Barr Increasingly Appears Focused on Undermining Mueller Inquiry

[marke]

Barr Increasingly Appears Focused on Undermining Mueller Inquiry

A judge’s criticism cast light on the first in a series of steps by the attorney general to take aim at the Russia investigation.

Barr has ordered an investigation into the FBI, is re-investigating the Micheal Flynn conviction, sent investigators to Ukraine to assist Rudy Giuliani with his conspiracy theories, and ordered a lighter sentence for Trump crony Roger Stone.

Barr is massively interfering with and undermining the DoJ to the benefit of President Access Hollywood.

Barr believes in the "unitary executive" ideology which views a President as a veritable king who answers to no one. Not to Congress and not to the courts.

AG Barr, like President Trump, is no friend of corrupt government insiders, including corrupt judges and prosecutors.

 

[Bullseye]

Mueller produced and found quite a bit...he just didn't have the authority to indict a sitting president with a crime. But that doesn't mean Trump can't be indicted after he leaves office...





Nor did Mueller exonerate Trump....

Doesn't have to "exonerate" anyone. Ever here of "innocent until proven guilty"? IF there were enough evidence why didn't the House include it in there impeachment investigate? Obstruction IS a crime unlike the bull**** they tried to get by with.

 

[ecofarm]

Basic bull**** NEXT.

On October 30, 2017, Manafort was arrested by the FBI after being indicted by a federal grand jury as part of Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign.[172][173] The indictment against Manafort and Rick Gates charged them with engaging in a conspiracy against the United States,[19][174] engaging in a conspiracy to launder money,[19][174] failing to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts,[19][174] acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal,[19][174] making false and misleading statements in documents filed and submitted under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA),[19][174] and making false statements.[19][174] Prosecutors claimed Manafort laundered more than $18 million, money he had received as compensation for lobbying and consulting services for pro-Russian, former Ukrainian prime minister Viktor Yanukovych.[174][175]...

On February 22, 2018, both Manafort and Gates were further charged with additional crimes involving a tax avoidance scheme and bank fraud in Virginia.[191][192] The charges were filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, rather than in the District of Columbia, as the alleged tax fraud overt actions had occurred in Virginia and not in the District.[193] The new indictment alleged that Manafort, with assistance from Gates, laundered over $30 million through offshore bank accounts between approximately 2006 and 2015. Manafort allegedly used funds in these offshore accounts to purchase real estate in the United States, in addition to personal goods and services.[193]...

On June 8, 2018, Manafort was indicted for obstruction of justice and witness tampering along with long time associate Konstantin Kilimnik.[203]...

On September 14, 2018, Manafort entered into a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to two charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States and witness tampering.[228] He also agreed to forfeit to the government more than $22 million in cash and property,[229] and to co-operate fully with the Special Counsel.[230] A tentative sentencing date for Manafort's guilty plea in the D.C. case has been set for March 2019.[231]

Mueller's office stated in a November 26, 2018, court filing that Manafort had repeatedly lied to prosecutors about a variety of matters, breaching the terms of his plea agreement. Manafort's attorneys disputed the assertion.[232] On December 7, 2018, the special counsel's office filed a document with the court listing five areas in which they say Manafort lied to them, which they said negated the plea agreement.[231] DC District Court judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled on February 13, 2019, that Manafort had violated his plea deal by repeatedly lying to prosecutors.[233]

Paul Manafort - Wikipedia


All of his crimes were for Russian interests. He was the biggest money launderer for Russian interests in history. And he was Trump's campaign manager.

 

[ecofarm]

Best you can do? A haggard cliché' :roll:

It's not a cliche. It's a quote from the President of the US. Then he hired the biggest Russian money launderer ever. Then his National Security Adviser went to prison for contact with Russian intelligence agents.

 

[US&THEM]

Manafort was "campaign manager" for three months and went to prison for charged totally unrelated to the election. Flynn was sandbagged; convicted of lying in an interview that people conducting the interview said they believed them. The Russians indicted had no contact we Trumps campaign. Got any other lies you want corrected?

He only hires the best people. Where does Manafort stand? Seriously? Flynn was sandbagged? A 2 star General was outsmarted in his own office?

 

[Bullseye]

He only hires the best people. Where does Manafort stand? Seriously? Flynn was sandbagged? A 2 star General was outsmarted in his own office?

He hires people, then fires them when the don't work out. You guys used to bitch at the turnover. Make up your minds.

 

[Bullseye]

Paul Manafort - Wikipedia


All of his crimes were for Russian interests. He was the biggest money launderer for Russian interests in history. And he was Trump's campaign manager.

You left out:

A long-time Republican Party campaign consultant, he chaired the Trump Presidential campaign team from June to August 2016

A whooping three months.

 

[ecofarm]

You left out: A whooping three months.

Trump hired the biggest Russian money launderer ever, and then his National Security Adviser went to prison for contact with Russian intelligence agents.

Then more of his cabinet went to prison. And his personal attorney went to prison.

 

[Bullseye]

Trump hired the biggest Russian money launderer ever, and then his National Security Adviser went to prison for contact with Russian intelligence agents.

Then more of his cabinet went to prison. And his personal attorney went to prison.

