William Barr and his henchmen must be held accountable
We take a moment in the midst of a pandemic, which, because of the negligence of this administration has killed more than 75,000 Americans and sent the United States into a record-setting recession, to note another assault on the rule of law by the most corrupt president and attorney general in history.
The Post reports:
The unraveling of Flynns guilty plea marked a stunning reversal by the Justice Department in its case against the retired three-star Army general, who was convicted in the course of special counsel Robert S. Mueller IIIs investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The stated reason is false and irrelevant. The Justice Department claims that the investigation into the now-former national security adviser was about to be dropped until the FBI interviewed Flynn, after discussing the possibility he might lie. There is nothing untoward about this. It in no way should vitiate Flynns guilty plea. Former House impeachment counsel Norman Eisen tells me, Barrs latest perversion of [the] DOJ is shocking. Flynn has repeatedly admitted his guilt in U.S. District Court. Eisen adds, The four pages of FBI emails and notes revealed last week changed nothing. They did not affect his culpability or undermine [the] DOJs and the FBIs work, as I explained at the time.
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (R-Calif.), who served as the lead impeachment manager, tweeted his reaction:
Link to tweet
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who also served as an impeachment manager, excoriated Barr in a written statement: The decision to drop the charges against General Flynn is outrageous. The evidence against General Flynn is overwhelming, Nadler stated. He pleaded guilty to lying to investigators. And now a politicized and thoroughly corrupt Department of Justice is going to let the Presidents crony simply walk away. Americans are right to be furious and worried about the continued erosion of our rule of law. Nadler called for a new inspector generals investigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/08/next-administration-must-investigate-barr-his-henchmen/
The country's chief law enforcement officer is a criminal. How low we have sunk with this corrupt administration in office.
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