Posted on 05/01/2019 9:44:19 AM PDT by jazusamo
Testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning, Attorney General Bill Barr stated that President Trump was falsely accused of colluding with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election.
"If the President is being falsely accused, which the evidence now suggests the accusations against him were false and he knew they were false, and he felt that this investigation was unfair, propelled by his political opponents and was hampering his ability to government. That is not a corrupt motive for replacing an independent counsel," Barr said.
The remarks came during questioning from Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein. The Democrat Senator asked the Attorney General about whether President Trump obstructed justice by asking for Robert Mueller to be removed during private conversations with White House staff. He explained that because President Trump was telling the truth about no collusion, his intentions toward ending the Special Counsel investigation were rooted in frustration about not being able to govern, rather than being an attempt to cover up wrong doing.
The 400-page Special Counsel report, which was released two weeks ago, revealed President Trump was very concerned the appointment of Robert Mueller would severely hamper his ability to govern.
"Attorney General was his most important appointment and that Sessions had 'let [him] down' contrasting him to Eric Holder and Robert Kennedy. Sessions recalled that the President said to him, 'you were supposed to protect me,' or words to that effect," the Special Counsel report states . "The President returned to the consequences of the appointment and said, 'Everyone tells me if you get one of these independent counsels it ruins your presidency. It takes years and years and I won't be able to do anything. This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.'"
While Special Counsel Mueller shirked his duty on coming to a final conclusion on obstruction of justice, Barr did make a determination.
"The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. As the report states: "[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities," a four page letter Barr sent to Capitol Hill in March states.
"After reviewing the Special Counsel's final report on these issues; consulting with Department officials, including the Office of Legal Counsel; and applying the principles of federal prosecution that guide our charging decisions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and I have concluded that the evidence developed during the Special Counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense."
Barr states falsely accused and had right to fire people involved with the “witch hunt”. That he broke no laws because the Constitution empowers the POTUS with such rights, as long as he committed no crimes.
Now we are finally past the friggen obvious....
Time to talk about the realities.
Mueller hired Weisman and Szork and Page. THEY ALL HAD CONTACT WITH THE DOSSIER, HAD PLOTTED AGAINST A DULY ELECTED POTUS, AND KNEW THE CLAIMS WERE FALSE TOO. MUELLER ORDER EVIDENCE, TEXT MESSAGES DESTROYED, BETWEEN THESE INDIVIDUALS.
Therefore, Mueller HAS obstructed Justice. It’s time we had a government and an AG that will actually enforce the law against criminals like Mueller and his ‘employees’. Barr can impress me by DOING HIS JOB now that he has the facts.
Sessions was extremely selfish by not resigning soon after his recusal......very telling that Mueller began to wind things down after Barr’s confirmation
The remarks came during questioning from Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein.
He should have enquired of Feinstien that if an investigation into her harboring a Chinese spy for 20 years was started, would her defending herself be obstruction?
The MSM(a bunch of talking heads) is already looking for ways to have Barr fired
Good point, I agree.
It has been said by many that AG Barr and Mueller knew each other well and that Barr knows the law and abides by it and I believe that was a big part of Mueller wrapping it up.
Listening to DaNang Dick, who is proving that he is, well...
So was I and AG Barr just finished handing stuttering and stammering DND his butt, it was beautiful. :^)
God bless and keep AG Barr!
Amen, my FRiend!
Why isn’t our side asking why, in the Rosenstein scope memo to SC Mueller, the question of Russian interference didn’t apply to both campaigns?
I think I am guilty of income tax evasion because I once asked my accountant if I could deduct my laptop as a work expense.
100% guilty.
But you must realize that would be guilty if you even THOUGHT about asking your accountant that question. You don’t have to actually ask him the question.
It isn’t what it isn’t.
Fortunately, obstruction of coup attempt is not a crime.
If that is true, which I have no reason to doubt, I hope Barr finds out WHEN Mueller figured out there was no collusion w/Russia.
Methinks Mueller extended the “investigation” to affect the 2018 mid-terms, and to catch PDJT in a perjury trap as they did with General Flynn.
Talk about interfering with elections!
Barr has to pop the zit that is the Deep State.
Which is what the Dems are now trying to do.
It won't be long before Barr's dozen or so new investigations will be the "$hit that hits the fan" and the Dimms will be crying the blues BIG TIME.
Indeed. Where are the mea culpas from the Sessions supporters?
And defending the criminal prosecutors (i.e., prosecutors who are criminals) in the Cliven Bundy case, and attacking the ruling of Gloria Navarro, who threw it out with prejudice for prosecutorial misconduct.
Democrats: “This Barr fellow is some sort of heretic. Burn him!”
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