Posted on 12/21/2020 5:41:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind
During an interview last week, Attorney General William Barr gave an update on the criminal investigation into the origin of the Obama-era FBI counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, saying that a “willful if small group of people” were involved in an attempt to “topple” the Trump administration.
Barr made the remarks in an interview with Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel in which he noted that he was “in a position in life where I can do the right thing and not really care about the consequences.”
Strassel wrote:
He reminds me why he took the job in the first place: “The Department of Justice was being used as a political weapon” by a “willful if small group of people,” who used the claim of collusion with Russia in an attempt to “topple an administration,” he says. “Someone had to make sure that the power of the department stopped being abused and that there was accountability for what had happened.” Mr. Barr largely succeeded, in the process filling a vacuum of political oversight, reimposing norms, and resisting partisan critics on both sides.
Mr. Barr describes an overarching objective of ensuring that there is “one standard of justice.” That, he says, is why he appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the FBI’s 2016 Crossfire Hurricane probe. “Of course the Russians did bad things in the election,” he says. “But the idea that this was done with the collusion of the Trump campaign — there was never any evidence. It was entirely made up.” The country deserved to know how the world’s premier law-enforcement agency came to target and spy on a presidential campaign.
Mr. Barr says Mr. Durham’s appointment should not have been necessary. Mr. Mueller’s investigation should have exposed FBI malfeasance. Instead, “the Mueller team seems to have been ready to blindly accept anything fed to it by the system,” Mr. Barr says, adding that this “is exactly what DOJ should not be.”
Just off the top of my head?
Forced Mueller folks to declare.
Pulled the teeth of the Mueller innuendo report.
Appointed a SC/SR for the Russia investigation.
Kept the Hunter Biden investigation going.
I’m sure I’ll find more with some thought.
Jailed human traffickers.
He’s also publicly shot down a number of other Dem salvos.
It's possible, but it is certainly not clear.
Barr is nothing more than another Republican coward. What a disappointment he has been.
bttt
If this is a MI opp then the DOJ and FBI have no right to investigate. I think we will soon find out that MI has been on this since before the first votes were cast. As Trump said, “We caught them all, we have everything on tape”
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It took a couple of re-reads to realize that the title was NOT saying that “Barr was intending to topple the Trump Administration.”
He accomplished his main goal. Red flag laws established at the Veterans Administration. That’s his legacy.
Yep! He played the bagpipes well.
There being an IC/SC says it is not over, regardless of how hard they pursue or don’t.
(1) I do not like William Barr.
(2) Even so, the headline is somewhat misleading. It implies that Barr himself was in on the plan to topple Pres. Trump.
I’m not claiming that he was or wasn’t. Just that the headline doesn’t match the body of the article.
Mr. Barr says Mr. Durham’s appointment should not have been necessary. Mr. Mueller’s investigation should have exposed FBI malfeasance. Instead, “the Mueller team seems to have been ready to blindly accept anything fed to it by the system,” Mr. Barr says, adding that this “is exactly what DOJ should not be.”
Breathtaking gaslighting from Fat Sessions here. I supppose the Mueller Coupists destroyed all their electronic devices accidently? Or the BARR DOJ FBI hid Biden’s laptop during impeachment by accident, too?
Forced Mueller folks to declare.
Pulled the teeth of the Mueller innuendo report.
Appointed a SC/SR for the Russia investigation.
Kept the Hunter Biden investigation going.
I’m sure I’ll find more with some thought.
1) Barr welcomed Mueller Coupists back into DOJ and allowed them to continue assaulting Trump supporters from the DOJ. Flynn, etc.
2)Never held FBI accountable for hiding key evidence during impeachment.
3)Did not substantively investigate the steal. Allowed at least one steal witness to be intimated by USPS Biden goon on camera.
You want more?
Enjoy the show. Get some popcorn
Trust Sessions. Rosenstein is a white hat. The midterms are safe. Trust Horowitz. Trust Durham. Enjoy the show. Get some popcorn.
Been a lot of arrests for Pedophilia and Human trafficing under his watch.
Isn’t knowing about a crime and not doing anything about it a crime?
Couldn’t be bothered to do anything about it, though........
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