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Barr agrees to testify as Democrats question his leadership

WASHINGTON (AP) ‐ Attorney General William Barr has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next month, appearing for the first time before the panel as questions swirl about whether he intervened in the case of a longtime ally of President Donald Trump.
AG Barr is the Dem's 25m, intermediate target. The long-range target is federal prosecutor John Durham.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., released a letter Wednesday to Barr "to confirm your agreement to testify" on March 31. In the letter, Nadler and committee Democrats write that they have concerns that Barr has misused the criminal justice system for political purposes.

"In your tenure as attorney general, you have engaged in a pattern of conduct in legal matters relating to the president that raises significant concerns for this committee," Nadler and the Democrats wrote.

The Justice Department confirmed Barr would testify. His appearance will be the first before the House Judiciary panel since he became attorney general a year ago, and since he declined an invitation to testify about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report after it was released.

The Democrats said they plan to ask Barr about the department’s decision this week to overrule four federal prosecutors and lower the amount of prison time it would seek for Trump’s confidant Roger Stone. The four prosecutors immediately quit the case, in which Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election.

They said they will also ask Barr about his department’s announcement that it is taking information that Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is gathering in Ukraine about the president’s Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son. The House voted in December to impeach Trump because of his pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democrats; the GOP-led Senate acquitted him this month.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-13 03:08|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 So the Dems don't want to clean up corruption and have justice?

Posted by JohnQC 2020-02-13 10:21|| 2020-02-13 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 They are the corruption. He should not talk to them until they are charged.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2020-02-13 10:42|| 2020-02-13 10:42|| Front Page Top

#3 If they're expecting a cowed witness in Barr..think again.

Posted by Warthog 2020-02-13 10:42|| 2020-02-13 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I can understand their discomfort. Barr is probably locked and loaded for the usual 'October Surprise' the Donks normally try to play on the Trunks. Except this time, its their turn and with someone who knows its war by other means and plans to play it as such rather than turn the other cheek.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-13 11:46|| 2020-02-13 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Karma

Posted by Lex 2020-02-13 11:46|| 2020-02-13 11:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm puzzled why Barr would agree to be the target of an all-day (if not longer) mudslinging fest. But my inner optimist has suggested that maybe Barr knows that Durham will have issued a few dozen indictments before then, including (we can only hope) all of the Mueller shysters for malicious prosecutions, lying to the courts, etc., etc.

Posted by PBMcL 2020-02-13 11:47|| 2020-02-13 11:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes, well, I can see how Barr's conduct might "raise significant concerns" for crooked Democrats like Nadler.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-02-13 13:02|| 2020-02-13 13:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Briar Patch/Dems overlooking the ease of his acceptance

Posted by Frank G 2020-02-13 13:17|| 2020-02-13 13:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Who are the Dems to question Barr on leadership.
Like they know anything about leadership. Pelosi and Schumer? Pah.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-02-13 15:38|| 2020-02-13 15:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Barr, Durham, et al, better get indictments going that will stick. It's all OODA Loop. When you react, you lose initiative. You need to take back the initiative from the dems, then you get inside their OODA loop so they react. Then you pick up the tempo and in reacting the dems start making mistakes. Just like John Boyd's lessons from dog fighting in the Korean War.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-02-13 16:52|| 2020-02-13 16:52|| Front Page Top

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