leftwinger Posted February 15 Trump’s attacks made a prosecution of McCabe especially complicated. According to materials made public Friday in a Freedom of Information Act case related to the investigation, a federal judge in D.C. warned prosecutors in the case that the public was watching and that comments from the White House were detrimental. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-appears-to-escalate-standoff-with-attorney-general-and-justice-dept-declaring-on-twitter-a-legal-right-to-influence-criminal-cases/2020/02/14/8c152c36-4f2f-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpbarr-920am-1-duplicate%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slideman Posted February 15 Barr is throwing up a smokescreen of verbiage while he carries out Trump's wishes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leftwinger Posted February 15 Just now, slideman said: Barr is throwing up a smokescreen of verbiage while he carries out Trump's wishes. Perhaps. But the crisis in the Department of Justice is now a national scandal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slideman Posted February 15 1 minute ago, leftwinger said: Perhaps. But the crisis in the Department of Justice is now a national scandal. Barr has to make a show of asserting Justice department Independence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leftwinger Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, slideman said: Barr has to make a show of asserting Justice department Independence. Maybe Barr has some friends who will remind him what his job is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zaro Posted February 15 31 minutes ago, leftwinger said: Trump’s attacks made a prosecution of McCabe especially complicated. According to materials made public Friday in a Freedom of Information Act case related to the investigation, a federal judge in D.C. warned prosecutors in the case that the public was watching and that comments from the White House were detrimental. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-appears-to-escalate-standoff-with-attorney-general-and-justice-dept-declaring-on-twitter-a-legal-right-to-influence-criminal-cases/2020/02/14/8c152c36-4f2f-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpbarr-920am-1-duplicate%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans Yup. The public is watching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leftwinger Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Zaro said: Yup. The public is watching. "I am the King," is not going to work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
