A.G. Barr Accused of Covering Up Whistleblower Complaint about Trump

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The U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman on Thursday accused the Justice Department of blocking intelligence officials from giving Congress a whistleblower complaint reported to involve communications between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader.
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Another Democratic member of the committee, Mike Quigley, was more direct, charging that Attorney General William Barr was seeking to protect the president.

“Mr. Barr and the Department of Justice’s job in their mind is to protect the president,” he told reporters. “And it doesn’t matter if that violates the laws.” - PoliticusUSA

I like politicians who speak truth.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Keep putting heat on TRAITOR Barr....

Keep the Congressional heat on this asshole who thinks he is Trump's personal lawyer.

[Larrybanal]

26. why???

nothing congress does has any effect. they need to get a spine a rip the trump administration a new one because every time they ignore congress, trump just becomes more out of control

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Barr with go down for him. I'm sure he has promised him a pardon as long as he does what

he has been told to do.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

37. K&R, undoubtedly, redstatebluegirl! Here's current CNN news on the crimes:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212479011

[dalton99a]

3. Barr belongs in prison.

[tclambert]

44. I agree. But who can arrest the Attorney General?

Can't he fire anyone who comes to put the handcuffs on him?

(Can I make a citizens' arrest? I'd love to do that.)

[TruckFump]

4. No question about that.

It's called -- MISPRISON OF A FELONY. In this case, TREASON.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Not like 'prison'. Needs an extra 'i'. Often overlooked. . . . nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. "word of the day MISPRISION"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212479168

[jayschool2013]

16. Miss Prision

She was my fourth-grade teacher, if my memory serves me.

[calimary]

19. Oh, I see! I had assumed you were talking about Ivanka!

My bad!

[RobertDevereaux]

17. And then there's Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest. :)

[Pepsidog]

28. I didn't know that. Thanks

[malaise]

6. Impeach Barr

That is all

[StarfishSaver]

7. And then what?

[ScratchCat]

11. And then you put the Senate

in the position of having to defend not removing someone who has BROKEN THE LAW. This isn't over lying about a private sex act. Good god, folks, we aren't wanting to remove these people over partisan nonsense, they are BREAKING THE LAW. If the house passes articles of impeachment, they will state he violated the law, not lied to investigators. The Senate does not want to be put in that position. Its electoral disaster.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Why, that might cost the GOP the Senate!

We wouldn’t want that, would we?

[StarfishSaver]

18. And then what?

How will that stop him from doing anything he's doing now?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. how about we just try doing the right thing and see

[ooky]

20. I don't know if its an electoral disaster for Republicans. Their base are all sitting back

cheering while Barr breaks the law. It might be, but it also might be for us where we are defending closely contested seats if it motivates their base more than ours. I don't think we really know how it will impact the election. I have to think if we had a clear indication from the plurality of would be voters that impeachment would cause them to flock to us in 2020 we would do so. But I don't readily see that. What I do see is national polling that says all of our top candidates would beat Trump if the election were to take place today, so perhaps Pelosi doesn't want to do anything seismic at this time while our candidates are enjoying that advantage. It appears to me she is playing the long game. Impeachment, or not, won't stop the law breaking by Barr as long as McConnell is enabling him. It may be the noble thing to do, the "right" thing perhaps. But if it were to cause us to lose the election and get another 4 more years of Trump, that would be a disaster.

[machoneman]

27. I believe the blocking of any witness testimony from folks even tangentially related to the WH....

Cabinet, agency heads and more is far more serious in violating the right of Congress (yes both housed even though we only have one) to investigate any and all presidential, WH staff, Cabinet, agency and even military staff. They will lose in the end to the Supreme Courts striking down of this widespread and blatant acts, we hope well before the election. But, even when we get the right-leaning SC's approval, who says that Trump will abide by their decision?

