Report: Barr Tried To Keep Hunter Biden Investigations Quiet Before Election | Talking Points Memo

I hear ya. But, hey, if you stop by later today, I have a pile of horseshit, and I guarantee you there’s a pony in there somewhere.

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An explanation that fits the known facts.

More than that one cannot say at the moment!

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Perhaps it wasn’t Barr who did the right thing. We don’t know when Barr learned of the inquiries. He may have been kept in the dark, too. It could have been more junior DOJ officials making this decision.

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So, hold on a second. Barr is part of the Deep State, too?! I can’t keep this all straight.

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THAT’s gonna leave a mark!

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Yep, his orange head is gonna explode.

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Time to play The Rage Tweet is Right™! Your challenge is to guess how many rage tweets Trump will post before Monday at 6:00 am, without going over the actual number. First prize, a week at Mar-a-Lago. Second prize, two weeks at Mar-a-Lago.

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Does this mean that Trump didn’t know about the investigation? There’s no way he would have kept quiet if he had known about it.

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“The Trump administration executed 40-year-old Brandon Bernard on Thursday, his punishment for acting as an accomplice to a crime when he was 18 years old.”

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Do usual evidence rules apply in FBI investigations? It seems likely that foreign agents cracked Hunter’s security.

Remind me again … what office is Hunter Biden running for??

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This is so tragic. It shocks and saddens me that I don’t even know how to respond appropriately. I’m embarrassed to admit that it’s easier for me to not think about it.

“Tonight, those of us who love Brandon Bernard — and we are many — are full of righteous anger and deep sadness at the actions of the federal government in taking his life,” Robert Owen, Bernard’s lawyer for the past 20 years, said in a statement.

“Brandon made one terrible mistake at age 18. But he did not kill anyone, and he never stopped feeling shame and profound remorse for his actions in the crime,” Owen continued. “And he spent the rest of his life sincerely trying to show, as he put it, that he ‘was not that person.’ Brandon showed us that and so much more, carrying himself with grace and generosity, and always treating everyone around him with kindness and respect. He worked to help other troubled kids avoid similar devastating mistakes, and he lived every day his commitment to serving both God and humanity.”

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OMG that thing is huge to him. First Greta and now this. Heh heh heh.

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I truly believe that no one who knows Trump personally actually likes him, and I wouldn’t be surprised if someone like Barr hates him too. All of the ridiculous and awful things Barr has done to help Trump may have been less about helping Trump and more about protecting the Republican Party.

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Maybe this is Barr’s way of setting it up so that, post-Trump, he can say, “Well, I may have looked and acted like a thoroughly corrupt lick-spittle for the most criminal President in history, but trust me, I was actually protecting the nation in more ways than you will ever know! You should be erecting a statue to me! Start the bronze drive now, since it’s gonna take a lot…”

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It’s like reading a mystery that’s missing a couple of vital chapters. No way to figure out whodunit when you can’t tell what actually happened.
Frustrating as hell.

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“This is so tragic. It shocks and saddens me that I don’t even know how to respond appropriately. I’m embarrassed to admit that it’s easier for me to not think about it.”

Sadly,Touche !

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I was thinking the same thing. He’s probably going to strut out of the DOJ like he’s some kind of Super Patriot. Let’s hope the MSM doesn’t fall for it again.

Who am I kidding. That’s what MSM do.

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Whoever had “Bill Barr acts ethically” on your bingo card, congratulations.

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Either he wasn’t aware or the investigation, someone had some real leverage on him to keep it quiet, or it’s some serious passive aggressive shit.

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