Jason Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Quote Attorney General William P. Barr delivered a scathing critique of his own Justice Department Wednesday night, insisting on his absolute authority to overrule career staff, whom he said too often injected themselves into politics and went “headhunting” for high profile targets. Speaking at an event hosted by Hillsdale College, a school with deep ties to conservative politics, Barr directly addressed the criticism that has been building for months inside the department toward his heavy hand in politically sensitive cases, particularly those involving associates of President Trump. “What exactly am I interfering with?” he asked. “Under the law, all prosecutorial power is invested in the attorney general.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/william-barr-hillsdale-college/2020/09/16/0986dac4-f887-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Except able to ruin people's lives (or end them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thewhyteboar Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I hope Barr catches a serious case of Covid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Seriously it is a threat to the union that a man like him is in charge of the Justice Department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 BLM isn't interested in black lives, they're just trying to get policies enacted that would improve black people's lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 This isn't good... something's up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: This isn't good... something's up. He's livid that this didn't gain traction with DoJ prosecutors: http://www.nytimes.com//vi-assets/static-assets/apple-touch-icon-28865b72953380a40aa43318108876cb.png Barr Told Prosecutors to Consider Sedition Charges for Protest Violence - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM Attorney General William P. Barr was also said to have asked prosecutors to explore whether to bring charges against the mayor of Seattle for allowing a police-free protest zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: He's livid that this didn't gain traction with DoJ prosecutors: http://www.nytimes.com//vi-assets/static-assets/apple-touch-icon-28865b72953380a40aa43318108876cb.png Barr Told Prosecutors to Consider Sedition Charges for Protest Violence - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM Attorney General William P. Barr was also said to have asked prosecutors to explore whether to bring charges against the mayor of Seattle for allowing a police-free protest zone. So the second option in the two-tweeter I posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Bill Barr has a history of speaking like this, particularly at colleges. His speech last fall at Notre Dame remains one of the most insane political speeches I've ever read / heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, osxmatt said: Bill Barr has a history of speaking like this, particularly at colleges. His speech last fall at Notre Dame remains one of the most insane political speeches I've ever read / heard. You talking about the one where he railed against "secularists"? It gets lost in his corruption that he's also as big a religious nut as Pence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Chairslinger said: You talking about the one where he railed against "secularists"? It gets lost in his corruption that he's also as big a religious nut as Pence. Either that or the unitary executive one where he argued the President is supposed to be a king, more or less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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