[ooky]

36. No doubt. It's flagrant disregard for the Constitution right before our eyes.

And, as we have all observed now, Trump will not abide by any decision that goes against him as long as he has his lackey AG to block it. And, the only way I see out of this is by voting them out in 2020. So I think we should be very careful about doing anything that might backfire and tip the electorate back toward Republicans.

I don't want to lose this war.

[stopdiggin]

24. Ummm. they've done that? like hundreds of times?

"position of having to defend not removing someone who has BROKEN THE LAW."

but THIS time .. they'll faint dead at the sight of the spider!

[ancianita]

12. Quigley doesn't have the power to impeach him. Just Quigley's opinion.

So far, impeachment inquiry has resulted in one article of impeachment. Extracting evidence from another hostile branch looks like a long, hard fight.

We'll see how much House Judiciary and Intel can get with a formal Impeachment Inquiry.

If there really are structural blocks to congressional oversight enforcement -- with emphasis on enforcement -- Democrats will be the only ones to change those structural blocks used for misprision.

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. Quigley could introduce a motion to start impeachment hearing, could he not? Nt

[ancianita]

30. He could, but he didn't say he would, did he. Quigley's our guy in IL, a great rep for the party.

What's behind my comment isn't about Quigley. We can file articles of impeachment, so let's do it.

We can talk impeachment all we want here, but where I'm coming from concerns blocks to productive impeachment enforcement.

[machoneman]

29. Yes, we need to tighten up lots of precedents Trump has violated with strict and enforceable laws.

We have lived too long with the niceties of past presidential deference to conventions and practices. In fact, post-Nixon was the time to enact many a law with severe penalties for recalcitrant presidents who circumvented the courts, the law and Congressional subpoenas.

Woe to us for not doing so long ago!

[spanone]

8. Mike Quigley is fantastic.

[renate]

13. I like him so much!

Something about his manner just appeals to me. He seems normal and approachable but then you realize he's really smart... and obviously he is on the correct side of the law.

[spanone]

14. very smart.

I like him too.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Barr is a crook.

So is Benedict Donald.

The federal penitentiaries were made for their kind.

[Progressive Jones]

41. So is the gallows. nt

[Kid Berwyn]

42. That would be just, but I prefer torture in solitary confinement...

...unrelenting drugs, pain, bad-cop badder-cop routines, false executions, etc., to the point where the traitors break and reveal all of their co-conspirators. We harvest the data, discern the guilty, and arrest the lot going back to Nov. 22, 1963. Then, they can rot. Or hang.

[Progressive Jones]

47. I certainly see your point. NT

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. I like politicians who take action

When do Barr's impeachment hearings start?

[AncientGeezer]

38. Never....just saying.

[Vinca]

25. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

Impeach, take it to court, do fucking something other than talk and schedule hearings.

[BamaRefugee]

31. Time for more STERNLY WORDED LETTERS! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[duforsure]

32. Barr will end up going to prison

For this and a lot of other illegal acts he's involved in, especially with Epstein.

[turbinetree]

33. Bring Barr into the Judicary and Intelligence committees, let him try to pull his BS

and then tell him he is in Contempt, they tell the Sgt of Arms to throw his ass in jail....................due process........................

[AncientGeezer]

39. That's not how it works....I'm sure you know that.

[gademocrat7]

34. Attorneys who are licensed in DC

Need to file complaints with the DC Bar Association against William Barr. He needs to be disbarred. He is a criminal.

[AncientGeezer]

40. He could be disbarred(should the BAR find)....doesn't stop his tenure as AG.

[dlk]

35. How Does this Criminal Keep His Law License?

He should be locked up.

[McCamy Taylor]

43. Impeach him!

[The Wizard]

45. Barr should be indicted by every state grand jury.

[struggle4progress]

46. Barr seems to have some history of helping with clean-ups

He apparently encouraged GHWB to pardon the Iran-contra folk who otherwise looked like they might help convict him

And, of course, he was auditioning in June 2108 for his current role as AG with his little brief on Mueller and obstruction

So maybe nobody's really too surprised if Barr's still acting like Trump's consigliere now