They must not have heard you snap your fingers, Do it again.
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You go first:
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Moulton led one of the first infantry platoons to enter Baghdad. He served a total of four tours of duty in Iraq from 2003 to 2008. Moulton took part in the 2003 Battle of Nasiriyah, leading a platoon that cleared a hostile stronghold. In that action, he went to the aid of a Marine wounded by friendly fire, and for his actions he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for valor. Moulton was active in combat against insurgent forces in Iraq, including the 2004 Battle of Najaf against the militia of Muqtada al-Sadrā¦ Over two days, he āfearlessly exposed himself to enemy fireā as his platoon was pinned down under heavy fire and then directed the supporting fire that repelled the attack. He received the Bronze Star Medal for his actions in this battle.
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Moulton would get primaried in a hearbeat and he knows that. Heās already on thin ice with the failed Pelosi coup.
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The meme here, for public consumption, must be imbued with the idea that āIf thereās nothing to hide, let us have the full report.ā Or, in short, āWhatās there to be afraid of?ā Or, in earthier terms, āTrump is a chickenshit.ā
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A finding of contempt itself has no legal jeopardy for Trump henchman Barr. It needs to be enforced. Barr has to be arrested and imprisoned. Will the House do it?
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Could the contempt ruling be grounds for disbarring Barr?
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You keep using the phrase āslow-walkingā which implies intentional delays and obstruction. Are you suggesting Nadler and Pelosi are intentionally trying to kill this thing? If not, I suggest finding a better phrase.
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Barr is at risk of disbarment from his perjury and any other crimes. But heād have to be charged with these crimes.
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Heās a troll. It wouldnāt matter what they were actually doing, it would be outrageous regardless.
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Me too
The real anger generator is the attitude . "Weāll just ignore it. Fuck you and your subpoenas "
Who enforces the law when the sheriff and all the town administrators are all corrupt and complicit in the illegal activity?
The top prosecutor aināt going to arrest himself
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Thin ice and running for president no less. The ego is strong with this oneā¦
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The odds are better than 65 to 1.
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How soon is now?
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Folks, I have some good news to report. With this document, the House Judiciary Dems appear to have established a precursor to (and have arguably perhaps have already opened in a de facto sense) an impeachment inquiry. There is some poetic justice in that what has pushed the Dems to this point is the obstruction and intransigence of William Barr. I give you the following quotes from this Resolution:
āThe Judiciary Committee (āthe Committeeā) is currently engaged in an investigation into alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by President Donald Trump, his associates, and members of his Administration. Relatedly, the Committee is considering what legislative, oversight, or constitutional responses may be appropriate in response to any possible misconduct uncovered.ā
ā¦and thisā¦
āThe redacted Mueller Report contains numerous findings, including: 1) the Russian government attacked the 2016 U.S. presidential election in āsweeping and systematic fashionāā¦ 3) there were numerous links between the Russian government and the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump (āTrump Campaignā or āCampaignā), which āconsisted of business connections, offers of assistance to the Campaign, invitations for candidate Trump and Putin to meet in person, invitations for Campaign officials and representatives of the Russian government to meet, and policy positions seeking improved U.S.āRussian relationsāā¦ 4) evidence of repeated attempts to obstruct justice by the Presidentā¦5) substantial evidence that President Trumpās attempts to remove the Special Counsel were linked to investigations that involved the Presidentās conduct and that once the President ābecame aware that his own conduct was being investigated in an obstruction-of-justice inquiry, he engaged in a second phase of conduct, involving public attacks on the investigation, non-public efforts to control it, and efforts in both public and private to encourage witnesses not to cooperate with the investigationā.ā
ā¦and this
The substance of even the redacted Report expressly affirmed Congressā independent authority to conduct its own investigation pursuant to its legislative, oversight, and other constitutional prerogatives. Specifically, the Special Counsel noted the need not to āpreempt constitutional processes for addressing presidential misconduct,ā affirmed that āCongress can validly make obstruction-of-justice statutes applicable to corruptly motivated official acts of the President,ā and rejected President Trumpās āstatutory and constitutional defenses to the potential application of the obstruction-of-justice statutes to the Presidentās conduct.ā
and thisā¦
The investigation into the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by President Donald Trump, his associates, and members of his Administration and related concerns is being undertaken pursuant to the full authority of the Committee under Rule X(l) and applicable law. The purposes of this investigation include: 1) investigating and exposing any possible malfeasance, abuse of power, corruption, obstruction of justice, or other misconduct on the part of the President or other members of his Administration; 2) considering whether the conduct uncovered may warrant amending or creating new federal authorities, including among other things, relating to election security, campaign finance, misuse of electronic data, and the types of obstructive conduct that the Mueller Report describes; and 3) considering whether any of the conduct described in the Special Counselās Report warrants the Committee in taking any further steps under Congressā Article I powers. That includes whether to approve articles of impeachment with respect to the President or any other Administration official, as well as the consideration of other steps such as censure or issuing criminal, civil or administrative referrals. No determination has been made as to such further actions, and the Committee needs to review the unredacted report, the underlying evidence, and associated documents so that it can ascertain the facts and consider our next steps.
This contempt resolution is a pretty good step imho.
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Yes, slow-walking = intentional delays.
I am suggesting that they are trying to slow-walk the process until the point in time that Pelosi and her minions can make the excuse that it is too close to the election to impeach (as Sten Hoyer already tried do).
It is very clear that Pelosi is against impeaching Trump virtually no matter what he does or has done.
Perhaps her efforts to prevent impeachment will ultimately be futile.
Yeah! I get the obfuscatory maneuvers perpetrated by Barr and Agent Orange. In the last paragraph on page 13 of the redacted Mueller report, he refers to āFBIās broader national security mission.ā Thatās what I was referring to.
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Hereās my problem with the GOP argument and, by extension, the Mueller report itself and particularly the media coverage on the issue of conspiracy or collusion or whatever you call it:
āMuellerā doesnāt indict anybody. Period. Full stop. A GRAND JURY issues an indictment and they are part of the court and, therefore, NOT subject to the DOJās canāt-indict-a-sitting-president nonsense. But I can understand why Mueller may not have pursued that. But thereās no indication that Mueller even presented the facts to the grand jury and sought an indictment for Don Jr. or anyone else who actively conspired with Russians. So if the grand jury had cleared Trump and his campaign of ācollusionā, Trump and the GOP may have an argument. But Mueller making the decision ā and he is a Republican after all and so were Rosenstein and all those āsupervisingā him ā and Iām not inclined to accept his decisions that an outside party, such as a grand jury, has validated. Republicans would not accept anything similar coming from a Democratic DOJ, particularly if they held any part of Congress.
So apparently Mueller intended to let the public act as a grand jury, at least as it pertains to Trump and probably to his entire campaign. Mueller use a beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard to find that he couldnāt charge anyone with conspiracy, but a grand jury would only need probably cause and, hence, they probably would have indicted Don Jr. and maybe even Trump himself if Mueller had informed them the he canāt seek an indictment due to DOJ policy, but they were not bound by that.
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Agreed. Thatās the whole deliberate misreading of the report that the GOP picked up and ran with.
I have contempt for Bill Barr already. I encourage the Dems to find him in contempt.
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