Posted on 02/17/2020 9:50:17 AM PST by Signalman
The most important man in President Trump’s life right now is William Barr, the Attorney General of the United States. Yet, Mr. Trump may not understand that. However, the hate-Trump media brigades certainly do.
If Mr. Barr were to turn against the President, his re-election chances would be damaged. Significantly.
That’s because William Barr is a tough, honest prosecutor who is trying to uphold the crucial constitutional mandate of “equal justice for all.” That means a corrupt media is not the dispenser of justice, nor is a sitting President who may have a personal agenda.
The latest controversy over Roger Stone, accompanied by presidential tweets, has put the Attorney General in a tough spot. Mr. Stone was convicted of lying to authorities about his role in seeking damaging information against the democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign.
The sentencing recommendation from Justice Department prosecutors is seven to nine years in a federal penitentiary. On average, a convicted rapist in this country serves four and a half years in prison so you know something is amiss.
Almost immediately, President Trump tweeted his outrage - targeting the prosecutors. A short time later, four of them quit. That caused great joy and a spate of anonymous-sourced articles in The New York Times and The Washington Post, two organizations that are devoted to injuring President Trump.
Caught in the middle of the chaos is William Barr who then told ABC News that Mr. Trump’s tweeting about active criminal cases makes it hard for the AG to do his job.
Whereupon Fox Business Channel anchor Lou Dobbs questioned Barr’s “loyalty.”
But an attorney general’s loyalty is to his oath to uphold the constitution, not to any human being and that includes politicians who sometimes defy the human description.
So, now, the President and the Attorney General are, well, let’s use the word “unsettled.”
The ridiculous side of all this is - it didn’t have to happen. All President Trump had to do was wait until Roger Stone is sentenced and then issue a pardon. Presto, Mr. Stone could go bowling with you that very night.
But waiting is not Donald Trump’s style, confrontation is. If you read my book “The United States of Trump,” you know the President always relishes the fight.
But a battle with William Barr is not like the dustup with the weak former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Barr is not a man to be pushed around and he does not want his professional reputation sullied. The crucial Durham investigation into federal corruption is underway and President Trump would be well advised to stay out of all Justice Department business and let those chips fall.
Mr. Trump should also understand that the national media is heavily invested in diminishing AG Barr because it fears what the Durham investigation might bring. The President would be foolish to help his enemies marginalize William Barr, who could expose disturbing FBI corruption that damaged Donald Trump.
Finally, President Richard Nixon tried to manipulate the Justice Department and that finalized his demise.
History can repeat itself.
My gut tells me that Barr is Deep State.
I don’t think the Bush League Republicans in the Senate would confirm anyone who was not.
At the bottom of all of this is that both parties cooperated to violate the Constitution.
Obama is not a natural born citizen.
That’s why none of the crimes committed during the usurpation will ever be prosecuted.
They cannot take the chance that the entire thing unravels and exposing them all.
Oh, man—you have fallen for it hook, line and sinker.
Do you not understand how a psyop works and how successful this one has been?
Once you sell yourself what more do you have to sell?
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
Publilius Syrus
I have no control over the SES and the swamp-critters.
If they’re getting the vapours over Barr, that indicates they’re afraid of him.
But who knows for certain..anyway?!?!?
I'm gonna back and find that vid again...
Tippy toes reaction was extremely interesting..and Jimma's was priceless....
And what the "Pence Exchange" all about????
Lol.
No he isn't.
He thinks his "wonderful men and women of this department" are the good guys.
In reality, the DOJ is infested with Obama and Clinton zealots.
97% of the political donations of DOJ employees went to Hillary in 2016.
There is CLEARLY a two-tier "justice" system in this country, and if you read President Trump's tweets and listen to his statement, he knows it too.
We all know it.
Barr and his gang are the problem.
SES is simply a Federal civilian rank, one above GS-15. Are some Deep Staters that rank. Sure. McCabe was. Comey was.
But not all. There are SES folks in the DoD that are retired F-15 fighter pilots and war heroes. I know them.
It's a government civilian rank, not a secret an organization.
“....Yet, Mr. Trump may not understand that.”
