Exclusive: Barr blasts Trump's tweets on Stone case: 'Impossible for me to do my job'

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 4:11pm |

“I barely knew Bill Barr. He wasn’t up for the job. When I fired him he begged to stay like a dog. He was a volunteer. Coffee boy.” https://t.co/UljecGgqub
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 13, 2020

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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barr-blasts-trumps-tweets-stone-case-impossible-job/story?id=68963276

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Meanwhile, there's this editorial disagreement about priorities:

Barr's PR nonsense is not the story. The story is your president just engaged in Ukraine-level quid pro quo extortion, but this time against one of the United States.
IN PLAIN SIGHT ON TWITTER!
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 13, 2020

More here on my blog posting.

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 4:34pm

JUST IN: WH reax to Barr interview pic.twitter.com/vURAvPscBq
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) February 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 5:46pm

Fox News was correct about William Barr. This is functionally identical to Sean Hannity being the attorney general. https://t.co/JNyMvDlw5e https://t.co/ejdn1HZYnn
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 10:26pm

And you thought the Borgia household was complicated.... https://t.co/VVg1CHhoEW
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) February 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 10:39pm

Prosecutors Accuse William Barr of Supporting Policies That Increase Crime https://t.co/ntTRQ3vuxE pic.twitter.com/Bw13tZ0SP5
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) February 14, 2020

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In an open letter released Thursday morning, 40 prosecutors representing most major towns and cities across the country aimed to flip the script on Barr in light of his recent comments attacking many of those same district attorneys (DAs) over pro-reform efforts and widespread opposition to the federal government’s brutal immigration crackdowns.

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 10:33pm

Before the interview went public: The New York City bar goes after William Barr

By Jennifer Rubin @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 13, 2020 at 11:34 a.m. EST

In a rare act of public challenge to the Trump administration, the New York City bar has written a remarkable letter to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz as well as the chairs and ranking minority-party members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees — Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Rep. Douglas A. Collins (R-Ga.), Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). The letter begins:

We write to express our deep concerns about the impartial administration of justice in connection with the prosecution of Roger Stone in federal court in Washington, D.C., and to call for immediate investigations by Congress and by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. Recent actions by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, a component of the United States Department of Justice, raise serious questions about whether the Department of Justice is making prosecutorial decisions based not on neutral principles but in order to protect President Trump’s supporters and friends. In our criminal justice system, a single standard must apply to all who are accused or convicted of violating the law — unequal treatment based on political influence is to be deplored in all cases but is especially dangerous if it emanates from the presidency.

The letter recounts the facts surrounding Stone’s crime and conviction, the sentencing recommendation and revision, and Trump’s public intervention. The letter bats down the notion that this is any way normal. The bar writes: “ [....]

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 11:37pm

BREAKING Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington also issued a rare statement responding to President Trump’s attacks on Stone’s sentencing judge, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, and defending the integrity of the courts. https://t.co/LhicnjBjNx pic.twitter.com/MSiNthX3lS
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) February 13, 2020

Judge Howell: “The Judges of this Court base their sentencing decisions on careful consideration of the actual record in the case before them ... Public criticism or pressure is not a factor.”
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) February 13, 2020

Judges also rely, Howell said, on "the applicable sentencing guidelines and statutory factors; the submissions of the parties, the Probation Office and victims; and their own judgment and experience."
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) February 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 12:29am

John Dean to Preet Bharara on topic:

Barr staged it and I’d bet with a heads up to the White House! https://t.co/tPn5MsK02i
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) February 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 2:42am

They colluded non-collusion?

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 3:04am

More on the Barr organized crime family:https://t.co/aziofPa0Ur
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) February 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 4:52pm

Exclusive: Barr blasts Trump's tweets on Stone case: 'Impossible for me to do my job'

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