Posted on 05/10/2019 12:15:57 PM PDT by Mount Athos
House Judiciary Committee Republican Jim Jordan charged at an explosive hearing on Wednesday that Democrats were out to "destroy" Attorney General William Barr as a way to derail the Justice Department's ongoing review of alleged misconduct by the intelligence community.
Jordan, R-Ohio, asserted that Barr was legally required to withhold portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in U.S. politics that concerned grand jury information.
Democrats, Jordan said, effectively put Barr in an unwinnable position: He could either release the full Mueller report in violation of the law and federal procedure, or keep the redactions and face a partisan contempt proceeding.
"Bill Barr is following the law, and what’s his reward?" Jordan asked toward the beginning of a hearing on whether to hold Barr in contempt of Congress. "Democrats are going to hold him in contempt." (By a 24-16 vote, the House Judiciary Committee later did just that.)
"I don’t think today is actually about getting information," Jordan continued. "I don’t think it’s about getting the unredacted Mueller report. I don’t think last week’s hearing was actually about having staff question the attorney general. I think it’s all about trying to destroy Bill Barr because Democrats are nervous he’s going to get to the bottom of everything. He’s going to find out how and why this investigation started in the first place.”
Earlier this month, Barr told lawmakers that the Department of Justice has “multiple criminal leak investigations” underway in response to unauthorized media contact by department officials during Mueller's Russia investigation.
Barr also announced that he was reviewing the origins of the Mueller probe at the FBI and the Justice Department.
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Dems are out to destroy but they will fail because others more powerful than they are out to destroy them!!
That would be obstruction.
Jordan is one of the few good guys.
Sounds like obstruction of justice right out there in the open for anyone to see being committed by those daring anyone to charge them with the obvious crime they are committing.
It’s time to put some or all Democrats in prison, and it’s time to put the ones who have committed treason in front of military tribunals.
Right. Mr. Comey?
Jordan’s not only a good guy, he’s my favorite along with Meadows. True patriots are these guys.
If anyone was Presidential material, he sure is.
I watched him on Wednesday, and he was in such good command of the facts, he recited them with barely a glance at his notes. He is one smart cookie.
All that the cucks, roaches and the Dundalk whore from Baltimore [e.g., the House majority leaders] have accomplished with their sliming of AG Barr, IMHO, has been to fill him and his Lieutenants with a terrible resolve. Jim Jordan is a hero.
Very true!
He is better than the rest; it is a matter of degree. Yet he voted first for Boehner, and next for Ryan, for Speaker. They all know more than they admit, and they all play the sick game.
I do not believe in White Hats. I hope for a few Gray Hats.
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