https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-william-barr-review-fbi-trump-probe-20190410-story.html
The GOP is finally getting their investigation into the investigation.
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Attorney General William Barr forms team to review FBI’s actions in Trump probe
- Thread starter WedgeX
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https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-william-barr-review-fbi-trump-probe-20190410-story.html
The GOP is finally getting their investigation into the investigation.
Really need to see this report before it gets buried. The GOP and all of Trump stooges are working overtime to control this narrative.
Fucking hell. The juice in the report must be something else if they are doing this or it's a warning to stop them going further. The authorities need to keep turning the screw. Seems like Trump getting a second term is the only thing that will keep them dragging him and others to prison in handcuffs.
Obstruction 2.0
Obstruction 2.0
So basically the report will be released soon, and it has some bad, bad stuff in it, so the GOP needs to have this investigation going on so they can deflect. Nothing in the report will matter, because now all that matters is the process by which the report was prepared.
Eagerly waiting to see how fast the establishment media falls for this obvious ploy.
Eagerly waiting to see how fast the establishment media falls for this obvious ploy.
They don't care about that. This is pure smokescreen. If they can muddy the waters, the reality of what transpired can be blunted if only a little bit.
Nothing to see here, just your taxpayer dollars funding the most blatant display of fascism in American history.
Bet they find shit against the FBI and Democrats in less than a year. It's going to be bullshit but they just want something to smear them with to help in 2020.
I love how the political calculus for the democrats is always to drop things lest they come off too partisan, but republicans go full fucking infowars for years and no one gives a fuck.
But it's because they're so unhinged Democrats can't investigate proper issues without seeming too much like them...
But it's because they're so unhinged Democrats can't investigate proper issues without seeming too much like them...
yep, thats game.
maybe the moderates will... ahh fuck it.
Big traditional Democrat donors apparently don't want things to change too much, hence the official don't rock the boat policy.
They will probably find some things, take them waaaaay out of context, and the "evidence" will be immediately public.
The reaction of some people to Barr's summary gets more hilarious by the day.
Do we not see now that this guy is Trump's crony? As bad as Sessions was, at the absolute very least he took his role seriously enough that he needed to remove himself from
direct influence over investigations of the President. Now Barr is outwardly acting as his "fixer" in the DOJ.
Mueller needs to be subpeonaed so we can actually get the full story of what is in the report. I don't trust this guy to release it without serious redactions which would implicate the President in obstruction or other crimes.
Do we not see now that this guy is Trump's crony? As bad as Sessions was, at the absolute very least he took his role seriously enough that he needed to remove himself from
direct influence over investigations of the President. Now Barr is outwardly acting as his "fixer" in the DOJ.
Mueller needs to be subpeonaed so we can actually get the full story of what is in the report. I don't trust this guy to release it without serious redactions which would implicate the President in obstruction or other crimes.
Yea, sounds exactly like something Donald Trump would order one of his subordinates to do.
Totally politically-biased, and for Trump, face-saving.
I wonder if we'll ever see the full Mueller report now, since Donald is apparently terrified of it going public and wants to undercut it from even being considered a credible investigation. Even though we've had numerous indictments for multiple crimes.
Totally politically-biased, and for Trump, face-saving.
I wonder if we'll ever see the full Mueller report now, since Donald is apparently terrified of it going public and wants to undercut it from even being considered a credible investigation. Even though we've had numerous indictments for multiple crimes.
Trump has been taking on the FBI for over a year now, and it looks like he's beating them.
It's optimistic to think "This is his way of trying to bury the report" and not "This is yet another step towards American dictatorship, where the president punishes those who dare to investigate him." Trump isn't scared of the report, his base has already dismissed it and Barr will ensure any damaging details never come to light, his only concern is maintaining a stranglehold on the Republican Party and replacing all dissenters with loyalists.
Let's not kid ourselves again here. The lack of indictments hitting anyone with "Trump" in their name was a huge victory for him, and it's looking more and more like he's going to get away with anything and everything he chooses to do until he's out of office.
We've seen what your average rich person can get away with. How do we seriously expect to take down billionaire president who has total oversight of investigations into his own misdeeds? Vote him out, that's the only way.
The White House would immediately release their own versions of the "leaked" report with conflicting information. It would just make things more confusing.
is Trump gonna get Obama? he couldnt jail Hillary so why not use his powers to jail Obama for instructing the FBI to start an illegal investigation on his campaign, or at least for ok'ing it?
i can totally see it happen. yep, makes sense, thats where this timeline is heading.
i can totally see it happen. yep, makes sense, thats where this timeline is heading.
The revenge campaign is just getting started. You thought you've seen some shit, this is going to be something else entirely.
Is it wrong to feel that some of this is at the blame of how Mueller handed in his report? How did he not see this shit coming from a mile away? He spent 2 years researching and investigating these goons. Did he really think they were all of a sudden going to follow the rule of law and do things the right way?
They have obstructed and muddied the waters at every single turn. Now they are attempting to turn the blame on the FBI and Mueller's own team. How did he not see this coming?
There should have been a dead mans switch or some sort of back up plan. You cant write a report about the enemy, hand the report to said enemy, and then expect them to release it honestly to the world. Where was the foresight?
They have obstructed and muddied the waters at every single turn. Now they are attempting to turn the blame on the FBI and Mueller's own team. How did he not see this coming?
There should have been a dead mans switch or some sort of back up plan. You cant write a report about the enemy, hand the report to said enemy, and then expect them to release it honestly to the world. Where was the foresight?
They'd only need to replace the redacted parts, and I'm sure Barr gave them full access to the report weeks ago (hence why he wouldn't comment on whether the WH had seen it yesterday).
I'm sure they'll be looking into how the Republican nominee kept asking for an investigation into Hillary, then the Republican head of the FBI went against DoJ rules to tell Congress that the FBI had re-opened an investigation into Hillary just before the election, which they closed just after the election after finding nothing, thus gifting the Republican nominee the Presidency.
Obviously he knew. What did you expect him to do, break the law and announce his findings in public? That's not his role. He'll get to tell his story to Congress when he is called to testify. If you're worried about Republicans obscuring the facts, then it's the Democrats' job to make sure the public understands that's exactly what's going on. It's not Mueller's job.
According to the law he had no other way of handing in the report. It's Barr and the GOP that is now perverting the law, for "fear of it leaking". IF that is truly a concern then they should clamp down and issue an investigation on who leaked it if that even happens. Congress needs the full report and underlying evidence to fulfill their constitutional duties we elected them there to do.
I don't think we have to worry about replacements, the Mueller team has already voiced their displeasure and all they'd have to do is say "they changed it." That'd call a shitstorm.
But all Barr and Company have to do is say it's of national security or some BS reason and just block it out. There's no way they're going to keep anything super damaging in it and I expect pretty much blacked out page after page.