LOL, yadda, yadda, yada. :roll:

 

[ecofarm]

LOL, yadda, yadda, yada. :roll

No one in Obama's admin went to prison. Obama never even had a personal attorney.

A dozen of Trump's closest associates, including Cabinet Members, are in prison for dealings with Russians.

 

[Bullseye]

No one in Obama's admin went to prison. Obama never even had a personal attorney

Don't make rash statements.

A dozen of Trump's closest associates, including Cabinet Members, are in prison for dealings with Russians.

Idiotic blather.

 

[ecofarm]

Don't make rash statements.

Idiotic blather.

Culty denial. How many Trump hires need to go to prison before you consider he might be a crook?

 

[Moot]

Doesn't have to "exonerate" anyone. Ever here of "innocent until proven guilty"? IF there were enough evidence why didn't the House include it in there impeachment investigate? Obstruction IS a crime unlike the bull**** they tried to get by with.

I assume the House is waiting for the release of the unredacted Mueller report and other FOIA and subpoenaed material before deciding what to do. An appeals court is deciding on the release of the unredacted report now and they're not happy with Barr's actions or novel interpretations of the law.

But hey, Barr wouldn't be the first AG to go to prison for interfering in an investigation and engaging in a cover up....

John N. Mitchell - Wikipedia

Martha. lol

 

[OpportunityCost]

There it is folks OpportunityCost believes he's dead, while posting here, and we all are too. Or did you mean everything you post is fake? so many ways to take that absurd argument

So that's how you try to rationalize terrible choices espoused on this forum, and in the voting booth, no doubt.
They aren't real life? That's ****ing depressing, I'm sorry for you.

I'm real OC, and you revealed in reality, in real life, that your arguments are so weak that you have to act like "this doesn't matter", to justify your arguments being wrong.
It doesn't matter that you're wrong, because this isn't life.

Wow! Next time I see you pull that "but I try to debate and everyone is just mean!" victim bull****, I'll be quoting post #63.
In real life. You know, like reality. Not in person, and yet magically still "in life".

This forum is NOT real life, it differs from the voting booth. Nothing we do here has any real impact on real life. You don't have a single solitary right to comment about my personal life choices or to any way label them. Back off.

 

[Bullseye]

I assume the House is waiting for the release of the unredacted Mueller report and other FOIA and subpoenaed material before deciding what to do. An appeals court is deciding on the release of the unredacted report now and they're not happy with Barr's actions or novel interpretations of the law.

I was actually referring to pre-

But hey, Barr wouldn't be the first AG to go to prison for interfering in an investigation and engaging in a cover up....

Because he didn't do anything. When the redactions were being done Mueller's team was called in to participate, as well as lawyers outside DOJ. It wasn't just Barr with a magic marker. The entire Mueller report was available to Schiff's Schiffheads during their investigation. As I recall several LW "pundits" praised Mueller for providing a recipe for impeachment charges. Schiff knew better. :roll:

 

[Moot]

I was actually referring to pre-
Because he didn't do anything. When the redactions were being done Mueller's team was called in to participate, as well as lawyers outside DOJ. It wasn't just Barr with a magic marker. The entire Mueller report was available to Schiff's Schiffheads during their investigation. As I recall several LW "pundits" praised Mueller for providing a recipe for impeachment charges. Schiff knew better. :roll:

No, Mueller wasn't involved in the redactions....and yes, it was pretty much Barr and his aides with a black sharpie.

Only two lawmakers have seen the unredacted report...Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Doug Collins. No democrat lawmakers have seen it yet...they're still waiting for the appeals court decision on it's release.

 

[OscarLevant]

A never-Trumper opinion piece, the NYTimes (who has had numerous factual errors about Trump and the Trump investigation), an article with a thousand suppositions and maybes and may haves are sources, they aren't reasonable.

If there is no point you can run along, you aren't contributing anything but rumor/smears anyway.

Like I said, judging from your remark, you didn't read the articles.

That says a lot about you, and the sad thing is, you'll never know it.

Drivel becomes you.

 

[OpportunityCost]

Like I said, judging from your remark, you didn't read the articles.

That says a lot about you, and the sad thing is, you'll never know it.

Drivel becomes you.

Not only did I read ALL of them, I did some research on Global Witness. They are fundamentally biased, same with Chait. NYT has some credibility but they have wasted it in the last few years in many, many ways.

Tons of supposition, tons of maybes, and accusations---lean on real evidence.

 

[NWRatCon]

Culty denial. How many Trump hires need to go to prison before you consider he might be a crook?

All of them? Oh, did I say that out loud...?

 

[ecofarm]

If there is no point you can run along, you aren't contributing anything but rumor/smears anyway.

Typical cultism.

 

[OpportunityCost]

Typical cultism.

Troll harder.

 

[ecofarm]

Troll harder.

Says the guy telling members, "run along".

 

[OpportunityCost]

Says the guy telling members, "run along".

When you get a response of you aren't worth debating, what else are you supposed to tell him?

 

[ecofarm]

When you get a response of you aren't worth debating, what else are you supposed to tell him?

Something not douchebaggy?

 

[US&THEM]

He hires people, then fires them when the don't work out. You guys used to bitch at the turnover. Make up your minds.

Yea, that is the real issue. Trump not only fires the well qualified, he also then bad mouths them. The Administration just hired another person who hasn’t graduated college.