency” is new, much more assertive language used by a man who is always very careful in the language he employs publicly. This is, in other words, a dramatic change in messaging.

Now, anyone can read this any way they prefer, but I read this as Mr. Barr sending a message that the Durham investigation has uncovered proof of the cabal’s seditious operations that he is willing to bring to court. He would not be making such unqualified statements of what can only be classified as treasonous actions if that were not the case.

Stay tuned.

That is all.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Humor; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: fakenews; mediabias; trump; trumpwinsagain; yetanotherblog
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1 posted on 04/09/2020 6:41:14 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
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To: EyesOfTX

When will Durham release his report?


2 posted on 04/09/2020 6:47:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: EyesOfTX

Yeah. So?


3 posted on 04/09/2020 6:48:53 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Prosecutors don’t release reports. They issue indictments.


4 posted on 04/09/2020 6:49:17 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: shelterguy

Wake me when somebody gets arrested, so I can get up at 3 AM to watch the SWAT squad take them down before the cameras...


5 posted on 04/09/2020 6:52:00 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: EyesOfTX

Oh well, one can always hope.


6 posted on 04/09/2020 6:52:31 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: CondorFlight

Any day now. Tick Tock. Boom. Maybe even a bombshell.


7 posted on 04/09/2020 6:53:09 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: EyesOfTX

He talks a good line, but talk is all he does. He’s hoping we will forget about the indictments that will never happen.


8 posted on 04/09/2020 6:54:11 AM PDT by xenia ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
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To: All
For Pompeo to now directly call Spygate “one of the greatest travesties in American history” and to overtly state that the spying operation was started “without any basis” and “meant to sabotage the presidency” is new, much more assertive language used by a man who is always very careful in the language he employs publicly......is a dramatic change in messaging.......I read this as Mr. Barr sending a message that the Durham investigation has uncovered proof of the cabal’s seditious operations that he is willing to bring to court. He would not be making such unqualified statements of what can only be classified as treasonous actions if that were not the case.

Weeks before the virus hit....Trump said "we got every single one of them."

Many were waiting for L/E to move on it ..... when we got sidelined w/ the virus.

9 posted on 04/09/2020 6:54:15 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: EyesOfTX

We’re waiting....


10 posted on 04/09/2020 6:55:47 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ClearCase_guy
"When will Durham release his report?"

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11 posted on 04/09/2020 6:57:10 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: EyesOfTX

Yawn!
Unless and until these treasonous miscreants are in handcuffs and headed to prison, it’s all just more red meat for the masses, more kabuki to placate the American people.

It’s well past time for indictments, arrests, trials, and executions.


12 posted on 04/09/2020 6:59:29 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: Liz
For Pompeo to now directly call Spygate “one of the greatest travesties in American history”

Barr, not Pompeo.

Although I am sure Mike agrees with Bill!

13 posted on 04/09/2020 6:59:49 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Oops....Freudian slip.


14 posted on 04/09/2020 7:00:54 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Pompeo???


15 posted on 04/09/2020 7:02:57 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Make America Great. Prosecute Dems who break the law!)
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To: Liz

“Many were waiting for L/E to move on it ..... when we got sidelined w/ the virus. “

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And the next excuse will be the election


16 posted on 04/09/2020 7:03:32 AM PDT by xenia ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I think the whole Durham business and indictments catches steam after the election. The whole thing could die if Trump loses, and looks like persecution of political rivals in an election year which could detract from the credibility of the charges. Trump wins and we got 4 years to charge and try these people. Plenty of time and will make sure it never happens again.


17 posted on 04/09/2020 7:04:03 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake (Remeber)
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To: Jimmy The Snake

I agree that is looking likely.

But I had hoped that some swamp draining in 2019 or 2020 would help us secure the House. We need to make sure the Democrats don’t steal the election and make this operation too difficult.

I still worry about voter fraud. It’s about all the Democrats have left, so you know they will try to work some magic.


18 posted on 04/09/2020 7:08:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

When will Durham release his report?

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19 posted on 04/09/2020 7:09:34 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Oatmeal...
It's what's for breakfast.


20 posted on 04/09/2020 7:10:02 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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