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| 2020-05-19 |
| [Breitbart] William Barr: Probably Won’t Be a Criminal Investigation of Obama, Biden Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) review of the 2016 Russia investigation is unlikely to yield a criminal investigation of former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden. “Whatever their level of involvement based on the level of information I have today, I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man,” Barr said in a press conference Monday, referring to U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is leading the inquiry into the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the previous election. “Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others.” I tend to agree with #2 below, but where is exactly is "Mr. Durham's work?" The longer this investigation drags on without legal findings and indictments, the more it takes on the appearance of a Washington Kabuki dance. Justice delayed is justice denied. Later in his remarks, Barr criticized the general use of criminal investigations as “a political weapon.” “This is not good for our political life and it’s not good for the criminal justice system,” said the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. “As long as I’m attorney general, the criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political ends. This is especially true for the upcoming elections in November.” Barr’s comments follow the release of the declassified list of Obama officials who had requested names to be “unmasked” between November 8, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017. Top Obama officials who made such requests include former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samatha Power, former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, and former Vice President Joe Biden. The list became public days after the DOJ dropped its criminal case against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to making false statements to the FBI over his communications with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak during President Donald Trump’s transition period. Last week, Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) signaled that he will request the officials, including Biden, the presumptive Democrat nominee, to testify regarding their unmasking activities. “Right now we’re in the information-gathering phase of this and this obviously, from my standpoint, raises a lot more questions than it actually answers,” Johnson said, according to The Hill. “We will start requesting interviews with those individuals.” “I want to find out what you were looking at, why you unmasked an American’s identity and how you used that,” the Wisconsin Republican added, before stating that he will seek interviews with Brennan, Clapper, McDonough, and “possibly” Biden. Related: William Barr: 2020-05-09 Elizabeth Warren Demands AG Barr Resign Over Flynn Decision William Barr: 2020-05-07 Rosenstein memo tasked Mueller to investigate already-discredited Steele allegations William Barr: 2020-04-28 DOJ Instructs U.S. Attorneys To Lookout For State And Local Governments Violating Civil Liberties |
| Posted by:Woodrow |
| #33 Too close to the election can lead to "I question the timing" issues. If that's the actual plan, then it's too clever by half. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-05-19 23:42 |
| #32 One other thing is timing - you dont want the Dems to have time to spin and react, and give the press time to turn this back on Trump and the GOP. Maximum iimpact, close in to the election to put the nail in the coffin not only for Biden, but for Pelosi and her D majority house, and preserve the R senate. |
| Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-19 23:04 |
| #31 Sometimes you just have to peel the onion. No matter how much you want to cut to the core. |
| Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-19 23:02 |
| #30 Cover up of capital treason. Obvious. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-05-19 18:20 |
| #29 would there be Qatar in 10 years? Once they’re out, it doesn’t matter. They can go from there to France, like everyone else, or wherever their dear little hearts desire, assuming they still have money. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-05-19 17:57 |
| #28 Methodical or inert? I know which way I'd bet, but I guess we'll see. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-05-19 17:37 |
| #27 Not big on the "Down low" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-05-19 14:30 |
| #26 ^With fracking and all - would there be Qatar in 10 years? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-19 14:00 |
| #25 if you can spook Baraq into running away and getting asylum Macau was a safe haven for Kim Jong Un‘s half brrother, and the Obamas still have pots of money. Neither China nor Iran would be trustworthy hosts, I suspect. Nor Saudi Arabia these days. Qatar as fellow supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, perhaps? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-05-19 13:57 |
| #24 ^The best, IMO, outcome if you can spook Baraq into running away and getting asylum in China - WITHOUT taking any specific investigation steps against him. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-19 13:12 |
| #23 But then, maybe if Baraq agrees to stay out of sight and keep his mouth shut... |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-05-19 12:59 |
| #22 They weren't gonna let Nixon off the hook. Then we got Carter as a result of Ford granting Nixon a pardon. I don't want another Carter. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-05-19 12:58 |
| #21 He is letting the evidence take him where it will. If he announced Obama was on his list, the deep state would come out swinging. Let him play cat and mouse with this. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2020-05-19 12:24 |
| #20 Put Detective Ed Exley in charge. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-19 09:51 |
| #19 #17 could be a useful tool in dealing with, say, Brennan or Clapper I'd use the Prisoner's Dilemma. You know Clapper will roll up like a cheap rug |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-05-19 09:48 |
| #18 Interesting, lord garth. Like it. Soundslikeaplan. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-19 09:44 |
| #17 could be a useful tool in dealing with, say, Brennan or Clapper Let them finger Obama by promising them that Obama won't be prosecuted |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-05-19 09:33 |
