William McSwain, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania: Barr ordered me not to investigate voter fraud in Philly

donaldjtrump.com ^ | June 9, 2021 | William McSwain

[AnthonySoprano]

[AnthonySoprano]

[Dr. Franklin]

I know someone who had a direct conversation with Barr about this in the midst of the controversy days after the election. Barr stated to that person that election matters are the responsibility of the states and there is no role for the Justice Department.
Election fraud is a federal offense for which the Justice Department has jurisdiction and responsibility. (See document at link below.) Barr is a deep state, never-Trumper coward and will have to go to his grave knowing that he materially participated in the death of this nation.

Barr remains loyal the Bush family, his political patrons. Once Trump made the decision to fire Sessions, which is understandable, he was limited by whom McConnell would get approved in the Senate. Trump was never permitted to make a recess appointment to anything. The Turtle and his RINOs protected the Deep State.

The boundaries between state and federal law can be different but also frequently overlap. In this case, when the crimes crossed state lines, like the mysterious disappearing trailer of ballots from NY that went to PA, or international borders, like the confession in open court in Naples, Italy that the election was hacked using Italian military satellites, the feds clearly had jurisdiction, and of course, this was also a federal election.

I am reminded that Sydney Powell, was orally appointed special counsel by Trump, but that move was sabotaged by his Chief of Staff and the presidential attorney Cipollone. With a special counsel in place, McSwain would not have been breaking the chain of command by notifying her of what happened in PA. In retrospect, Trump could also have issued an executive order about handling election fraud issues that minimized Barr's ability to obstruct investigations, and public reports, etc.

Hopefully, if Trump returns to office, he will have learned from this. The corruption in D.C. is deeper and more entrenched than many ever suspected.

[Dr. Franklin]

Philly has ALWAYS had voter fraud. Why wouldn’t Barr take the opportunity to look at it?

Barr is a Bush man. He is loyal to that family and wants the Bushes and Romneys returned to heading the GOP. He doesn't give a fig about defending the Constitution, or a Republican form of government.

[MSF BU]

A GOP candidate who actually served in uniform that might actually find himself in harms way. Not many of them.

[Dr. Franklin]

McSwain would then follow the next order he was given to cover up crime. Non-sense. Learn to code.

I wouldn't go that far. His problem is that he was more loyal to the "chain of command" than he was to the Constitution or the president who appointed him. Many (former) marines have a problem with this kind of rigidity, which easily lends itself to corruption, although it is not necessarily their intention. It's just a quirk that too many tend to have.

[Bulwyf]

Probably the same thing a Patricia does.

[kvanbrunt2]

Electronic voting apparatus have no place in our elections because there are a thousand ways to cheat with them without even leaving a trail. Or least one that can be easily followed.>>> not only cheating. Our wonderful county “employees” are totally incapable of processing materials, documents, and recording the results of elections with anything that uses an electric plug. The fulton county assessment is scary. this is a Trump county.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VnJFxN3NdKQmcj2-8FDWMET8i__YlH7F/view?usp=sharing

[lodi90]

He just comes across as the typical jar head who couldn’t comprehend that the “chain of command” wasn’t sacrosanct, but protecting free and fair elections was necessary to fulfill his constitutional obligation to guarantee a “Republican form of government”. He should have done more sooner. I would have a problem voting for this guy in the primary. His judgment is lacking basic common sense.

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Disagree. His judgement is fine. Trump was riding solo in the swamp. Barr would have just fired him if he had stuck his neck out. That that would have been that because of the bipartisan nature of the stolen election. They all wanted Trump gone and McSwain would have been a footnote.

[lodi90]

OK. But Barr was Trump’s hire to replace Jeff Sessions, who was also Trump’s hire. Both AGs were bad at the job. Trump must have a plan in place for far better hires in his second term.

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You’ve got the wrong target. Our institutions are morbidly corrupt. Trump could make Don Jr. AG but without the support of a political party on his flanks nothing will be reformed.

[lodi90]

I like DeSantis but let’s be realistic: He’s a conventional politician in a lot ways and has mainline career credentials. He’s not going to engage the swamp on a visceral level and go to mortal combat with them.

[Nextrush]

Yeah. I agree.

