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.”
“The AGs job is to make sure justice is applied fairly and equally.”
A job at which he failed in the most spectacular fashion in American history.
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Small group my ass.
Qball? I know not that of which you speak. I just read Barr’s own words and those of our forefathers. My sense is that, given your lack of perspective and patience, you pose as much of a danger to the Republic as Joe Atifa does. Get a grip. Justice is not asleep at the wheel.
Yeah. He did not satisfy your passion for trial by media. Big fail. /s
A small group can do significant damage. Even a single individual, viz. David and Goliath.
What do you know for sure?
I think he may be even worse than his predecessor.
This is not illegal? The Attorney General if the USA admits the existance of a coup, and corruption within the from itself, but decided not to arrest or indict anyone?
So where are we going to go for justice??
What makes you think he’s done?
What makes you think that he’s not done?
“ I just read Barr’s own words..”
His last day is tomorrow, genius.
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“...small group of people”. Yeah, sure it was, Billy.
Barr reminds me of a guy who walks into an outhouse that has been years late in cleaning.
Walks in and turns around and walks out...problem forgotten.
He did not use the word “resign” or a derivative thereof. He said he was leaving, but did not say he is “leaving office.”
Moreover, he may be able to pursue justice in some other capacity than AG, like that of Prosecutor. You are convinced he will just fade away. That’s fine. We’ll,see.
This much I know: If he is catching big fish, he will be the last to telegraph his work either to you or to the media. Common sense and justice require it. Eric Holder he ain’t.
You Qballs are insufferable. Barr is gone.
Adios.
Bye bye.
See ya later.
He’s taking his bagpipes and heading off to write a book. And he will not be kind to President Trump.
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BTTT
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