Posted on 05/02/2019 8:53:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
Key Points
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Attorney General William Barr “lied to Congress.”
She says misleading lawmakers would be a “crime” if anyone else did so.
A Justice Department spokeswoman calls Pelosi’s comments “reckless, irresponsible and false.”
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and Mueller’s issues with how Barr has characterized its findings.
“What is deadly serious about it is the attorney general of the United States of America is not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. That’s a crime,” the California Democrat told reporters.
Pressed again about the accusation, Pelosi said, “He lied to Congress. If anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime. Nobody is above the law.” Asked whether Barr should go to jail, the speaker responded that “there’s a process involved here.”
In a statement in response, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said “the baseless attack on the Attorney General is reckless, irresponsible and false.”
Pelosi’s comments appeared to reference answers Barr gave during House testimony last month when asked about reported frustrations Mueller’s team had with a summary the attorney general wrote about the special counsel’s report. The attorney general said he was not aware of concerns the Mueller team had about his summary. But it was revealed this week that Mueller wrote a letter to Barr expressing concerns about how the attorney general depicted the “substance” of the report — written before the attorney general testified.
Here is the exchange from an April 9 hearing that apparently sparked Pelosi’s accusation.
Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla.: Reports have emerged recently, general, that members of the Special Counsel’s team are frustrated at some level with the limited information included in your March 24th letter ... Do you know what they are referencing with that?
Barr: “No, I don’t. I think I think, I suspect that they probably wanted more put out, but in my view I was not interested in putting out summaries.”
The comment from the highest-ranking Democrat in the country intensifies the party’s criticism of the top U.S. law enforcement official. While Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have accused Barr of protecting Trump and having a conflict of interest, neither lawmaker has previously gone as far as alleging a crime.
Pelosi has so far resisted calls to impeach the president, which have intensified following the release of Mueller’s redacted report.
Democrats have questioned why the Justice Department decided not to charge the president with obstructing justice by trying to influence Mueller’s investigation. While Mueller declined to say whether Trump obstructed justice, he also noted that the report did not “exonerate” Trump and set out a detailed case for Congress to potentially investigate the president for obstruction.
Pelosi’s remarks Thursday follow a House Judiciary Committee hearing that Barr decided not to attend. The panel’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, threatened to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress if he does not give access to Mueller’s full, unredacted report on the Russia probe.
Barr repeatedly defended Trump during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. The president has contended Mueller’s investigation fully exonerates him on both questions of whether he obstructed justice and whether his campaign coordinated with Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election.
He repeatedly described the investigation as a “witch hunt” and has since falsely called the probe a “coup.”
— CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger and Dan Mangan contributed to this report
The dust of distraction, directed and produced by the Democrat party disciples of deceit.
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Nothing but force will stop these scum. I hope and pray they are arrested for their crimes. If not the next demonrat president’s “payback” will spark a civil war.
In congress, lying isn’t a crime, it’s a Way Of Life.
Not just Soros, as it takes millions of willing accomplices to push their globalist anti-American agendas. Unfortunately Trump is surrounded by them in D.C., the same career government hacks who’ve been entrenched for decades.
Has she actually read the un-redacted report?
I doubt she’s read anything in years..................
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says”
Who cares.
What are they expecting of Mueller? His investigation is over and his report submitted. What, is he gonna change his mind and say POTUS colluded?
The circus will continue.
Anyone who thinks we are not in the throes of a Civil War had better get their minds right.
If and when the Rats get back in power, we will become Venezuela with a nicer looking Flag.
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Don't want no revenge Ain't no payback time It ain't no getting even Here comes the reckoning day, day, day, day
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Don't want no revenge Ain't no payback time It ain't no getting even Here comes the reckoning
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Songwriters: DAVE ELLEFSON,DAVE MUSTAINE,DAVID ELLEFSON,MARTIN FRIEDMAN,MARTY FRIEDMAN,NICK MENZA
“....Says the woman who filed false declarations of eligibility for the Kenayanesian Usurper.....”
EXACTLY....If there was anyone that needs to be in the slammer, it’s the demon-possessed, vile Botoxian.
The Grim Reaper can come claim her wretched evil soul as soon as possible.
I like the way that I make you itch And all the reasons I give you to bitch And how I make you wanna scream in pain And feel your life is just a losing game
I like the way that you let me in The way you look when the walls cave in I like the way that your stomach knots And how you cry for it all to stop I like the way that you fool yourself And make believe there's nobody else I like the way that you stand in line And beg salvation from the empty skies, empty skies
Don't want no revenge Ain't no payback time It ain't no getting even Here comes the reckoning day, day, day, day
I like the things that you try to fake And your face when I see you break And that you say you will pray for me You realise you are prey for me I like the way you stay on attack No matter what, I keep coming back And how you try to hold me down But you end up driven to the ground, to the ground
Don't want no revenge Ain't no payback time It ain't no getting even Here comes the reckoning
Don't want no revenge, don't want no revenge Ain't no payback time, ain't no payback time It ain't no getting even, it ain't no getting even Here comes the reckoning, here comes the reckoning day, day, day
Here comes the reckoning day Here comes the reckoning day Here comes the reckoning day Here comes the reckoning day Here comes the reckoning, here comes the reckoning day Oh, here it comes... It's coming to getcha...
Songwriters: DAVE ELLEFSON,DAVE MUSTAINE,DAVID ELLEFSON,MARTIN FRIEDMAN,MARTY FRIEDMAN,NICK MENZA
Best. Fun. Ever.
“If Pelosi and Hirono are calling for Barr’s termination (impeachment, firing), then THEY are obstructing justice in Barr’s pursuit of the truth about the Democrats.”
I like the way you think.
How many lies has Pelosi told Congress?
A politician complaining about lying is like a burglar whining about his house being burglarized while he was out
burglarizing.
Congress lies to the Nation every day ! Get a rope !
Barr didn’t lie about anything. Look up what Mueller’s actual comments in his letter were. The only lies are being told by the media and the democrats.
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