Posted on 05/18/2020 11:19:24 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Well, there you have it. – During his press conference Monday addressing developments in the investigation of last year’s mass shooting at NAS Pensacola, Attorney General William Barr took time to also discuss the progress of the ongoing investigation of Spygate/Obamagate led by U.S. Attorney John Durham. During the course of his four minutes of remarks, Barr made clear that, regardless of what Durham’s investigation reveals about the involvement of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, his DOJ will refuse to prosecute either man.
Below is a clip of Barr’s remarks, followed by a transcript:
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“What happened to the President in the 2016 Election.. was abhorrent, it was a grave injustice and it was unprecedented in American history."
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Transcript:
“So long as I serve as Attorney General the criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political end, and this is especially true for the upcoming elections in November. We live in a very divided country right now, and I think it is critical that we have an election where the American people are allowed to make the decision, a choice between President Trump and Vice President Biden based on a robust debate of policy issues. And we can’t allow this process to be hijacked by efforts to drum up criminal investigations of either candidate.
“I’m committed that this election will be conducted without this kind of interference. Any effort to pursue an investigation of either candidate has to be approved by me. Now, what happened to the President, and I’ve said this many times, what happened to the President in the 2016 election and throughout the first two years of his administration was abhorrent. It was a grave injustice, and it was unprecedented in American history.
“The law enforcement apparatus in this country were involved in advancing a false and utterly baseless Russian Collusion narrative against the President. The proper investigative and prosecutive standards of the Department of Justice were abused, in my view, in order to reach a particular result. We saw two different standards of justice emerge: one that applied to President Trump and his associates, and the other that applied to everybody else. We can’t allow this to ever happen again.
“The Durham investigation is trying to get to the bottom of what really happened, and it will determine whether there were any federal laws broken; and if there were, those who broke the laws will be held to account. But this cannot be, and it will not be, a tit for tat exercise. We are not going to lower the standards just to achieve a result. The only way to stop this vicious cycle, the only way to break away from this dual system of justice, is to make sure that we scrupulously apply the single and proper standard of justice for everybody.
“Now, under the longstanding standards of the Department of Justice, criminal charges are appropriate only when we have enough evidence to prove each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. That is the standard we’re applying.
“Now, I have a general idea of how Mr. Durham’s investigation is going, and as I have indicated, some aspects of what happened are being examined as potential crimes. But we have to bear in mind what the Supreme Court recently reminded us of in the Bridge Gate case: As the Court said there, there is a difference between an abuse of power and a federal crime. Not every abuse of power, no matter how outrageous, is necessarily a federal crime.
“As to President Obama and Vice President Biden: Whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man. Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others.”
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Ok, so, a lot of very noble stuff in there, pretty much all of which any fair-minded American would agree with had we experienced a normal political environment over the last 5 years.
After all, how can any fair-minded American disagree with the notion that the criminal justice system should not be used to achieve a political end? Or that justice must be blind? Or that “not every abuse of power is necessarily a federal crime? Or, indeed, even that we need to do our best to end the abuse of the justice system in America?
Obviously, that’s all very just and fair.
The problem, of course, is that we have not lived in anything resembling a normal political environment for the last 5 years, and that the Obama Administration used the DOJ for partisan political ends for 8 long years. The political playing field was vastly tilted to the political left by Obama and his evil minions, and neither Barr nor Jeff Sessions have done much of anything to correct that tilt.
Plus, what if Durham’s investigation does reveal “enough evidence to prove each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt” against Quid Pro China Joe? Let’s say that result comes about during the summer – how would it then be fair to the American public and indeed the American criminal justice system to allow Biden to continue as a candidate unscathed, knowing that he would inevitably quash all evidence against him should be be elected?
Barr is absolutely correct that the U.S. justice system should have never been used for political ends as it was by Obama and Biden. But that is what it is at this point, and the damage has been done. If Durham’s investigation reveals criminal wrongdoing by either man, and Barr withholds that information from the public, regardless of timing, he will have rendered himself every bit the political tool that Loretta Lynch and Eric Holder were guilty of being.
That is all.
Barr said: “not every abuse of power, no matter how outrageous, is necessarily a federal crime.”
So he’s knows Obama did it, but not prosecutable. Should be.
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My take as well. He is guilty as sin but if you are going to indict Obama you need to define the statute or statutes that he violated and have the ton of evidence that it will take to convince a jury.
