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dixiegrrrrl

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13. Barr does not need or care about if an opinion is right/wrong or lawful.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 24, 2019, 08:04 PM

Apr 2019

As long as he is AG, he does have the authority to tell any US attorney what to do or not do.
and he certainly will be willing to support the unitary theory.

tis also an opinion that you can't charge a sitting Pres. with crimes. Yet, to do so, will immediately start a prolonged court battle, which can carry on past the election.

All the obstruction of justice crimes attributed to trump have a statute of limitations, which is a year or more past the 2020 election. ( sez Maddow in her broadcast the other night)

trick is, to get him out of office before the crimes run past limitations.

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Sez here Barr can block any Contempt of Congress citations. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 OP

Merrick Garland. malaise Apr 2019 #1

There IS the option of Inherent contempt. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #5

Sounds like that needs to be brushed off WhiteTara Apr 2019 #9

If this is such a viable option, why do you suppose House Republicans never used it against Obama or tritsofme Apr 2019 #12

Not a new concept. Obama blocked the prosecution of Eric Holder when he was cited for contempt onenote Apr 2019 #2

Fine. Make Barr do it several times for real Trump affiliated low-lifes. Expose Barr-partisan hack. Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #3

"...some proponents of the Unitary Executive theory argue....." Grasswire2 Apr 2019 #4

Barr does not need or care about if an opinion is right/wrong or lawful. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #13

Entirely A Question Of Enforcement corbettkroehler Apr 2019 #6

Remember, duforsure Apr 2019 #7

That's because the Congress went along with the rule of Law. Duppers Apr 2019 #10

Yep, I remember well. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #14

Impeach Barr wryter2000 Apr 2019 #8

The construction of this thread is very confusing. Unitary Executive Theory has nothing to do with tritsofme Apr 2019 #11

Well, Eric Holder wasn't gonna prosecute himself lol... Volaris Apr 2019 #16

Therein lies the problem. Any criminal contempt citation sent over by today's House tritsofme Apr 2019 #17

I would put to you that the solution to this problem is as follows: Volaris Apr 2019 #18

Hrmmm. Can the US ATTY for DC do it against the wishes of the AG? Volaris Apr 2019 #15