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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOdd News: William Barr, Attorney General, IS NOT in Washington tonight
He's not even on the East Coast, nor in the United States tonight.
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First on @ABC: AG Barr has been on official travel in Italy for the past two days, during a week where he has faced intensifying scrutiny over his role in how the DOJ handled the IC's whistleblower complaint. It's unclear why the trip was only just revealed. w/ @jonkarl
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Odd News: William Barr, Attorney General, IS NOT in Washington tonight (Original Post)
ffr
Sep 2019
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triron
(22,031 posts)1. Just getting 'away from it all'
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,598 posts)2. where's the nearest non-extradition country?
ffr
(22,683 posts)10. I hope he doesn't come back.
He'd be leaving tRump and Pence to twist in the wind, exposed to the the full brunt of the democratic committees.
I don't even care how that would happen, but I can only hope he doesn't or cannot return.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)3. Maybe he is shaking down Italy for a little quid-pro-quo.
Meatballs for missiles?
BigMin28
(1,186 posts)4. What the hell is he in Italy for?
What official business does the AG have in Italy?
dchill
(38,642 posts)6. None of your business. He doesn't work for YOU!
You're tickling my funny bone.
eleny
(46,166 posts)5. Maybe he's attending the yearly Opus Dei picnic
DrToast
(6,414 posts)7. Hackers have revealed his Google searches from today
"Countries without extradition treaties with the Untied States"
Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)9. Mafia convention.
napi21
(45,806 posts)12. THAT's possible. After all, Pollermo sicily IS the homne of the Mafia. nt
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)11. Meeting with the Pope?
ffr
(22,683 posts)13. Rome does come up as the destination
Can't find anything more, since there's no press apparatus.
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)15. This is strange. Is he on vacation?
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)17. Fairfax Rag
Do you have to look away
when you pass by the diner
where the squad car stops for coffee?
Don't you wish
that you were any place else but here?