Posted on 05/10/2019 3:48:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
How nauseating that RINO Sen. Richard Burr, as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is doing the bidding of vindictive Democrats in issuing a subpoena to Donald Trump Jr.
Burr has joined the Democrats' investigatory vendetta against President Trump, most recently exemplified in the House Judiciary Committee's vote to hold Attorney General Will Barr in contempt of Congress. Democrats claim Barr is in contempt for failing to release an unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller, allegedly lying twice to Congress and refusing to appear before the committee. All three claims are absurd on their face and, if heard by an impartial tribunal, will be rejected.
Democrats are pounding their chests in fake indignation that Barr lied in his summary of Mueller's report, but in all particulars, his summary tracked with the report, which Mueller affirmed. You can't quite make a case of contempt for lying when the witness told the truth.
As for his refusal to appear, Barr sat through hours of grilling and abuse by grandstanding senators and only decided to cancel his appearance before the House when Democrats announced that professional staffers would aid them in the questioning. Enough is enough.
Concerning the charge that Barr refused to turn over the unredacted report, he has already released to Congress a version that is 98 percent unredacted. "Democrats are therefore seeking a contempt sanction on a report that is 98 percent disclosed and only lacks grand jury material," wrote law professor Jonathan Turley, who pointed out that the key obstruction portion of the report is "virtually unredacted."
The Democrats are acting in bad faith, ignoring the bulk of the report and its conclusions in trying to create a smoke screen of confusion to dupe their base and other parts of the credulous public who might be susceptible to believing they really have the goods on Trump at last.
Now Sen. Burr has climbed aboard the Democrats' Witch Hunt Train, where he'll be consigned to the caboose as long as Conductor Jerrold Nadler, House Judiciary Committee chairman, insists on chugging his locomotive down this partisan track.
It's easy to understand what Nadler and his Democrat colleagues are up to -- they've been telegraphing their plan to impede Trump's agenda through endless investigations over matters on which Trump has already been cleared. They have no intention of allowing him to be president -- ever. I would say, "Shame on them," except they're shameless. They know exactly what they're doing. They know it's wrong. But it serves their lower purposes, and that's all that matters.
It would be too charitable to accuse the Democrats and Burr of going on a fishing expedition because they know there's only dead fish in their toxic lake. They don't stand a snowball's chance of impeaching Trump or laying a glove on Don Jr. But they think they have plenty to gain in harassing the president, his family and anyone in his administration or wider orbit. If a team of highly skilled, Trump-hating prosecutors was unable to find anything actionable against Trump, these lightweight clowns in Congress are going nowhere. We are witnessing an ongoing abuse of power in its purest form, which is sure to backfire on its perpetrators.
Sen. Burr is probably shell-shocked to have stuck his finger in this hellhole thinking he would be drenched with praise, only to draw back a bloody stump. He is being uniformly condemned as the sanctimonious opportunist he is.
Sen. John Cornyn, a fellow member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he'd discuss the subpoena with Burr but warned that the panel needs to stay out of politics and that this move against Donald Trump Jr. "smacks of politics." In a shot across the bow at Burr, Cornyn said that the Intelligence Committee needs to focus on its mission, "which is oversight of the intelligence community." Let's not lightly pass over that. Just what business does Burr think his committee has in further investigating a matter that has nothing remotely to do with intelligence, especially since Mueller concluded there was no collusion or coordination with Russia?
Sen. Mitch McConnell said the case was closed. Sen. Thom Tillis also criticized Burr's subpoena, affirming that the Mueller report cleared Donald Trump Jr. and that "he's already spent 27 hours testifying before Congress." Sen. Rand Paul tweeted that Burr apparently didn't get McConnell's memo that the case was closed. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy likewise tweeted that "Endless investigations -- by either party - won't change the fact that there was NO collusion." Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said that failing to notify the White House before issuing the subpoena was "bad form."
It would be one thing for Burr to walk out on this brittle limb if he were pursuing a noble cause, but self-aggrandizement has never been considered virtuous. He is just going to be one more Republican who falls flat on his face while trying to ingratiate himself to the Trump-loathing mafia.
In an effort to divert the public's gaze from his endless sexcapades and perjuries, then-President Bill Clinton pleaded that he just wanted the investigations against him to end because he needed to get back to work for the American people. Well, how about it, Democrats and enabling Republicans? Don't you think it's about time you showed a little respect for the will of the people and allowed President Trump to devote the full measure of his time and attention to the work of the American people?
