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'Wingman' Eric Holder orchestrated 'Obamagate,' says successor attorney general
washington examiner ^ | 5/15/2020 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 05/15/2020 4:36:20 PM PDT by bitt

Then-Attorney General Eric Holder acted as President Barack Obama’s “wingman,” creating a highly politicized Justice Department that would steer investigations away from Democratic allies, including Hillary Clinton, and onto GOP foes such as President Trump, according to a successor.

AboveTheLaw COVER.jpg Matthew Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney who served as a Trump's acting attorney general between Jeff Sessions and William Barr, claimed in a new book that Holder “created an above-the-law culture” in the department that led to the bumbled investigations that the president has dubbed “Obamagate.”

In Above the Law, provided in advance of its release, Whitaker described a department that was more political under Obama than any department since President Richard Nixon’s, one that sought to promote the efforts of partisans such as FBI chief James Comey, who has since been fired by Trump.

“What Holder is advocating for,” he wrote, “is a government full of Jim Comeys: government officials determining on their own what the Constitution demands, deciding which laws to prosecute and which to ignore, selectively releasing information to the media about Americans under investigation, and held accountable neither to the chief executive nor to voters.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ericholder; matthewwhitaker; obamagate
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1 posted on 05/15/2020 4:36:20 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 05/15/2020 4:36:32 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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Holder has been the Forrest Gump of most every major political scandal since the 90’s

Look around, he’s somewhere in the picture


3 posted on 05/15/2020 4:40:55 PM PDT by digger48
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Well, he’s right about the deciding which laws they would prosecute and which they wouldn’t. Like when they sued Arizona when Arizona started doing the Fed work of Border Enforcement. The Obama Admin let in several million illegal aliens who are now sucking off our taxpayer funded welfare and voting to get more Dems into office.


4 posted on 05/15/2020 4:42:02 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: bitt

Holder is the very definition of a buttwipe.


5 posted on 05/15/2020 4:42:08 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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Not even slightly surprised.


6 posted on 05/15/2020 4:42:54 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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He can be on the Chain Gang right next to Obama and Hillary in their Life Sentences for High Treason

Covering Up hillary clintons espionage act violations and selling her office to foreigners (its beyond mere bribery) - Conspiring to Coverup Treason is ALSO Treason ....

Remember WATERGATE WAS ABOUT THE COVERUP ....

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7 posted on 05/15/2020 4:44:16 PM PDT by elbook
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I wouldn’t say that...I’d be more inclined to say “enthusiastic co-conspirator”.


8 posted on 05/15/2020 4:44:20 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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Holder was the loyal foot soldier carrying out the lawfare against the citizens, but the person behind the skullduggery is Brennan.


9 posted on 05/15/2020 4:44:41 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Matthew Whitaker claims in a new book that Holder “created an above-the-law culture” in the department that led to the bumbled investigations that the president has dubbed “Obamagate.”

”bumbled investigations”? WTH? There was nothing “bumbled” about it. It was all blockades, obfuscation, deliberate impediments, bogus investigations, conniving and scheming to make sure the culprits were never held to account or brought to justice. “Bumbled” ny ass.

10 posted on 05/15/2020 4:45:26 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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“What Holder is advocating for,” he wrote, “is a government full of Jim Comeys: government officials determining on their own what the Constitution demands, deciding which laws to prosecute and which to ignore, selectively releasing information to the media about Americans under investigation, and held accountable neither to the chief executive nor to voters.”

This is news? To whom? The media?

When Eric Holder (who was a domestic terrorist in his younger days and participated in an armed attack on an ROTC building) refused to prosecute Black Panther terrorists who intimidated voters with nightsticks, and who flat out said he was "refusing" to enforce the Defense of Marriage Law - did all that - the media yawned.


11 posted on 05/15/2020 4:49:24 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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‘...I’d be more inclined to say “enthusiastic co-conspirator”.’

Obama didn’t need any help in the above-the-law department.


12 posted on 05/15/2020 4:56:23 PM PDT by ryderann
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Shocking !


13 posted on 05/15/2020 4:58:00 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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“In Above the Law, provided in advance of its release, Whitaker described a department that was more political under Obama than any department since President Richard Nixon’s, one that sought to promote the efforts of partisans such as FBI chief James Comey, who has since been fired by Trump.”

Quite a mess of a sentence.


14 posted on 05/15/2020 4:58:19 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Holder is a SJW with a race grievance who would destroy our republic and freedoms out of spite.


15 posted on 05/15/2020 5:00:44 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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Whitaker made Sessions look lively. Now this putz is pimping a book whining about injustice?


16 posted on 05/15/2020 5:07:22 PM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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“Untouchable”. America missed a true patriot in me. I would hang them all. Go ahead and laugh. They want to hang all of us. That is more of the reality.


17 posted on 05/15/2020 5:15:58 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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I don’t doubt this for an instant. We know that if it didn’t involve a tee time,Obama didn’t do anything himself, and who better to delegate this job to?


18 posted on 05/15/2020 5:23:52 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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I don’t doubt this for an instant. We know that if it didn’t involve a tee time,Obama didn’t do anything himself, and who better to delegate this job to?


19 posted on 05/15/2020 5:24:27 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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AboveTheLaw COVER.jpg Matthew Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney who served as a Trump’s acting attorney general between Jeff Sessions and William Barr, claimed in a new book that Holder “created an above-the-law culture” in the department that led to the bumbled investigations that the president has dubbed “Obamagate.”

In Above the Law, provided in advance of its release, Whitaker described a department that was more political under Obama than any department since President Richard Nixon’s, one that sought to promote the efforts of partisans such as FBI chief James Comey, who has since been fired by Trump.

“What Holder is advocating for,” he wrote, “is a government full of Jim Comeys: government officials determining on their own what the Constitution demands, deciding which laws to prosecute and which to ignore, selectively releasing information to the media about Americans under investigation, and held accountable neither to the chief executive nor to voters.”


20 posted on 05/15/2020 5:30:44 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The CHICOM/PRCNN, controllers of America's Fake news media, CDCNN, WHO, are the Deep Staters!)
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