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Does Barr think Obama officials committed treason? "Not as a legal matter, no"
CBS ^ | May 30, 2019, | Camilo Montoya-Galvez

Posted on 05/30/2019 6:41:28 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

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To: Cementjungle

Maybe Strozk cut a deal, to drop a dime on higher ups!!!!


41 posted on 05/30/2019 7:19:52 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: yesthatjallen

From Fonda-Kerry-Clintion-Clinton-Obama no one powerful ever commits treason.


42 posted on 05/30/2019 7:21:26 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict I nHillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: yesthatjallen

Is this the new defense?

JUDGE: How do you plead?

DEFENDANT: Not guilty by reason that I convinced myself that what I was doing was in the higher interest and better good.

JUDGE: Well, then. Case dismissed!


43 posted on 05/30/2019 7:21:31 PM PDT by kevao (BIBLICAL JESUS: Give your money to the poor. SOCIALIST JESUS: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Cementjungle
Well, the DOJ just gave Strzok a pass on illegal leaks.
That could very well be fake news. And here you are spreading it just like they planned for idiots to do. You don't really think that kind of information is being released to the masses do you? Do You?

Or, if true it could be the result of a plea bargain for flipping. There will be a lot of that at every level of the bureaucracies. In either case that information is at best a leak.

This declassifying thing is only about a week old.

It could get real ugly and there are going to be a lot of unhappy people on both sides before it's even close to being completed, if ever.

44 posted on 05/30/2019 7:22:17 PM PDT by lewislynn
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To: Cementjungle

Maybe Strozk cut a deal, to drop a dime on higher ups!!!!


45 posted on 05/30/2019 7:22:55 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Fhios

It’s always that way. Hillary gets away with giving out classified secrets to foreign governments because she supposedly didn’t “intend to.” Yeah, well imagine one of US saying “I didn’t intend to” the next time we get a ticket for running a stop sign or something and see how far that gets us.

“Last week, the president granted Barr sweeping powers to declassify counterintelligence information...”

He did, indeed. So, Mr. Barr... HOW ABOUT IT? It took you a couple of hours to go through the entire Mueller report - how long is it going to take to actually DO what the President told you to do?

We-The-People are waiting.


46 posted on 05/30/2019 7:23:18 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: Starboard

Plus, in a way I think he’s laying the groundwork for the CBS watchers to see what really happened. The DS’s story will be that they had to stop Russia and PDJT for the Country’s safety and security. I think this is a long way from over and Barr has to at least appear reasonable to them.


47 posted on 05/30/2019 7:23:53 PM PDT by Beach333
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To: Beach333

He may well be, as you say, expressing that he doesn’t buy it as an acceptable reason to commit the crime. I hope that’s what he’s saying.

But...I would like to think that most of us know that criminals convince themselves of things before committing crimes. Not sure that Barr needed to remind us. Just my take.


48 posted on 05/30/2019 7:24:03 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: yesthatjallen

“Attorney General William Barr said he does not think some Obama-era Justice Department officials who oversaw the Russia investigation committed treason.”

Russian spy, Putin Adviser Vladislav Surkov, was apparently working with the Dems to help Hillary and hurt Trump!

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3752073/posts


49 posted on 05/30/2019 7:24:28 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! New Updates on Dem-Russia collusion via Ukraine ! Click ETL)
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To: JoSixChip
No surprise here, I’ve been saying all along that no one high up would be held accountable. The best we can hope for is for the truth to come out. Even that is not a given.

I've long been telling people not to get their hopes up. The UniParty Deep State is all about protecting their own. They all know each others secrets and it's a quid pro quo to not rat each other out.

If they're discovered by the media, those around them will simply play naive and say, 'I never knew'.

It's all a game and we're being played.

50 posted on 05/30/2019 7:25:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Beach333

Again, I think you make some good points.

However, I am starting to get concerned that a theme may emerge whereby the cabal, being caught red handed, decides to cover themselves in the flag. It wouldn’t be the first time such a defense has been used.


51 posted on 05/30/2019 7:27:23 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard

Looks like a classic trial balloon here from Barr.

He is trying to walk a tight rope here. Barr knows while the GOP might now nominally support POTUS they will never go to war with President Trump. Look how badly Trump’s fed picks were rejected by the GOP Senate. Did that ever happen in 8 years of Obama? No.

I take anything said by the GOP swampers with a grain of salt. The proof is in the pudding: nearly 3 years sine these Democrats high crimes and not a single indictment. Effectively, the Uniparty has nearly completely invalidated our election of President Trump.


52 posted on 05/30/2019 7:28:15 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: yesthatjallen

...as a legal definition it would be sedition...


53 posted on 05/30/2019 7:28:32 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: yesthatjallen
It's all a game and we're being played.

Yep.
54 posted on 05/30/2019 7:28:38 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Trump stands alone.)
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To: Starboard

Barr doesn’t need to remind us, it’s not for us at all. It’s for the CBS (MSM) watchers.

Check this tweet out from DOJ about Barr today. What do you think he’s thinking in this? It’s great.

https://twitter.com/KerriKupecDOJ/status/1134255756088266753


55 posted on 05/30/2019 7:29:06 PM PDT by Beach333
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To: Starboard

He is a master of restraint and understatement.


56 posted on 05/30/2019 7:29:06 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s all a game and we’re being played.

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That’s what they do. Distract, delay, dissemble, and deny. They’re all in on it and we are the sheeple are the dupes.


57 posted on 05/30/2019 7:30:23 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

As a legal matter Treason is an act committed during a time of declared war with a foreign country that gives aid and comfort the the enemy state and harm’s the traitor’s national defense. This obviously does not apply to the attack on Trump or Paige. They were private citizens before the election and their fourth amendment rights were violated under color of law by unwarranted and illegal surveillance. Trump has also been slandered and libeled by numerous news organizations and public officials. Mike Flynn was coerced into pleading guilty to a perjury charge (by his own lawyers) even though the prosecutor (Mueller) had exculpatory evidence of his innocence which is abuse of prosecutorial power.


58 posted on 05/30/2019 7:32:52 PM PDT by Dave Wright
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To: lodi90

Effectively, the Uniparty has nearly completely invalidated our election of President Trump.

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Astute comments all, but especially the one above.


59 posted on 05/30/2019 7:32:53 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Beach333

The DS’s story will be that they had to stop Russia and PDJT for the Country’s safety and security. I think this is a long way from over and Barr has to at least appear reasonable to them.


Kind of hard to argue that given there was no defensive briefing given to Trump. Since that is public knowledge Barr is free to drop that nugget on CBS viewers and he didn’t. The more likely explaining is he is deploying a no criminal charges for Democrats trial balloon and seeing what the reaction is from the Trump voting GOP base.


60 posted on 05/30/2019 7:33:57 PM PDT by lodi90
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