Posted on 05/14/2019 9:58:51 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Attorney General John Yoo told Fox News's Laura Ingraham Monday night.
And the reason why is, by appointing a U.S. attorney, Attorney General Barr is essentially signaling that he thinks it's possible that criminal violations occurred in the start of the whole investigation into any kind of Trump-Russian collusion.
As Judge Barr said, there is already an inspector general investigation that's going to come to a conclusion. That's what you would do if you were just interested in reforming the way the department does things, the way decisions were made.
But you wouldn't go with a U.S. Attorney like Durham, someone of his stature, unless the attorney general thinks actually something criminal might have happened, that someone might have violated the law, that there might have been malfeasance, that people at the FBI or the justice department were acting out of partisan motives, not just out of incompetence or stupidity or they were duped by the Russians or Steele or the English or by the Clinton campaign.
So if you are a Democrat, I think you would be really worried to see the appointment of a career prosecutor like this. Last month, Attorney General William Barr told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, "Yes, I think spying did occur" on the Trump campaign.
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They can prosecute obummer, but they won't prosecute him.
Sorry, but I don't understand your point...I made no reference to SDNY and would agree that SDNY is controlled by democrats.
The McCabe IG report did have a criminal referral on McCabe, which was sent to the US Attorney for D.C. To date, I have heard nothing on this referral. It should be a slam dunk.
John Henry Durham is the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, not SDNY.
So, I stand by my original comment: "From what I have read on other threads, Durham is the right person to conduct the criminal investigation. Time will tell."
You are fake news. You have no way to know who he interviewed. But feel free to pass along other fake news from the fake news media.
Wake me for the perp walks.
“It is not going to be possible to prosecute Obama.”
There are statutes that protect government officials and agents under the concept of sovereign immunity.
They were designed to protect people acting in good faith to accomplish their duties.
However, nothing protects an ex POTUS from charges under the Civil Rights act when they act, or conspire to deny somebody’s civil rights under the color of law.
It’s a very specific and powerful exclusion to Sovereign Immunity laws.
There are multiple reports that Huber has done nothing from our side of the isle. Before the name calling, please produce one report or news story of him doing anything other than sitting on his hands.
Once you do that, I will humbly say I am sorry. I am always willing to admit I am wrong when proven otherwise. All I expect is an intelligent response and a discussion without name calling.
“It is not going to be possible to prosecute Obama.”
Why not? The filthy democrats are crowing about going after Trump after he leaves office. But then again Obama is semi-black.
“It is not going to be possible to prosecute Obama.”
Why not? The filthy democrats are crowing about going after Trump after he leaves office. But then again Obama is semi-black.
I’m not saying he can’t be prosecuted LEGALLY. He can be impeached, and he can be prosecuted.
I’m saying that the act of convicting the immediate predecessor of a sitting President is fraught with danger, and, were it done, our system would be changed in many ways, some of them unpleasant.
Ignoring crimes because a person was elected to the office is also fraught with dangers, like giving a license to do wrong. Although i do agree, this is the way it is, and not just for presidents either.
Our system is infested with people who twist the rules for self-benefit. We are not a nation of laws, except "laws for the little people." Nothing new under the sun.
Nothing will ever happen.
If the crimes are of such a significant nature such as sedition, and conspiracy to commit sedition, the country cannot afford to not prosecute Obama.
President Obama will always have several degrees of plausible deniability. Untouchable.
We should be content with the destruction of his reputation.
I agree, in principle.
There are emails between Obama’s office, the DOJ, and the FBI.
Obama knew about Hillay’s unauthorized server because he sent and received emails from it. Obama lied when he said he learned about it from the media. That claim is provably false, so in a legal sense, Obama is not entitled to the benefit of the doubt.
But could they get a veto-proof majority....
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