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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Daily Caller ✔ @DailyCaller AG Bill Barr:
“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.
What needs to start happening all over this nation in as many jury trials as possible is jurors REFUSING to enforce the law against whoever the guilty party is. No law enforcement at the top should mean no law enforcement at the bottom. I don't care what the evidence of the crime is, I am voting NOT GUILTY.
MASSIVE civil disobedience is called for if our government refuses to enforce the law equally across the board. Fire all of the police, prosecutors, and judges as there will be no need for their services and replace them all with standup comics if law has become nothing but a bad joke. Law will be enforced promptly on the streets by the citizens themselves. There will be lots of mistakes but very few repeat offenders.
I have to ask after seeing the many comments - who listened to Barr?
Trump did not choose wisely.
Close friend of Mueller.
Bushbot.
There were better options.
Why Barr?
“prosecuting ex-presidents is not the greatest idea,”
So ... even a bigger incentive for RATS to run for high office. It’s a “get out of jail free” card for any crime imaginable.
BINGO!
Former President "Not a Smidgen" will see senior appointees of his nailed. The worst fate for this "perfect president" is to reveal that his was and remains the most corrupt administration in our history.
Barr said very clearly that Obama and Biden abused their power. Others in the Obama orbit left clear evidence of crime. Those others will be indicted.
Remember, Barr didn't say Obama and Biden are innocent. He said, "based upon what he knows now, neither would be indicted."
In other words, he defused a potential Obama martyrdom for Democrats while actually committing to nothing.
This feels more like stalemate.
I can’t believe he’s letting those two criminals walk. What did We The People get for paying Barr a salary? Nothing. That’s what we got. If anything the American people just got slapped in the face.
So the Rosenbergs were executed because they were jews not spies
” I think you’re getting carried away. “
I hope to hell you’re right.
Honestly, I’m at the point where I want to,literally, start breaking heads or get my ass kicked trying. And I’m no kid. I’m 61...
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