Posted on 10/15/2020 1:25:29 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
After 36 years, I’m fleeing what was the U.S. Department of Justice — where I proudly served 19 different attorneys general and six different presidents. For the last three-plus decades, I have respected our leadership regardless of whether we were led by a Republican or a Democrat. I always believed the department’s past leaders were dedicated to the rule of law and the guiding principle that justice is blind. That is a bygone era, but it should not be forgotten.
Maybe I should’ve seen this coming, but like many of my colleagues, I fervently hoped that Attorney General William Barr’s preemptive misrepresentation of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was an honest mistake or a solitary misstep — rather than a deliberate attempt to conceal potential presidential misconduct. After all, Barr has never actually investigated, charged or tried a case. He’s a well-trained bureaucrat but has no actual experience as a prosecutor.
Unfortunately, over the last year, Barr’s resentment toward rule-of-law prosecutors became increasingly difficult to ignore, as did his slavish obedience to Donald Trump’s will in his selective meddling with the criminal justice system in the Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn and Roger Stone cases. In each of these cases, Barr overruled career prosecutors in order to assist the president’s associates and/or friends, who potentially harbor incriminating information. This career bureaucrat seems determined to turn our democracy into an autocracy.
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Neither will William Barr.
Lack of action will be discussed in his final personnel review. Then, bye Bill...never knew ya.
Here comes the waaaambulance.
That is the best description I have ever seen of why the DOJ has been so inept. The career employees are part and parcel of the deep swamp. The AG must look behind every corner not knowing which of them will sabotage proceedings, misrepresent the AG, etc. Thank you Phillip for explaining why the AG has such a tough job!!!
Trying to outrun his pink slip...
Yeah, the 3-year, multi-million, Rat driven Russia investigation was an “honest mistake.”
Good riddance, jackass.
PS — Barr hasn’t done much anyway.
So he saw nothing wrong with Holder or Reno? Good riddance!
So he saw nothing wrong with Holder or Reno? Good riddance!
This bum is your typical life-long government “worker”. The loser should be arrested, taken to GITMO and waterboarded.
Another swamprat exposed! Drain the swamp!
So this scumbag worked for Eric Holder and never uttered a peep.
Methinks he doth protest too much!
There was no problem with Holder’s Fast and Furious gun running.
What a douchbag.
I just have to laugh. He acts like he is important and will be missed.
The Opus of an Idiot. <oh what will we do without 1 less useful idiot in the DOJ.
All we need to know about this person's credibility who wrote this. It was not a misrepresentation at all. Barr's statement was reviewed and approved as representative of the report. Nothing which followed contradicted it at all.
F*** you Phil, you participated in Eric Holder’s roughshod run through our justice system and that’s just one example of your lack of character. You’re a fraud and a jackass pal. GET LOST!
But he had no problem with Eric Holder being “Obama’s wingman”.
Autocracy? He cannot have his anarchic obermeister privileges in government so he is leaving.
How cute.
... deep state folks, who do not know how to retire with grace and dignity.
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Would this guy have been included in PDJT’s recent request for resignation letters?
I’m heartened he is so affected by Barr.
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