Acquitted for life. pic.twitter.com/HgqBXwpoWK— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) February 5, 2020
Posted on 02/18/2020 1:41:51 PM PST by conservative98
Top Republicans defended Attorney General William Barr in an unusual joint statement of support one day after more than 2,000 former Justice Department officials called on him to resign.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California called the demand, organized by a group critical of President Trump, an effort “to intimidate” Barr.
“Suggestions from outside groups that the Attorney General has fallen short of the responsibilities of his office are unfounded,” the three lawmakers said in the statement. “The Attorney General has shown that he is committed without qualification to securing equal justice under law for all Americans.”
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Acquitted for life. pic.twitter.com/HgqBXwpoWK— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) February 5, 2020
Is that all? Only 3.
They are the three top dogs.
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ABCNBCCBSFOXNPR top of the hour radio news to breathlessly report this every hour on the hour in 3, 2, 1... NOT.
gloryblaze, you loser... You forgot to mention that the real Top Dog, our president, also expressed his support today.
How is this helping? I want to like Barr. I want to Trust Barr. Trust the Plan. Trust Sessions. Blah blah blah.
And now Larry, Moe and Curly are in favor of A/G Barr?
Again I ask; how is this helping?
William Barr ‘must’ not resign!
by Eddie Scarry | February 18, 2020 01:14 PM
When the Atlantic published a piece on Sunday under the headline “Bill Barr Must Resign,” the editors must have believed there was truly something powerful about the article.
They were, of course, mistaken. William Barr has not resigned as attorney general, and there doesn’t appear to be anything forcing him to do so, even though the author of the piece, a former deputy attorney general, has declared that he “must.”
The article itself amounts to a cliche of the Trump era. If you were to exclude from the media all denunciations of administration officials and the exhausted phrase “no person is above the law,” there would be nothing left.
The Atlantic article checked both boxes. “The fundamental problem,” wrote Donald Ayer, “is that [Barr] does not believe in the central tenet of our system of government — that no person is above the law.”
Saying that magical line can get you everywhere with the media, even though it’s always stupid.
President Trump might just be the most legally constrained president in history, and yet the banal “above the law” is given out by the media like back rubs at a Joe Biden meet-and-greet.
Someone should tell journalists that “above the law” is not the same thing as “I don’t like that.”
For example, the impeachment articles drafted by House Democrats never accused Trump of breaking any law in his interactions of Ukraine, which led to his impeachment. But Jon Meacham, a historian who for some reason gets booked on MSNBC to say “um” a lot, gravely warned last month that we now have “a president who is above the law.”
But what exactly does it mean for a person to be “above the law” when he hasn’t even been accused of a crime?
I'd call it obstruction of an ongoing investigation.
“Is that all? Only 3.”
Vs 2000 FORMER officials.
To wit: if you don’t work here, your opinion doesn’t matter; if you’re in charge, your opinion matters.
That speak for multitudes.
“what exactly does it mean for a person to be “above the law” when he hasn’t even been accused of a crime?”
Trump was impeached (indicted) for obeying the law.
(Yes I’ve read the relevant laws. He clearly obeyed them. When you know the rules of the game, you tend to win.)
This was the manifestation of the aphorism “you can indict a ham sandwich”.
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There are 535 Members of Congress.
532 to 3
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Firstly, they are former, secondly, it is such a minute percentage of Justice Department officials its laughable, thirdly, it doesn't mean a thing.
I’m ticked he let McCabe off but when I see the rats and the deep state going after him this way It makes me think he’s still one of the good guys.
And that's the problem.
I’d call it obstruction of an ongoing investigation.
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That’s assuming there is a real investigation. Right now it looks more like a fake investigation. Barr has so far failed to even indict a single person for Spygate despite a mountain of evidence in the public domain.
How is calling for his resignation helping?
I’d like to hear why a proven liar like McCabe goes free while Flynn and Stone are convicted. Jury is out on Barr in MY book.
Excellent rebuttal to the bs phrase “Above the law!”
“what exactly does it mean for a person to be “above the law” when he hasn’t even been accused of a crime?”
Trump was impeached (indicted) for obeying the law.
(Yes I’ve read the relevant laws. He clearly obeyed them. When you know the rules of the game, you tend to win.)
This was the manifestation of the aphorism “you can indict a ham sandwich”.
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