I stopped reading the article right then and there...
Who put this BLOWHARD, sex pervert, on FR?
No BOR, none of the time.
Why didn’t he get cancer instead of Rush?
Top KEK.
You must think I’m as stupid as all your lefty friends.
The two options are: 1) Barr is protecting the Deep State and 2) Barr and Trump are playing a very deep state in an effort to take down the Deep State together.
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Sadly, I don’t see any options after seeing McConnell breaking a leg to get in front of a TV camera and validate Barr’s targeted attack on Presidential prerogative last week. That was a way too conveniently choreographed bit of beltway theater to be by chance.
POTUS is riding solo inside the beltway. He is a POTUS without a party there.
I most definitely doubt that Paul Sperry knows jack $@#t as this is a military/national security level classified investigation. I’m in DOD and there is no way this get’s leaked at all!! This is disinfo at best to throw people off. If you are holding Paul Sperry as a go to source you are embarrassing yourselves.
Here it is another line of BS from Concern Troll Maximus!!
Why do all these Omoeba holdovers and Swampies want him gone, then?
(There’s another link out there of TV talking heads who want him gone, too...)
Easy question. They want the Trump admin leaderless and in turmoil, Republican intra party food fights, TV time for themselves during a confirmation battle, etc.
Democrats know McConnell will never allow a MAGA AG to be confirmed. The GOP Senate shot down Ratcliffe for DNI. No chance POTUS gets a patriot as AG.
I would think for people that pride themselves on their "researching" skills, the Q brigade could have spent 5 minutes researching the law on that count.
The difference with Holder is that Barr doesn’t have a fawning, obsequious press running cover for him and actually cheering him on.
The difference with Holder is every single Democrat in Congress fully supported Obama and broadly his agenda.
OTOH, we sitting GOP Senators who didn’t vote for POTUS, colluded with Democrats to remove him from office during Spygate, voted to remove him via impeachment, blocked his key nominees to DNI/Fed, etc., etc.
“Donald Trump has 23 years, 2 months and 13 days to live. Flying over the Daytona Motor Speedway in Airforce One, he has no idea that in the coming decades he will succumb to old age...”
There, just saved you 30 bucks.
My gut tells me that Barr is Deep State.
I don’t think the Bush League Republicans in the Senate would confirm anyone who was not.
McConnell’s behavior last week pretty much confirms it. Barr undermines POTUS in a choreographed TV interview. Then McConnell rushes to give an Fox News interview where he validates Barr’s attack and publicly signals to the 100,000 DOJ employees where the GOP stands. McConnell’s public support of Deep State coupist behavior takes any hope of “cleaning up the DOJ” and puts in the dust bin of history.
Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
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BREAKING: Durham and his team have not interviewed Comey, Brennan or Clapper, either (in addition to McCabe). After at least 1 year on the #Spygate case. Tick-tock.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, has AGAIN, just stated, the DOJ continues refusing long standing lawful FOIA request, and implored the appointment of an Independent Counsel or Special Prosecutor, *as it is his position, W Barr will continue to cover up criminal activity and high crimes committed by DOJ, FBI, and other government criminal activity.
Staying true to his historical form, Barr is indeed throwing out, piece by piece, the individual sedicious and treasonous conspirators actions which comprise the very real “Deep State” coup d’etat against President Trump.
Again this morning, we have just learned Strzok’s case has just been handed over to Judge Jackson. This is AGAIN, DOJ acting to get Stzrok exonerated.
Having been involved in past investigations, the naive and ignorant notion that these are little fish (which they are not), and that their crimes are insignificant (which surely are not — leaking classified material, fraud on FISA court are felonies, and lying to Congress should be), and these are just in the way of the bigger fish, is foolish ignorance.
Procedurally DOJ or FBI, would have pinned McCabe and Stzrok to the wall with known felonous crimes, forced additional testimony, at which point they would have been legally bound by law to keep their mouths shut, or face greater penalties.
Fitton is absolutely correct, DOJ will not prosecute itself.
Based on his history, and what is happening right in front of the our eyes in the present, the “charming bagpipes” are infinitely more deadly than “Pied Piper”.
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