Posted on 05/06/2022 10:46:49 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Some Republicans want a special counsel appointed to investigate presidential son Hunter Biden's shady business dealings in Ukraine, China, and elsewhere. The calls started in the last months of the Trump administration, when revelations about his activities, and suspicion that his father, President Joe Biden, might have been involved, began to emerge.
William Barr, declined to appoint a counsel, explaining that the case was being handled "responsibly and professionally" within the Justice Department by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware. This week, Barr, now a year and a half out of office, said he still believes his decision was the correct one. But in remarks to the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday, discussing his memoir One Damn Thing After Another, Barr issued a devastating critique of what the Hunter Biden case represents.
“Whether it is a crime or not," Barr said of the Biden case, the people can "see what it was, which was shameful self-dealing by that family."
Barr noted that the purpose of a special counsel is to conduct an investigation when the Justice Department has a serious conflict of interest in a matter. The Trump Justice Department had no such conflict, Barr said. Maybe the Biden Justice Department does, but not the Trump Justice Department.
Second, Barr views calls for special counsels as part of an unhealthy trend in American politics: the attempt to criminalize the scandalous behavior of one's political opponent.
Barr also felt that if he had appointed a special counsel for Hunter Biden, the Biden administration could have come into office and reversed Barr's action. In addition, Barr said he felt "very confident" that Weiss would be allowed to stay in his position in the new administration to continue the investigation. Barr did not say why he felt so confident, but he did.
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Why in heck do we still hear from this sack of crap?
Barr’s tenure as President Trump’s AG is a shameful example of pandering to the Deep State, and betrayal of President Trump.
Yes, it is. Too bad you didn’t have the stones to tell Deep State to F off and investigate the matter.
Yes, it is. Too bad you didn’t have the stones to tell Deep State to F off and investigate the matter.
The Fey Wray convinced traitor Barr not to investigate?
Gee, ya think?!
We excuse since Biteme nor his phony AG has not fired Durham.
Doesn’t want them prosecuted though.
Deep state is a club.
Shameful that we don’t have any honest law enforcement.
Maybe the Biden Justice Department does, but not the Trump Justice Department.
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Problem is it was never the Trump Justice Department.
Because he served twice as the nation’s top law enforcement officer and is willing to talk to the media, is why. Now stop whining about it.
Right, so the treasonous back stabbed says this now when he knew about when it could have put Biden so far behind that the cheating would not have saved him. FU Barr
well, if we can't investigate I guess we can't prosecute as a crime then.
Mr. Barr, many of us have a lot more respect for Hunter Biden than we do you. “Shameful” is a compliment when used pertaining to you.
The only lower form of life than Hunter is a run of the mill democrat.
This guy did absolutely nothing when he had the chance and it was his duty to do so. Who the hell cares what he thinks now.
Deepstaters in the deepstate echo chamber.
Playing bagpipes while the republic burned.
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