The “Reputational Interests” of William Barr
The more the story of the Mueller report unfolds, the deeper the Attorney General’s interference appears to be.
A very improper set of behavior on Durham’s part.
Unlikely to happen, but this is one of the ways you move the conversation. Take it as given that trump was wrong, and try to get people talking about why he won’t apologize and why he won’t admit it.
ETA: Let’s all remember that this is the same IG who gave trump cover for firing Comey. He’s as far in the tank for his bosses as he can be without saying things he knows to be false.
He’s trashed his reputation for no good reason.
He’s an Obama appointee.
Known for being both scrupulous and impartial.
Read some of Josh’s old pieces about the bureaucratic mindset. He is scrupulous and impartial, but he also wants to give his superiors the result they want.
ETA: And my point is that he couldn’t give them anything like the result they wanted without lying, so he didn’t.
Anyone more awake than I am want to take a stab at explaining this point, thanks.
Prove it.
So he’s following dear leader’s example and making shit up?
And once again Benjamin Wittes is defending the indefensible when it comes to Durham by holding out and saying the public should give him a chance, as he did with Barr before he was confirmed and before he messed with the Mueller report. He essentially kept saying Barr was a reliable, above-board institutionalist that had a good reputation within DoJ. He was so wrong on so many levels. I’m surprised he made another appearance to try this same bullshit again with regards to Durham. Some people never learn or their wishful thinking leads them astray way to easily.
Known for being both scrupulous and impartial.
As was Barr at one time, albeit to a lesser degree. (OK, maybe only the scrupulous part). It is eerily true: ETTD. Everything.
Barr was never, ever impartial or scrupulous.
He has always been a liar, a fraud, and a right-wing fixer with no discernible ethics or scruples.
Not only that but lifelong pensions should be reinstated for those FBI officials that were fired weeks before retirement because of the pettya$$ hissy fit of ‘POTUS’.
for examples, The more the story of the Mueller report unfolds, the deeper the Attorney General’s interference appears to be.
The “Reputational Interests” of William Barr
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/14/684553791/william-barr-supported-pardons-in-an-earlier-d-c-witch-hunt-iran-contra#
You notice that Bill Barr and his hand picked prosecutor are cool aide drinkers.
Well, that ‘was’ true before Barr became AG. I don’t blame Wittes for any of this.
Chuck Rosenberg who is as anti-Trump as they come and he said the same thing about Barr, the guy whom Chuck believed would be a good and fair AG.
But DJT does not want GOOD and FAIR; he wants HIS GUY and that is all there is to that.
These men are Institutionalists.
In their own way, they are extremely harmful, because people tend to look up to them.
Durham also said in his statement that he was relying on evidence beyond the “component parts of the Justice Department.”
So he’s following dear leader’s example and making shit up?
Let’s not forget Giuliani and his buddies are hard at work cooking up the evidence. Last heard he is still writing it up and will soon release his bombshell.
Durham also said in his statement that he was relying on evidence beyond the “component parts of the Justice Department.”
Anyone more awake than I am want to take a stab at explaining this point, thanks.
In private, Barr has been pressuring Durham to pursue and validate conspiracy theories from Fox.
After all, that’s what Barr’s Bizarro Cover Letter did: it revived a bunch of the conspiracy theories that have been circulating out in the right-wing fever swamp – the same conspiracy theories that the IG report was supposed to put an end to.
My Nazi trivia is rusty: who was Hitler’s minister of propaganda? Goebbels? Well, Barr is that guy. He protects the Extorter-in-Chief from the law by kicking up a bunch of dust.
Barr belongs in prison.
These men are Institutionalists.
Just the kind of people Drumpf was supposed to rid us of. It’s not the cool aid, it’s the methamphetamine.