‘Donald Trump’s second attorney general, William Barr, is stupid, a liar, a bully and a thug, according to a hard-hitting new book by Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for [SDNY] whose firing Barr engineered in hugely controversial fashion in summer 2020.’
"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
We always knew there was more to the meeting with Bill Barr at the Pierre Hotel than uneaten sandwiches. Former SDNY US Atty saw improper partisanship at DOJ, and he is speaking out and revealing names in his new book. My review in
@WashingtonPost
That was really interesting. I bet his book is fascinating, but not sure if there is anything left to tell. The WaPo article sure did cover quite a few bad deeds by Barr and Rosen. Kind of funny that Rosen pressured Berman to do Trump's bidding and in the end, he himself wouldn't do Trump's bidding.
"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us."
RVInit wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:58 pm
That was really interesting. I bet his book is fascinating, but not sure if there is anything left to tell. The WaPo article sure did cover quite a few bad deeds by Barr and Rosen. Kind of funny that Rosen pressured Berman to do Trump's bidding and in the end, he himself wouldn't do Trump's bidding.
Even evil has standards...
"He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see, He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity, He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity"
Bill Barr has received approving nods recently for finally publicly turning against his former boss, rejecting Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud in testimony before the January 6 committee and repeatedly condemning on Fox News both Trump’s theft of classified government documents and the bizarre court decision letting a special master consider Trump’s absurd claims. While some have noted that this recent turn does not make up for his gross mishandling of his office over the 22 months he served as attorney general, most people give Barr credit for his recent dalliance with the truth.
Credit for moving the public discussion closer to reality is one thing, but no one should think that Barr is having second thoughts about the awful things he did in office. To the contrary, Barr’s recent trashing of Trump in a manner likely to greatly impair his presidential prospects makes perfect sense when one understands the driving convictions and objectives that have guided him throughout his adult life.
Remember that Barr sought out the opportunity to serve as Trump’s attorney general by submitting a memorandum in June 2018, expanding upon his long-held, breathtaking vision that the Founders created an all-powerful president immune from virtually any limitation on his powers. Those views had occupied Barr’s mind since the 1980s. In the memo, Barr applied that vision to Trump’s then-current obsession, arguing that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was a wholly illegitimate intrusion on those powers.
"When the Mueller Report came out, I feel like you mischaracterized it and I feel that was shady."
Watch
@BillMaher
press former AG William Barr on his handling of the special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election:
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump wrote:
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Bill Barr who repetedly said that Donald Trump is a danger to the country (”He will always put his own interests and gratifying his own ego ahead of everything else, including the country’s interests)” now says he’ll vote for Trump in November:
“I think the real danger to the country, the real danger to democracy…is the progressive agenda and I’ve said Trump may be playing Russian roulette, but continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide in my opinion”
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski wrote:
Bill Barr just announced he will vote for Trump in this election.
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
A loser who's going to vote for him, if only by not voting for Biden, again.
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears… To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies." -Octavia E. Butler
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:20 pm
A loser who's going to vote for him, if only by not voting for Biden, again.
Indeed, but he directly stated that he would vote “for the Republican ticket.”
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears… To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies." -Octavia E. Butler
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins wrote:
Bill Barr responds to Donald Trump mocking him after he said he would vote for him in 2024. And it's something.
Wow? Has everyone NOT been paying attention? This is hardly the first time we've heard this allegation.
Acyn @Acyn wrote:
Wow, according to this, it seems that Trump floated executing people on multiple occasions while President
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears… To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies." -Octavia E. Butler