Inquiry into origins of Russia investigation is a scam

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President Donald Trump ratcheted-up his war on law enforcement last week when he ordered all federal intelligence agencies to “quickly and fully” cooperate with Attorney General Bill Barr’s probe into the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Ordinarily, a presidential order directing federal agencies to cooperate with a Department of Justice investigation would be hailed as strong and decisive support of law enforcement. But not here. Not now. Not with President Trump.

The president’s move to “investigate the investigators” is designed to make agents and prosecutors think twice before they pursue legitimate evidence against him — which threatens a chilling effect on other investigations still in progress.

It’s no great surprise that Trump took this path — or that his loyal base is now chanting “Lock them up” as a threat to law enforcement agents who dare investigate the president. The stunning development has been the eager participation of Congressional Republicans and the attorney general.

While the past two years have exposed a frightened and cowed GOP, resigned to carry the president’s water, Trump’s first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, pushed back against White House efforts to morph the Justice Department into a pawn of the president. In sharp contrast, Bill Barr has shown his spine to be the moral equivalent of sugar-free Jello.

https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/446459-inquiry-into-origins-of-russia-investigation-is-a-scam

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1. J. Edgar Hoover wouldn't have put up with this BS.

Not for a minute.

[Igel]

3. That's not exactly high praise.

At the time, nobody much like Hoover. The claims were he ran roughshod over civil liberties and rights and ran the organization like his own private fiefdom.

The accusations of MLK's, um, infidelities and the infamous "suicide letter" are from his watch. So, no, Hoover wouldn't have put up with this.

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4. ALL Presidents could not tell Hoover how to run the FBI.

Maybe it was because of all those files he kept . . . . .

[sop]

2. Trump always counter sued anyone who sued him first

It's his MO, and how he intimidated people. Apparently, he thinks being investigated for committing crimes is the same thing as being sued by a contractor he stiffed, so now the cretin is investigating the investigators.