| #16 #14 Whahaha... Mandela... The only thing that gives Soetoro a bigger frisson -- bigger, even, than hearing Big Mike whisper, Bend over, boyfrien'!' -- is his wet dream of reappearing to the world as Mandela Reincarnate, in Excelsis Deo, resplendent in his tan suit and open-necked shirt |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-19 09:26 |
| #15 I also agree with TW. Don't turn these creatures into rallying points for the left, but do let them sweat. Assuming Trump wins in November, (and GOP holds the senate) we might get a new AG who makes Judge Roy Bean look like Mr. Rogers. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-05-19 08:49 |
| #14 Ref #11:. "Pseudo-Mandela cause celeb...." Whahahahaha....Whahahaha, exactly correct. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-19 08:42 |
| #13 IMO, Obama is innocent - would you discuss any serious plans with Obama? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-05-19 07:49 |
| #12 I agree with tw. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-05-19 07:47 |
| #11 Re #9 - understood; the logic of not turning Zero into a (however laughable) pseudo-Mandela cause celebre is clear. Two problems: if the smaller fish turn on him, they will do so only as a way to beat the rap, so if the kingfish isn't prosecuted then no one will be. Second, not prosecuting him gives some credence to that entire ludicrous anti-Russian fairytale we've been told these last four years, because it's now Obama (along with Hillary) who is championing or will champion that BS. Which has to be destroyed if this country is ever to get serious about China. We have to put a stake through the idiotic meme of OrangeMan = Kremlin Agent. Maybe that can be done without indicting Soetoro but I don't see it. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-19 06:08 |
| #10 @ #8 - What, another Amish candlelight vigil gone bad? |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-19 05:42 |
| #9 American Thinker - Why AG Barr is right about not criminally prosecuting Obama or Biden |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-19 04:53 |
| #8 Here is an example (video) of why Soetoro will never face indictment or prosecution. These are not 'block parties' they are mini-exercises in social, cultural protest and political disorder. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-19 03:09 |
| #7 /\ That Establishment, Only a very minor, more inclusive repair. On the topic of global prostitution, ask me about my Home Depot, Loews, Target Chinese box store experience this week. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-19 02:47 |
| #6 Herewith the Rant -- it is Rantburg, after all-- so buckle your seatbelts, kids-- here goes : I understand the fears and concerns of those of our Establishment who wish to preserve the system-- to keep the whole edifice of our political and legal institutions from crashing down. To try to forestall a cycle of political retribution every four years. Yes, I get it. Slippery slope etc. And if I myself had followed their path through those grand institutions, as I in my younger and more vulnerable years would have and could have, then I too would seek to uphold rather than destroy. Yup: Congress, the CIA, the New York Times, SCOTUS, Harvard, Davos, the Trilateral Commission, the NSA, Goldman Sachs, TweedleDum and TweedleeDee: all of it, shiny and interconnected, inseparable, one nation under no Gid but Mammon and Self... I could have joined and supported and battened upon it all. But no -- I didn't, and letfals this take reflects my Bonn-Establishment POV. But it doesn't matter. The truth abides. That Establishment, she's a whore. A filthy, desiccated, putrescent syphilitic whore. Where one sits or stands does not alter this hard, bitter truth: The American Establishment is incorrigibly corrupt. Rotten. Opposed to the interests of the Many. Anti-American. Burr - Barr - Biden - Brennan - Clinton - Clapper - Comey - Cuomo - 'Delecto' - Feinstein - Graham - Pelosi - Soetoro: Corrupt beyond words -- more corrupt than any age since that of the Robber Barons. Look at what that moron and his minions did - no hyoerboke, this is fact now: Destroyed our Constitution. Imported 20 million illegals. Tied our economy to an unbelievably corrupt, nasty, implacably anti-American, Communist Party-led Chinese kakocracy that just unleashed bio-warfare upon us. And now we're supposed to accept our impoverishment and that of our children. Because "pandemic." Because OrangeMan Bad. Because OrangeMan = "Human Sacrifice!!!!" NO. Enough. Enough lies and bullsh!t and nonsense. Prosecute Obama. Prosecute ALL of his co-conspirators. Take back our Republic. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-19 01:17 |
| #5 The key to me is “...based on the level of information I have today, I don’t expect... ,” Lex. Should there be revealed in the course of this investigation strong enough evidence against Obama and Biden, his current expectation will be ignored in favour of action. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-05-19 01:03 |
#4  My professional opinion. Biden is now virtual campaigning due to COVID19. Before that he was slurring his speech and speaking incoherently at times in his speeches. The latter is a sign that sometime recently he has had a stroke. Limbaugh sez Biden will not cross the finish line, he will be replaced. I think it will be due to another stroke. |
| Posted by: Dr. Wheat Faartz007 2020-05-19 01:02 |
| #3 ??? This is very curious language - or maybe not: " Whatever their level of involvement based on the level of information I have today, I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man,” What a strange phrase! "Whatever their level of involvement..." "Whatever" = no specificity, no boundary, NO LIMIT. "Level of involvement" = ie legal liabikity, CULPABILITY. So replace that weird, slang-y, non-lawyerly term "whatever" -- as in, "whatever, dude" -- with its more precise cognate, REGARDLESS OF -- and you get the following paraphrase: "Regardless of their culpability, we decline to prosecute..." Is this not a banana republic? Is this not a ... yes, there's only one word for it now - SHITSHOW? |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-19 00:45 |
| #2 I think Attorney General Barr is going after the low-hanging fruit first. He can always change his mind later, after a few convictions reveal even more information, but no point in making former vice president Biden a martyr in the months leading up to the election and getting the partisans riled up enough to try to push him over the finish line. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-05-19 00:29 |
| #1 There should be no one in this Blog who is surprised by that. No one. Barr is suspect on a good day. This latest antic just cements it. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-19 00:05 |