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To: mass55th
If the President has questions to ask, he can ask them directly instead of posting them on social media. By posting them on social media he is asking rhetorical questions that are not intended to elicit any answers and are intended to: (1) embarrass someone, and/or (2) undermine them ... which is Barr's point.

When it comes to the role of the U.S. Attorney General in "representing the United States in legal matters," there's a bigger question here that is surely worth raising, but the time for it has probably long passed:

What function does the DOJ even serve in prosecuting criminal cases in the first place?

The U.S. Department of Justice didn't even exist until 1870. Before that, Federal crimes were pretty much limited to treason and tax evasion. And the primary function of the U.S. Attorney General was in civil matters like Federal vs. State legal disputes and real estate transactions for Federal lands.

306 posted on 02/13/2020 4:56:58 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: Alberta's Child

So basically, you want to dictate how the President should perform his job, and how he should conduct himself on social media. That’s the same thing the Democrats have been trying for the past 3+ years. Have fun.


308 posted on 02/13/2020 5:19:56 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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