Uh oh. This delay may screw up the plan to have Barr confirmed so Acting AG Matthew âFlop Sweatâ Whittaker can get out of testifying to the House Judiciary Committee next week.
Yes, Rachel discussed this on her show last night.
Yay!!
Saw it
Awesome diss
We love us some Rachel , cutting through the crap
Whitaker gets a one-scaramucci reprieve!
Whitaker should get his tail roasted anywaysâŚthey already have his seat readyâŚ
Or, did the complicit Republican committee members decide they want to give Whitaker more time to muddy the waters? Thereâs so many possibilities for ratfuckery here.
Barr has made it plain he does not think the public or Congress should see investigation results concerning persons reasonably suspected of a crime, but not indicted or convicted of a crime. He asserts it would unfairly slander their reputations. And the OLC says a sitting President should not be indicted for a crime.
Barr wants anything Muellerâs investigation discovers that would indicate Trump is personally culpable in a crime to remain secret. I canât read it any other way.
Iâm a little surprised by this. Republicans have the votes to push him through. Whitaker is a hairbrain that is even embarrassing to the GOP so they are anxious to get Barr sworn in, so I am surprised by this delay.
Normally, I would say it is a normal delay.
But in these timesâŚ
And with a nominee who has all but sewn his lips to Trumpâs buttâŚ
Senators Blumenthal and Grassley (!) have introduced legislation to require any Special Counsel to prepare a report of its findings and submit it and the underlying evidence to Congress, including in the event that the Special Counsel is fired or replaced or if the investigation is terminated. Lindsey may try to block it, but Blumenthal says it has bipartisan support.
Maybe. Or maybe itâs Blumenthalâs plan to make sure Whitaker does testify.
How can the delay of confirmation of this slimeball not be âunusualâ ? He basically admitted he was planning to find a way to keep Mullerâs report from becoming public. Itâs what he does as his history indicates.
On the extremely slim chance it passes, some GOP Senator will insist it is effective ONLY for investigations going forward, and any current investigations are not to be grandfathered in. Or else it gets tabled.
Bounce Barr!
Yes, of course. Barr will not release the report or will heavily redact it and R. Senators will hem and haw that gosh darn it theyâd love to read it, but just canât. Which is exactly what they want, because if the report makes the conclusion that the President likely committed crimes, then they might be embarrassed for doing nothing about it.
Also, the Grassley/Blumenthal bill will go nowhere as McConnell will not bring it up for a vote and the senate wonât force him to. Why? Because again, if the Senate actually got the report, then they might be embarrassed for not acting on it and McConnell only cares about retaining the majority in the next Senate election. Thatâs it.
The only hope this sees the light of day is Pelosi somehow finding a way to force it out. It isnât likely sheâll be able to, but that is the best we can hope for at this point.