Burr? Helms he is surely not!
I’m just wondering how much dirt the RATs have on Burr.
Pull his chairmanship immediately!
Does anyone know the procedure for picking a new chairman? Can the members vote another one in? Are there enough rinos to stop if if they have a vote?
When you’ve lost Tillis, you know you’ve really gone full retard...
Burr has always been Warner’s bitch. He should be stripped of his chairmanship.
LOL!! He is going to get an offer he can’t refuse.
When you’re dealing with the RINOs-—THERE IS ALWAYS ONE LEFT!
ALWAYS.
Not anymore. The circle against them is much larger and more ruthless than you can possibly think.
Jonah Goldberg @JonahNRO
I have zero problem with Burr’s subpoena and I see the freakout about it as a sign of weakness/panic on GOP’s part (Don’t care much either tho). But I love the line from Rand Paul making it sound like GOP senators should just do whatever Mitch tells them.
Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec
Burr’s biggest donor was Paul Singer. Singer was the funder of Fusion GPS when he was pushing Romney in 2016. Now Romey is considering a 2020 run.
Draw your own conclusions
Committee chairs are almost always based on seniority, with the condition that a senator can only chair one ‘major’ committee and can only chair the same committee for six years.
It is possible to have a secret ballot in committee to switch chairmen, but in reality it’s almost impossible.
Note that then-Judiciary chair Grassley took the lead on the ‘collusion’ charges to keep it out of Burr’s hands. Graham lacks the savvy of Grassley.
Limbaugh like his brother is incorrect. The Dems are saying that Barr got two lettesr from Mueller (25 and 27 March) after he sent his letter to Congress on March 24. The 27th letter said there were some summaries in the 25th letter that Barr should release to the public. "There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation" meaning "we want to smear Trump and you didn't go along with that" Then Barr answered possibly related questions in the appropriations hearings in April.
From the fake news:
“No, I don’t,” Barr said, when asked by Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) whether he knew what was behind reports that members of Mueller’s team were frustrated by the attorney general’s summary of their top-level conclusions.
“I don’t know,” he said the next day, when asked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) whether Mueller supported his finding that there was not sufficient evidence to conclude that President Trump had obstructed justice.
With that, the dem/media says Barr is lying. To say the issue is only about Barr's public letter on March 24th is an oversimplification. The Dem/media claim is that Barr should have released the Mueller March 25th and 27th letters and summaries as the answer to the questions in the appropriations hearings, or acknowledged the existence of those. But Barr obviously can release whatever he wants from Mueller or not, his choice. Furthermore Barr specifically acknowledged there were other summaries and he didn't want to release those. Mainly, Barr has no need or requirement to speculate on the motives of Mueller's team who obviously sent the letters and leaked the March 27th letter to the media. Their motivation is probably that they hate Trump. But arr has no requirement to read their minds.
".. Crist, April 9: Reports have emerged recently … that members of the special counsel’s team are frustrated at some level with the limited information included in your March 24th letter, that it does not adequately or accurately, necessarily, portray the report’s findings. Do you know what they’re referencing with that?
Barr: No, I don’t. I think, I think, I suspect that they probably wanted, you know, more put out. But in my view, I was not interested in putting out summaries or trying to summarize, because I think any summary regardless of who prepares it not only runs the risk of, you know, being under-inclusive or over-inclusive but also, you know, would trigger a lot of discussion and analysis that really should await everything coming out at once."
And a couple weeks later he issued the full report less a few redactions suggested by DOJ only. Trump's WH did not ask for any redactions, even though they had the right to do so.
It's LameStreamMedia working with their DemonRat butt buddies pushing more lies.
I don’t think he is running again.
Very disappointed in him.
I got into an email conversation with the other NC Senator Thom Tillis over his ‘Wall’ stance. He finally voted with the Pres on that issue.
Now we have the other NC Senator turncoat.
I’m going to be very selective in the primaries this time.
Incumbent won’t mean squat this time.
Can’t the gobbler remove him from his chair assignment?
Quisling-— that’s all this sick, weak man is.
More social media riddles that turn out to be wrong.
No thanks.
Burr is bad news.
Traitor is what he is and punished he will be. He is not the law we are.
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