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Graham blasts Democratic colleague Hirono: You have ‘slandered’ Barr
The Washington Times ^ | May 1, 2019 | Jeff Mordock

Posted on 05/01/2019 12:21:10 PM PDT by jazusamo

In the most fiery exchange so far during Attorney General William P. Barr’s Senate Judiciary testimony, Sen. Lindsey Graham interrupted questioning to accuse Sen. Mazie Hirono of “slandering” the Justice Department’s top official.

“You have slandered this man from top to to bottom,” Mr. Graham said. “You want more of this line of questioning, you are not going to get it.

The moment came while Ms. Hirono, Hawaii Democrat, was grilling Mr. Barr with questions about allegations that President Trump sought to thwart special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

But she also called Mr. Barr a liar and accused him of trying to conceal Mr. Trump’s alleged misdeeds.

“Being attorney general of the Untied States is a sacred trust,” she said. “You have betrayed that trust. America deserves better. You should resign.”

(Excerpt) Read more at outline.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: 116th; agbarr; barr; hirono; lindseygraham; maziehirono; senatejudiciarycom; slander; trumprussia; williambarr
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To: jazusamo

“I have never seen a US Senator make an ass of herself like Hirono did, it was pathetic.”

I’m sure you are right. Unfortunately her constituents are probably still applauding her.


101 posted on 05/01/2019 1:45:08 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Thanks, good to see!


102 posted on 05/01/2019 1:45:17 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

103 posted on 05/01/2019 1:47:31 PM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: doug from upland

LOL! Good one, Cochran had a way with words.


104 posted on 05/01/2019 1:50:34 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: 1Old Pro

The Democrat Party is going mad. They are losing. Mueller helped them win BACK the Congress, now Mueller may help Trump win again the Presidency in 2020.


105 posted on 05/01/2019 1:52:11 PM PDT by FreedBird
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To: Meet the New Boss
<>"Klobuchar also merely read from a statement written for her. The exchange with Barr about whether she was talking about a pardon made it clear she had no idea what she was reading."<>

I'm surprised our senior Senator was capable of reading the statement much less comprehending the meaning.

106 posted on 05/01/2019 1:52:26 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (The Elite: Too stupid to know when to quit stealing!)
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To: All; bagster

“Which is why I say again, Trump is the last president.”

As a public service, I would like to call out this example
of fevered wishful Domestic or foreign enemy thinking.

I note that it also contains zero Political Grace,
nor any Intentional Unity, whatsoever.

Carry on...

~Easy


107 posted on 05/01/2019 1:52:45 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
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To: LeoWindhorse

I like Hawaii. I spent a couple months on the big island.


108 posted on 05/01/2019 1:54:12 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: LeoWindhorse

Good.

I’m glad they do, because this woman is a total embarrassment and a complete disgrace.

I’d like to see her investigated as well, and if that turns out to be the case, revoke her citizenship and toss her in the Pacific Ocean.

In the middle.


109 posted on 05/01/2019 1:54:33 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: jazusamo

The biggest problem , for both this State , and the nation which must put up with those that we send into elected Federal office , is that Hawaii suffers from a totally feckless , ineffective , dithering , in-fighting Republican Party . The HRP . Whereas it used to be a force and a factor , that was long ago . It has gone from one incompetent management set after another . Petty demagogues grasping to control what remains of almost non-existent power or influence . The Hawaii State Legislature is nearly void of Republican balance . Each election cycle is a complete debacle of the HRP’s total inability to find , field or support any opposition candidates . Democrat incumbents , like pinhead Hirono , hardly even need to run for office , they are automatically re-inaugurated , time after time . Only death separates an incumbent Hawaii Democrat from office ( or another up-start Hawaii Democrat...) At the same time the National RNC does just about zero to support or finance the HRP , seeing that they are beyond all hope . FUBAR. Can’t blame them. I think the only possible hope for same redemption out here is for Mr. President himself to start to directly GO AFTER these Hawaii Democrat pinheads and make them pay a terrible price for their overt disloyalty and treasonous coup collusion . Ain’t holdin my breathe.


110 posted on 05/01/2019 1:55:51 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: chris37

What IF an serving U.S. Senator was found to have had a father who actively killed American soldiers ? And she had long concealed that fact ? In order to advance her political ambitions .


111 posted on 05/01/2019 1:57:27 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: butlerweave
Please not to slander cow. Perhaps like Hawaiian volcano pumice,head is dense like rock but filled with air.

112 posted on 05/01/2019 1:58:09 PM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: MagnoliaB
One thing I didn’t hear when they were discussing Trump wanting Mueller to be removed from the investigation for conflicts of interest was why. One main thing is Mueller applying for a job with the Trump administration and not getting it. That right there was a disqualifier.

According to the Mueller-Weissmann report, the conflicts the president wanted McGahn to raise were conflicts arising from Mueller's law firm, Mueller's interview for the FBI director position and his personal relationship with Comey. There was also a matter of Mueller previously having demanded a refund of the membership fee he had paid to a Trump golf course and being denied.

What's very strange is how little we hear about the Mueller interview for the FBI director position. It was the very day before Mueller was appointed as special counsel! Hard to believe Rosey and Mueller had not already been mulling over a special counsel investigation and getting ready to pull the trigger.

John Dowd, the president's lawyer mentioned in an interview (IIRC) that Rosey had brought Mueller in for that interview.

But strangely, in the Mueller-Weissmann report, it cites Bannon saying this: "As for Mueller's interview for FBI Director, Bannon recalled that the White House had invited Mueller to speak to the President to offer a perspective on the institution of the FBI. Bannon said that, although the White House thought about beseeching Mueller to become Director again, he did not come in looking for the job."

Why rely on Bannon as evidence here? Mueller himself was there!!!

I think Mueller and Rosenstein are possibly legally exposed. If they misrepresented to the President the purpose of Mueller's visit and the interview with the president was really for the purpose of the imminent Special Counsel investigation, that could be a criminal act. The Bannon statement is helpful to Mueller and Rosenstein on this.

113 posted on 05/01/2019 1:58:48 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: Paulie

I am her constituent and I assure you I am NOT applauding .

Hirono is a terrible disgrace . It is sickening that she is the face , and the voice , that represents us.


114 posted on 05/01/2019 1:59:18 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Understood.

I didn’t mean any disrespect to you.


115 posted on 05/01/2019 2:01:19 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: napscoordinator

tomorrow? What’s tomorrow? I thought he stated he isn’t going to be question ed by the congress critters’ lawyers. How could they even have a hearing without Barr showing up?


116 posted on 05/01/2019 2:01:36 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Blue Highway

It is still unclear.


117 posted on 05/01/2019 2:03:24 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: magua

Sometimes methinks 48 states were better than 50.


118 posted on 05/01/2019 2:04:26 PM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Let her swim back to Japan.

119 posted on 05/01/2019 2:06:04 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: jazusamo

“I have never seen a US Senator make an ass of herself like Hirono did, it was pathetic.”

Hirono does it all the time.

She once said to Trump’s acting Border Patrol head agent that she was confused as to why Trump was telling them to do one thing relating to enforcement vs. what Obama was telling them to do. Trump’s acting Dir said it was his job to enforce the laws that she wrote and passed and were signed into law.


120 posted on 05/01/2019 2:07:39 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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