Bill Barr Being Bombarded By Bullshit

[kentuck]

Most of it is coming from Donald Trump.

Is he not yet in Trump's corner??

No doubt, Mueller, his good friend, has filled him in on all the sweet details of the investigation by now. Rosenstein and McCabe are going public with their charges against Trump, especially McCabe. Barr, forever a partisan, probably had no idea what he was stepping in?

Trump is attempting to poison the well and to denigrate Rosenstein and McCabe before they are called before a hearing, probably from the Senate and the House? He does not want the information to come before the representatives of the people untainted. He has launched an all-out assault on McCabe.

[Sneederbunk]

1. For reasons I cannot articulate, I Believe Barr will do right thing.

[Claritie Pixie]

2. I agree with you. Can't say why I feel that way either.

[Pantagruel]

5. " For reasons I cannot articulate"

?
You sworn to secrecy or just overwhelmed by a "suspicion"?

[Kablooie]

6. It's because if he doesn't he could go to jail.

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Trump's case is the most scrutinized case in the world so if Barr learns of criminal evidence regarding Trump and tries to bury it he will likely have destroyed his whole career.

Anyone who hitches their wagon to Trump's is greatly increasing the likelihood of prison time.
Let's hope he's wiser than this and lets common sense override his dedication to the Republican party.

[louis-t]

15. Can't wait to hear the nasty names dumpy calls him

when Barr refuses to give him a pass.

[byronius]

19. I think they think they'll be able to do Trump's bidding and then they see the evidence.

And they get it.

That's the problem with life in the bubble. Pop.

[hvn_nbr_2]

20. I'm imagining Mueller showing him the case they have ...

the intercepts, the emails, the financial transactions, the testimonies of various flipped agents, etc. etc. and kind of suggesting that, hey, maybe you don't want to obstruct this investigation of dozens (maybe hundreds) of traitorous individuals and actions.

[peggysue2]

14. This is my position as well

Though all things touched by the Trumpster are tainted (the ETTD theory), Barr has repeatedly been described as an institutionalist. As such, the war being waged on all our Institutions, done deliberately and with malice, would be an anathema to someone like Barr. There are the extra points given in that the man is a personal friend of Mueller, that he stated Mueller's probe was not a witch hunt. Reportedly, Trump was 'startled' by the cozy relationship between the two men.

None of this is a slam-dunk but Barr has a reputation to protect. If he's an honest broker and wants a legal career in the future, he will resist the overreach of the Trumpster and . . . do the right thing.

Yes, he's a Republican and worked for GW. But Mueller is also a Republican, as is Rosenstein, Wray, etc. The future of the country is in the hands of a few good men and women despite political affiliations. How good remains to be seen. And such is the case with Barr IMHO.

[OnDoutside]

18. I think he is in there to protect the GOP, rather than Trump.

[guillaumeb]

3. Great title.

How many of these Trump allies know the extent of Trump's corruption?

[empedocles]

4. Mueller, Comey, McCabe, Rosenstein all Republicans and straight.

Given a trump stacked deck, what are the odds of drawing an inside straight [Barr?]

[agingdem]

16. McCabe and Rosenstein will come out of this

with their reputations mostly intact..almost hero-like

[awesomerwb1]

7. You give republicans too much credit.

Of course Barr is and has always been aware of what's going on with the investigation. He's more than happy to "contribute".

I hope you don't believe because he's, supposedly, good friends with Mueller that he's on board to secretly do anything in his power to protect the investigation. You're in for a surprise if that's the case.

[kentuck]

9. Mueller is a Republican, also ...

Should I feel the same way about him ?

[awesomerwb1]

12. Mueller has been appointed to senate confirmed positions

under Dems and reps.

And Mueller does not appear to have close relatives advising trump unlike this clown Barr who's son in law recently took a position in the White House's counsel office.

Big difference there.

[2naSalit]

8. He seems to not grasp the fact that

all of them can be brought before Congress.

[Mandeville]

10. that fact doesn't seem to bother lindsey graham

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Occum's Razer

With the Trump Administration, it's usually what it appears to be, there's not a lot of thought put into much of anything unless it involves stealing money from the US treasury.

So with Barr, Trump read the memo he wrote critical of the Mueller investigation and said, "get me that guy!" There was no background work done, no real in depth thought into the decision, it was simply Trump making an uninformed decision mostly based on that one piece of evidence and gut. So he said, "Get me that guy!" and the next day they came back to him and said, "Looks like he has the requisite experience (They probably looked at his wiki page or at most his Linkedin profile), let's make an announcement." So they did.

It wasn't until they had announced it that they realized this guy has a strong relationship with Mueller, that they are friends. Trump automatically assumes everyone is corrupted, because he himself is corrupt and most everyone in his circle is a crook. He just assumed this would be his guy based on 1 thing, and he was wrong.

[kentuck]

13. I think you are probably right...

He did know that Mueller and Barr had respect for each other.

Could that have been his fatal mistake ?

[triron]

17. Trump is a Russian agent. What do you expect?