Barr Keeps Crushing my Leftist Base's Dreams

[Nutty Cortez]

Attorney General William Barr’s nearly hour-long interview with CBS News’ Jan Crawford last week was full of fascinating details about the special counsel probe, the debunked Russia collusion theory that roiled Washington for years, and Barr’s investigation into how the FBI and Department of Justice used the “bogus” theory to investigate the Trump campaign.

The interview was downplayed by the media, which is implicated in perpetuating the Russia hoax Barr is investigating, and which came in for criticism from Barr for its failure to care about violations of civil liberties. Here are the top 28 take-aways from the interview.


https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/03/top-28-moments-from-bombshell-barr-interview/

 

[Nostra]

Yep.



1. Mueller ‘Could Have Reached a Conclusion’

Crawford, whose questions revealed a command of the facts not demonstrated by many of her mainstream media peers, asked Barr about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to outline 11 instances where President Trump’s frustration at falsely being accused of treason could amount to “possible obstruction” followed by a refusal to decide whether they did.

Barr explained that the Office of Legal Counsel opinion that prevents presidents from being indicted was no barrier to making a conclusion about obstruction. “Right, he could have reached a conclusion,” Barr said, noting that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded that Trump had not obstructed justice.

“[W]hen he didn’t make a decision, the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and I felt it was necessary for us as the heads of the Department to reach that decision,” Barr said. “That is what the Department of Justice does, that is why we have the compulsory powers like a grand jury to force people to give us evidence so that we can determine whether a crime has committed and in order to legitimate the process we felt we had to reach a decision.”

 

[Nostra]

Yep.

This one is driving Dimwingers crazy.

16. AG Must Protect Against Abuse of Government Power
“[O]ne of the key responsibilities of the attorney general, core responsibilities of the attorney general is to make sure that government power is not abused and that the right of Americans are not transgressed by abusive government power,” Barr said. “That’s the responsibility of the attorney general.”

 

[MrMike]

Barr unemotionally keeps using practicality and common sense as he masterfully projects his efforts and intent to have the DOJ actually follow the law and the proper application thereof. That in itself drives the Liberals batcrap crazy. They want emotionally driven politically tainted heavily biased law applied to anyone they deem a threat.

 

[Nostra]

Barr really nails Dimwingers with this one.............


26. Barr Expected Criticism for Upholding Rule of Law
Crawford noted Barr’s sterling reputation before he began his second round as attorney general. He previously served in the George H.W. Bush administration. He said he expected criticism from partisans.

I realize we live in a crazy hyper-partisan period of time and I knew that it would only be a matter of time if I was behaving responsibly and calling them as I see them, that I would be attacked because nowadays people don’t care about the merits and the substance. They only care about who it helps, who benefits, whether my side benefits or the other side benefits, everything is gauged by politics. And as I say, that’s antithetical to the way the department runs, and any attorney general in this period is going to end up losing a lot of political capital, and I realize that and that is one of the reasons that I ultimately was persuaded that I should take it on because I think at my stage in life it really doesn’t make any difference.

 

[Nostra]

Another one sure to trigger Dimwingers.............


24. Russia Collusion Conspiracy Theory Was ‘Bogus’
Crawford said Comey may say the investigation into Trump had to be closely held because it was so extraordinary. Barr said, “Well it might be legit under certain circumstances but a lot of that has to do with how good the evidence was at that point. And you know Mueller has spent two and half years and the fact is there is no evidence of a conspiracy. So it was bogus, this whole idea that the Trump was in cahoots with the Russians is bogus.”

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Barr unemotionally keeps using practicality and common sense as he masterfully projects his efforts and intent to have the DOJ actually follow the law and the proper application thereof. That in itself drives the Liberals batcrap crazy. They want emotionally driven politically tainted heavily biased law applied to anyone they deem a threat.

Better They Be Butt-Hurt in a Prison Shower

Let me see some prosecutions. We've been let down too often by bluster.