Redefining the role of Attorney General

[transporter]

William Barr has completely redefined the role of the Attorney General. Instead of being the Attorney for the United States of America, William Barr has turned the role into Personal Attorney for the President of the United States.

It is so disappointing to watching as this country moves more and more towards an authoritarian leadership.

Barr didn't like Mueller's report so he cherry picked a few words from the summary in order to put the report in the best light he could reflect on Trump...and make sure his summary was repeated enough times for the ignorati to believe Barr's summary over the actual words in the actual report.

Here we have a report by the Inspector General that doesn't come to the conclusions Barr wanted....conclusions that would support the a conspiracy theory pushed on the ignorati types by the Administration.

Naturally, the ignorati will cheer Barr...for that is what good little cultists do....and they won't actually read the report...because good little cultists don't want to actually be informed.

Barr disputes key inspector general finding about FBI’s Russia investigation

Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department’s inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is due to release his long-awaited findings in a week, but behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has surfaced about one of Horowitz’s central conclusions on the origins of the Russia investigation. The discord could be the prelude to a major fissure within federal law enforcement on the controversial question of investigating a presidential campaign.

People familiar with the draft language of Horowitz’s report said that while it is critical of some FBI employees, and found some systemic problems in surveillance procedures, it overall does not agree with Trump’s charge that the investigation was a “witch hunt” or a politically motivated attack on him first as a candidate and then as president.

Instead, the draft report found that the investigation was opened on a solid legal and factual footing, these people said.

 

[itsbob]

You mean like Obama made the DOJ, the FBI and others all part of his "gang"??

None of these people served for the betterment of their country, they all served and all covered up for, Obama.

 

[itsbob]

Instead, the draft report found that the investigation was opened on a solid legal and factual footing, these people said.

Based on made up evidence?? I'm kind of at a loss here.

See, they want to get Trump for Obstructing Justice, when, if anything, he was obstructing an illegal takeover of our election process, and our government..

Investigation was based on solid legal, and factual footing, yet the entire investigation centered around a fabricated dossier, and other fabricated evidence.

We have become confused as to right and wrong.. but I am glad Trump is helping those corrupt amongst us point themselves out.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

We have become confused

Some of us certainly are confused.

 

[Yooper]

One shouldn't confuse what an IG does and what an AG does. In general, an IG's purview is limited in scope and focuses on procedural issues while an AG focuses on legal/criminal ones. One shouldn't be surprised if there is a " dispute" or two. And that assumes that a dispute evens exists (my take at this point is that any dispute is nothing more than something manufactured by the WaPo and others to serve a political purpose).

So one should be cognizant that the OP's linked article is partisanship masquerading as news.

Further, the OP's comments about "personal attorney" (and what follows) are disingenuous. Using the OP's logic, the only way for Barr to be seen as acting legitimately is for the AG to not do anything that remotely seems to be "helpful" to the President. Could it be that the AG is saying what he's saying and doing what he's doing because it has more to do with following the law than with the OP's "personal attorney" angle? For the OP, though, perish the thought! Unthinkable! Inconceivable!

Pure partisanship and demagoguery on the part of both the WaPo and the OP. In other words, business as usual.

--- End of line (MCP)

 

[WingsOfGold]

William Barr has completely redefined the role of the Attorney General. Instead of being the Attorney for the United States of America, William Barr has turned the role into Personal Attorney for the President of the United States.

Poor stupid phuck, you forget about the inept pos before Trump and Ma People Holder that claimed to be the bastards "wingman"?
Now I realize Holder is a cowardly pos that never served a day in uniform but do you think he knows the definition of "wingman"?

Eric Holder: 'I'm still the president's wingman'

<p>In radio interview, AG still coy about how long he plans to remain in administration</p>

www.politico.com

"I’m still enjoying what I’m doing, there’s still work to be done. I’m still the President’s wingman, so I’m there with my boy. So we’ll see," Holder said in an interview on the Tom Joyner radio show.

Wingman

noun
noun: wingman; plural noun: wingmen

1. 1.
   a pilot whose aircraft is positioned behind and outside the leading aircraft in a formation.
   • a man who helps or supports another man; a friend or close associate.

 

[Muller21QQQ]

William Barr has completely redefined the role of the Attorney General. Instead of being the Attorney for the United States of America, William Barr has turned the role into Personal Attorney for the President of the United States.

Being a personal attorney is awesome I think, at least I would like to finish my career being a personal attorney for the President, this should be really cool. At this moment I am an asbestos lawyer and I would like to say that this is the best job in the world, I help people and I don't have to deal with murders or other things like that. All those people, that are coming to me to get the necessary help are looking for a proffesional that would be able to handle their case and help them to get the compensation. This is what they find every time they came to me. A lot of this people have lungs disease gained because they were working on asbestos site with or without their agreement, and i help them to get their compensation as they need one really bad, to have a decent life. So to say, If you need that kind of help I am waiting you, I am pretty sure I will find a way out, and I will help you

 

[Grumpy]

Has he announced he is Trump's wingman yet? I think that will make it okay

 

[Kyle]