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riversedge

(69,721 posts)
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 07:21 PM Aug 2020

Trump Gives Barr An Ultimatum: You Could Be 'Greatest' AG Or 'Average Guy'

Source: TPM






August 13, 2020 1:52 p.m.
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The President then went on to issue an ultimatum directed at his attorney general.

“Bill Barr can go down as the greatest attorney general in the history of our country, or he can go down as an average guy,” Trump said, regarding the Durham probe. “We’ll see what happens.”

The President added that Barr is “great most of the time” but that “he’ll be just another guy” if he “wants to be politically correct.”

“(Barr and Durham) have all the answers,” Trump said. “It goes all to Obama, and it goes right to Biden.”

In a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee late last month, Barr wouldn’t commit to releasing the Durham report until after the November election.

“Under oath, do you commit to not releasing any report by Mr. Durham before the November election?” Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) asked Barr.

“No,” Barr said, before doubling down on his denial and adding that he “will be very careful.”

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-barr-durham-probe-fox-business-interview





Bet Barr gets the report and does what he did to the Mueller Report





Barr On Durham Probe: ‘We Are Trying To Get Some Things Accomplished Before The Election’

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/barr-durham-probe-trump-election


August 13, 2020 3:31 p.m.
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“We are gonna proceed with this investigation and not put it on hold right now during election season,”
Barr said Wednesday on an interview on “The Buck Sexton Show.”

“We’re all aware of the calendar and we’re not going to do anything for the purposes of affecting an election, but we are trying to get some things accomplished before the election,” he said.

He declined to answer Sexton’s question about if the probe is in its final stages, but promised that “people will be held accountable” if prosecutor John Durham finds that any criminal laws were violated.

The probe has become increasingly colored by partisanship as President Donald Trump openly hopes for, and pins Barr’s legacy on, Durham finding evidence to discredit the origin of the FBI’s investigation into his campaign. And, as Trump has made clear, he wants that exculpation before the November election.
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Trump Gives Barr An Ultimatum: You Could Be 'Greatest' AG Or 'Average Guy' (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2020 OP
Ha, Fat Himmler is going to do exactly what they supposedly fired Comey for... Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #1
'Barr wouldn't commit to releasing the Durham report until after the November election. elleng Aug 2020 #2
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Hope you are impeached, tried and convicted and spend life Evolve Dammit Aug 2020 #3
He also just told on himself. 2naSalit Aug 2020 #4
Well, in either case he could say he was the best AG. LastDemocratInSC Aug 2020 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Aug 2020 #6
The Key Word..... louzke9 Aug 2020 #7
Don't Forget.... louzke9 Aug 2020 #8
Kicking for anyone who didn't see this. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #9
There is a third and most obvious choice DFW Aug 2020 #10
Or, Mr. Barr... MissMillie Aug 2020 #11
Throw Barr under the bus!! RussBLib Aug 2020 #12

elleng

(130,133 posts)
2. 'Barr wouldn't commit to releasing the Durham report until after the November election.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 07:26 PM
Aug 2020

“Under oath, do you commit to not releasing any report by Mr. Durham before the November election?” Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) asked Barr.

“No,” Barr said, before doubling down on his denial and adding that he “will be very careful.”'


“We’re all aware of the calendar and we’re not going to do anything for the purposes of affecting an election, but we are trying to get some things accomplished before the election,” he said.

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
3. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Hope you are impeached, tried and convicted and spend life
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 07:38 PM
Aug 2020

in solitary. The fixer and fascist can rot in hell like the rest of the 45 ilk.

2naSalit

(86,053 posts)
4. He also just told on himself.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 08:24 PM
Aug 2020

Better be sure those words were heard by everyone and he gave us the plot already.

Would be interesting if those who could expose the lies would publicly expose everyone and everything and nobody could stop them from doing it.

I would love to see that. I'm so sick of this shit.


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louzke9

(296 posts)
7. The Key Word.....
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 07:47 AM
Aug 2020

"IF" prosecutor John Durham finds that any criminal laws were violated! Well its going to be harder for Durham thanks to the DOJ's recent release of their latest report.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-review-should-instill-confidence-in-fbi-use-of-fisa

louzke9

(296 posts)
8. Don't Forget....
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 08:01 AM
Aug 2020

All the right wing talks about Obama, Clinton, James Comey and Robert Mueller (among others) were all going TO JAIL based on claims they FILED FALSE FISA WARRANT applications. Even the Inspector General of the DOJ found NO EVIDENCE of CRIMINAL WRONG DOING by the FBI in regards to the FISA WARRANTS, although he did condemn their sloppiness in the way they filed some applications. Seriously, if Durham reports criminal wrong doing, what is Bill Barr going to do? Who is he going to arrest? What a stupid, desperate FUBAR plot.

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