[Dr. Franklin]

Disagree. His judgement is fine. Trump was riding solo in the swamp. Barr would have just fired him if he had stuck his neck out. That that would have been that because of the bipartisan nature of the stolen election. They all wanted Trump gone and McSwain would have been a footnote.

Had Barr fired him for investigating election fraud, it would have made news and reached Trump. Trump might have countermanded that order, or used Barr's action as proof of the need for a special counsel. McSwain then might have become the special prosecutor, or his/her deputy. There are times to resign or get fired to cause a political firestorm.

Bottom line: McSwain failed to get the job done.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Our institutions are morbidly corrupt.

Agreed.

Trump could make Don Jr. AG but without the support of a political party on his flanks nothing will be reformed.

But Don Jr. would be loyal. And I have to believe that if the head of an institution is loyal, at least some of the body will follow. Barr was not loyal.

[Dr. Franklin]

But Don Jr. would be loyal. And I have to believe that if the head of an institution is loyal, at least some of the body will follow. Barr was not loyal.

Don, Jr. doesn't have a law degree, and can't pass a bar exam. Even if he could, he would have never been confirmed in the U.S. Senate. Again, Turtle and his RINOs protected the Deep State by limiting Trump's choices for important cabinet posts like AG. They made sure Trump couldn't ever make a recess appointment. That was no accident.

[BuddhaBrown]

Good grief. The Right wing cancel culture logic is as silly as that on the Left.

The fed attorney received no illegal orders. He just followed his boss’s orders reflecting policy we might not agree was best.

For crying out loud, McSwain is loving Trump, agreeing with Trump on election fraud, has experience fighting it first hand and now wants to be the top executive in one of the more dependably crooked states.

I know it’s been a while. So we forget what it’s like, but that result would feel like winning to me.

On the other more Left-looking hand, generally without better options suggested, folks here want to disown this guy because he did not (could not) stop his boss’s policy decisions and could not find a way to sacrifice himself to save the guy who hired his boss?

I don’t know McSwain from Adam. But the arguments against him here seem quite weak.

[Dr. Franklin]

Good grief. The Right wing cancel culture logic is as silly as that on the Left. The fed attorney received no illegal orders. He just followed his boss’s orders reflecting policy we might not agree was best.

I never argued that Barr's order was illegal per se on its face, just incredibly stupid at best, and used to further the CCP plot to steal the WH.
See my post here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3975565/posts?page=9#9
It's so stupid that Barr was obviously complicit.

On the other more Left-looking hand, generally without better options suggested, folks here want to disown this guy because he did not (could not) stop his boss’s policy decisions and could not find a way to sacrifice himself to save the guy who hired his boss?
I don’t know McSwain from Adam. But the arguments against him here seem quite weak.

Hmmm...How hard was it write a resignation letter protesting Barr's policy and tender it to the president who appointed him? Now consider how much more attention it would have gotten if he had called a press conference and read that resignation letter in front of the federal court house in Philadelphia?

The argument against McSwain is that he was extremely rigid, and that made him weak.

[Dr. Franklin]

Good grief.

He's your dog, Charlie Brown!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Don, Jr. doesn't have a law degree, and can't pass a bar exam. Even if he could, he would have never been confirmed in the U.S. Senate.

Yes, we all know that and it completely misses the point. The point is that Trump needs to be able to identify and hire loyal professionals in his second term. He can't let disloyal administration officials derail and backstab him again. It's ridiculous to pretend that they don't exist - he found Mike Pompeo, for instance. Trump's job is to drain the swamp, not to drown in it.

[BuddhaBrown]

"How hard was it write a resignation letter protesting Barr's policy and tender it to the president who appointed him?"

Well, I'd imagine doing such a thing, in real life, would be quite traumatic to his family, career, his work associates, case participants, etc. Certainly much harder than asking some unknown third party to do it on our behalf.

"Now consider how much more attention it would have gotten..."

...if Trump himself had just fired the actual troublemaker of this story, Barr, instead of sacrificing an honest man for attention.

I'm grateful this type of guy even exists at the U.S. Attorney level. I'm humble enough to admit I don't know what, exactly, is the best chess move for this potential knight. And to thank God it's not my decision.

Perhaps the Right in PA will put up someone better and beat this guy fairly and squarely. I just would hate to see him 'cancelled' for such hypothetical scenarios.