Prosecutors don’t like to prosecute cases they don’t believe they can win.
This closer to what I really think.
All-in-all, I'm neither heartened, nor particularly disheartened about Barr's remarks at this stage.
What prosecute one of the elites? Never
And Bob Bauer was Chairman of Perkins Coie for 28 years and Barry's first White House Counsel.
All three have all been members of the bar.
And I'm sure they've all been to a bar...
I think one of the lessons of history is that prosecuting ex-presidents is not the greatest idea, It leads to unpleasant consequences over the long run.
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I think the reason we have this mess today is because ex presidents were not
held accountable for their crimes. How many Ceausecu treatments would
it take to stop the nonsense? Not very many.
Thanks for the correction
NOVEMBER is our only opportunity to see these criminals and the crimes they committed will be noted IN HISTORY.
“Those that win write the history.”
We may not prosecute them, but for generations to come they must endure having to PARDON and DEFEND them. POTUS DJT ignores Biden; to ignore these criminals would be nothing but death to them.
To live the rest of their lives as a leper, a traitor, living in shame. The suit fits nicely.
see tag line....
“VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED”
These words were spoken in a prophecy given by Kim Clement years ago. They would not have been spoken unless they were relaying to us something worthwhile. Personally, to see every criminal taken down by a HOLY strike of lightening would not only bring cheers and joy, it would strengthen my FAITH that He is in control.
I just requested that the post be yanked.
I keep reading how good we are for upholding precedent and not making bad precedent. In a perfect country,that is righteous, but the left does not play by the rules of decorum or virtue. They will keep on until they achieve their goal as we keep chanting, “We are better than that”.
There are THREE standards of justice at work. One stand is for President Trump and his associates, one for the common folks and a third, no accountability, for our rulers.
Today, petty tyrants are walking all over our rights, putting old people to death because they can and destroying our economy. In an earlier time, they would have been run out of town on a rail. Yet, we allow ourselves to be imprisoned for a pandemic of their own making.
>>>But I doubt his executive power advocacy includes violating the law and the rights of political opponents.
Don’t be so sure. He has argued that obstruction of justice cannot apply to any conduct by the president. “Constitutionally, it is wrong to conceive of the President as simply the highest officer within the Executive branch hierarchy, He alone is the Executive branch. As such he is the sole repository of all Exevutive powers conferred by the Constitution.” The president has unlimited power to direct or terminate any investigation. The only remedy for Congress is impeachment.
what I see is Barr reading a prepared, carefully-crafted statement that is entirely proper.”
THAT is the problem I have with it. Barr is a sophisticated and experienced communicator and lawyer. For him to use the phrase “drummed up” in this context is itself a signal.
There is NOTHING spurious about the potential charges here. To use that phrase at all anywhere on the same continent as Barack Obamas apparant actions is a shocking attack on the seriousness of the crime.
I could see Barr not WANTING to include Obama and Biden in charges. I myself would charge everybody BUT Bozo/Biden and let them both stew in the filth bubbling out of the courtrooms. But Barr has just signaled that NOBODY is getting charged by using the EXACT phrase that Hillary or Pelosi would...and probably have.
Told you all. Democrats don’t get charged!
I would love to see Obama in jail. Though it will have to be a clear cut and easy to understand reason for the masses.
Yeah but the old president tried to do this to the new, even
before he was in
With this, Your Oath and DD214 could easily be construed as “Letter of Marque and Reprisal”.
I was talking about Barr violating the law to pursue his executive power advocacy.
I think you’re getting carried away. Pres. Trump has talked of ‘Obamagate’ and of ‘crimes’ having been committed by Obama and others. AG Barr knew he would be asked what crimes by Obama or Biden the DOJ is investigating. Barr’s statement boils down to ‘Based on the knowledge I have as of today, Durham is not investigating either Obama or Biden for having committed federal crimes and I don’t expect that to change.’
Barr spoke at some length about how Obama abused the DOJ and Barr said he would not reciprocate. To this point he said he would not ‘drum up’ charges against Biden the way Obama did against Trump. He said neither party should do that and tit-for-tat would not end it. The only way to end the injustice is to proceed honorably which is what Barr vowed to do. I don’t see anything wrong with what Barr said.
His comment was removed for that?
Then all the criminals will be off the hook too.
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