With bill barr leaving we can never forget barr’s constitutional crime spree and rampage against the rule of law.
This thread provides some lowlights.
This thread provides some lowlights.
Barr lied about the contents of the Mueller Report’s findings to the public right out of the gate and repeatedly lied about them under oath. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/mueller-report-barr-judge-walton.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/0...
Barr intervened to let trump& #39;s convicted friend slimeball roger stone off scot-free after stone coordinated with putin vessels to leak dirt during the 2016 election https://www.lawfareblog.com/prosecutors-amend-roger-stone-sentencing-recommendation">https://www.lawfareblog.com/prosecuto...
Barr was a point person ordering police to tear gas protestors so trump could take a photo-op https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/27/national-guard-commander-says-police-suddenly-moved-lafayette-square-protesters-used-excessive-force-clear-path-trump/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20...
Barr abused taxpayer resources to turn DOJ into trump’s personal law firm to defend trump in a rape lawsuit https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/nyregion/jean-carroll-trump-rape-lawsuit.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/1...
Barr fired a top federal prosecutor who was probing a shady foreign bank in the dead of night and then lied about it. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/09/geoffrey-berman-ousted-prosecutor-testify-before-house-committee/5398290002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/new...
Barr worked to dismiss the conviction of trump’s felon friend mike flynn who was on putin’s payroll and was labeled a traitor by a federal judge https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/11/michael-flynn-case-appeals-court-hears-arguments-over-trump-aide.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/1...
Barr repeatedly attacked democracy with scurrilous lies about nonexistent voter fraud https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/fact-check-echoing-trump-barr-misleads-voter-fraud-attack-expanded-n1240144">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/...
Barr obstructed legislative oversight and was only the second AG ever held in contempt of Congress. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/17/house-votes-to-hold-william-barr-wilbur-ross-in-criminal-contempt-of-congress-1418900">https://www.politico.com/story/201...
Barr installed cronies in top positions to undermine impartial justice and help protect trump’s crooked pals https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/attorney-general-william-p-barr-names-timothy-shea-one-of-his-counselors-as-the-districts-interim-us-attorney/2020/01/30/446fe6a6-4303-11ea-b503-2b077c436617_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pub...