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Barr Makes It Official—He’s Trump’s New “Fixer”
Politico ^ | Aug 1, 2020 | Victoria Bassetti and Norman Eisen

Posted on 08/01/2020 8:23:28 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Of President Donald Trump’s many career skills, perhaps the least appreciated is his lifelong and uncanny ability to sniff out lawyers who will serve his will.

In slightly more than 500 days in office, Barr has pivoted from establishment D.C. attorney—sworn to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States—into Trump’s family lawyer. The office of the attorney general is one of the oldest in our constitutional system, and the department is pledged “to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.” But Barr, instead, displays a tendency to use all the department’s levers—and with a $32 billion budget there are a lot of them—not to protect “all Americans” but to protect the president, personally and politically.

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To: dufekin
Remember that any jury will consist almost entirely if not wholly of Democrats. Hillary won 96% of the vote in the District of Columbia,

What statute is it that requires Fed.gov investigations of itself to be brought only within Washington DC?

21 posted on 08/01/2020 8:58:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

To protect the president, personally and politically is protecting all Americans.

Politico spin corrected


22 posted on 08/01/2020 9:00:23 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Woops....... Anti Barr Conservative Freepers will have their heads explode.

Rather than desert their sanctimonious self righteous dogma, they will turn on the President. Self esteem is more important to them than America


23 posted on 08/01/2020 9:00:55 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Politico makes it official. Team Biden all the way.


24 posted on 08/01/2020 9:01:26 AM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: jimfree

Norm Eisen is a Democrat bottom feeder, a lowlife, a worm.


25 posted on 08/01/2020 9:06:56 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

mr durham’s report will be declared a vast right wing conspiracy should it ever see daylight, unless as expected, will be dismissive as the horowitz investigation.


26 posted on 08/01/2020 9:10:50 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

mr durham’s report will be declared a vast right wing conspiracy should it ever see daylight, unless as expected, will be dismissive as the horowitz investigation.


27 posted on 08/01/2020 9:10:50 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Some please show me that Eric Holder followed the U.S. Constitution.


28 posted on 08/01/2020 9:11:42 AM PDT by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane')
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To: PGR88

A provision of the Constitution requires it. Some statute probably reinforces it, but the Constitution (Article III, section 2, third paragraph) reads,

“The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment; shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.”

The Sixth Amendment provides:
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law.”

Although Congress perhaps can designate otherwise, the District of Columbia, although not part of any state, has its own district court, so criminal conduct of its politicians goes to that court.

For more information, see Rule 18 of the federal rules of criminal procedure here:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_18


29 posted on 08/01/2020 9:13:16 AM PDT by dufekin (Vote Trump; save lives)
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To: BigEdLB

Barr? A fixer? Check the temp of Hell and see how close it is to freezing. If I was treated like he was on the Hill, I would be obsessed with indicting everyone of them on RICO corruption standards. Not lik he cant find atleast 20 charges just on Pelosi alone.


30 posted on 08/01/2020 9:13:28 AM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: RedMonqey

Typical liberal shills showing their @$$.


31 posted on 08/01/2020 9:23:50 AM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Ah... the old saw that the AG is supposed to be “independent” and not take orders from the President. LOL


32 posted on 08/01/2020 9:31:29 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Writer needs a whole box of tissues.

It was fine for Obama to have his “wingman” AG.


33 posted on 08/01/2020 9:33:26 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Has Barr met on the tarmac to discuss “grandchildren” with the husband of a political candidate who at the time was under investigation by the FBI?


34 posted on 08/01/2020 9:34:52 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: dufekin

Very interesting. One remedy, perhaps, would be to move the HQ of entities like the FBI out of DC into places like South Dakota….


35 posted on 08/01/2020 9:36:35 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Bagpipe Barr is only a “fixer” if he actually DOES SOMETHING that results in Demonicrat perp walks.

For now he is only the Trump Administration’s “talker.”


36 posted on 08/01/2020 9:39:41 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Pilgrim's Progress; All
"What did they think Bobbie Kennedy was in relation to his brother?"

Great point!

37 posted on 08/01/2020 9:45:44 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Politico = Amazon Compost = Fake News


38 posted on 08/01/2020 10:10:21 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Pollutico? Really?
39 posted on 08/01/2020 10:12:10 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Those who think Barr is the President’s “fixer” are those who think darkness, untruth, corruption, and evil deeds are normalcy.
40 posted on 08/01/2020 10:14:37 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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