The judge, a George W. Bush appointee, said "the fact that you got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted" was like a "banana republic." y'think?
For God's sake, don't tell kurtster. It'd crush him.
The judge, a George W. Bush appointee, said "the fact that you got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted" was like a "banana republic." y'think?
Please note that the author David Frum is an ex-pat Canadian. In Canada, British Common Law matters. Established procedures and norms matter. Whereas, men of great stature in the USA seem to believe that the exact letter of the law matters.
Not likely. People have seen what has happened to those who have been fired, resigned in protest, or heaven forbid have testified against this administration.
Every effort is made to ruin them...as an example to others who may wish to come forward.
Sure, but it's pretty easy to leak information to reporters and/or talk with them anonymously. It's possible that Barr is trying to provide cover for Trump by falsely complaining to ABC News but I'm skeptical that Barr could hide coordination with the White House from career people high up in DOJ.
Consider that Barr (who strikes me as very proud of his personal reputation) very publicly complained. If news came out that showed he was clearly involved in a sham and that he'd blatantly lied, his reputation would be destroyed even among the GOP.
Not likely. People have seen what has happened to those who have been fired, resigned in protest, or heaven forbid have testified against this administration.
Every effort is made to ruin them...as an example to others who may wish to come forward.
And a related form of careerism is that ending up with some orange or brown around the nose/mouth area may get results...
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kcar wrote:
rgio wrote:
kcar wrote:
If Barr is Trump's personal lawyer, he doesn't sound very happy.
Maybe we should start a pool on how long Barr will last before Trump fires him...
I think you should also start a pool about the possibility that they agreed to this plan prior to the interview as a way to shield both the AG and provide cover that he is defending the Justice Department staff, even though he's not.
I think that any such shenanigans between Barr and Trump or whomever would get sniffed and snitched out by career employees at DoJ.
Not likely. People have seen what has happened to those who have been fired, resigned in protest, or heaven forbid have testified against this administration.
Every effort is made to ruin them...as an example to others who may wish to come forward.
If Barr is Trump's personal lawyer, he doesn't sound very happy.
Maybe we should start a pool on how long Barr will last before Trump fires him...
I think you should also start a pool about the possibility that they agreed to this plan prior to the interview as a way to shield both the AG and provide cover that he is defending the Justice Department staff, even though he's not.
I think that any such shenanigans between Barr and Trump or whomever would get sniffed and snitched out by career employees at DoJ.
