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Posted on 05/03/2019 4:13:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
“Too early to call this. The DS still has cards to play.
True, but Trump is holding all the “Trump” cards and he will declassify them all when the time is ripe.
Doesn’t Barr have the authority to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate this, the greatest and most dangerous political scandal in US history?
Why would he not, considering the overwhelming evidence (?)
I think Barr is old school and is from another era when the DOJ mostly played it straight and was much more apolitical. The appointment of this last special counsel was clearly “political” and was not a matter of law. Those not involved with the soft coup in the DOJ got what they wanted while the rest of the DOJ, including the newly appointed AG, punted because it was convenient.
Barr is not about convenience. I believe he honestly expects the DOJ to do their job impartially and in that sense, he is the best man for the job because that is the way our system is supposed to work. I want the truth and justice, not partisanship as we have seen for the last 10 years.
Watching him and listening to his confirmation hearing and his testimony before congress it is pretty clear that Barr is a man on a mission. He wants to restore the credibility of the DOJ. The reluctance and opposition within DOJ (what we think of as the “deep state”) is slowly being weeded out or placed on the sidelines. The ship of justice is beginning to turn around despite the constant propaganda.
Horowitz was a man between a rock (congress) and a hard place (the deep state and media) when he issued his last report. It was obvious that he was shocked by what he uncovered, but his report was milquetoast because he did not feel like he was on solid ground. Lest we forget, the special counsel investigation was still looking omnipotent and there were predictions of certain doom for Trump when he issued his report. If you were Horowitz and you viewed your boss (Sessions) as completely feckless in the face of such opposition how far would you stick your neck out?
Based on Barr’s testimony and demeanor, as well as the failure of the haymaker (special counsel), we may see a much more scathing report from the IG this time around with more to follow. The report on Comey will be released soon as will the report on the FISA abuse. All we can do is hope that truth prevails, but I am much more confident with Barr at the helm because I think Barr understands daylight is the best disinfectant to the organization he loves and respects.
Barr said he is working with the OIG and it is pretty clear that Barr himself has issued the marching orders instead of the bureaucrats straddling the fence at best or opposed to the President at worst. Horowitz works for Barr. Period. You have to feel good about that and he does as well because Barr not only has his back, he has pledged to get to the bottom of this mess. Sessions could not even speak in defense of Horowitz despite being his boss because of his recusal.
The situation seems different to me now. It is almost like the smell of ozone before the lightning storm....... If you doubt this, look at the display we just saw from Senate democrats. Look at the change in demeanor and statements from those in the prior administration. There is a wave of fear because they know the evidence is overwhelming and there is ultimately little trust among the co-conspirators. Look at the desperation of the presstitutes who have made outlandish predictions for two plus years as they watch their credibility (and ratings) crumble.
Barr may well be the best appointment by Trump when it is all said and done. I am more optimistic now than I was a month ago and much more than I was a year ago.
When I see Barr at these hearings I can’t help but think of Walter Matthau.
Both have the Basset Hound stare that says to rat senators, “You’re full of sh!t.”
I love the scene from "Out To Sea"...."Where do you go to college, Gordo?"...."It's a little place called, 'F.U.'."
Everyone seems real big on this Horowitz guy. Having gone through all the Clinton scandals, I am just not as confident as a lot of others that the truth will get out and identified people will be charged for what they did to Trump. But, hopefully I will be wrong.
Yes, so do I. So do all honest, benevolent people.
Truth and justice will prevail only if a very aggressive truth-seeker thoroughly investigates and thoroughly exposes this entire scandal.
A Special Council must be appointed, someone who will aggressively pursue truth, a truth-seeker who will not shrink from truth or from exposing it and who will not be deterred by charges of partisanship or anything else, for the guilty will certainly commit any possible act to prevent their guilt from exposure.
This is not for political purposes.
It is to expose the greatest, most far-reaching, and most dangerous political scandal in US history.
This scandal must be completely exposed, any criminal activity punished to the full extent of the law, and measures taken to assure that it will never happen again.
Yes, a Special Council must be appointed with truth and justice as the sole objective.
To use the words of Barr, any special counsel investigation must be adequately predicated.
I do not contest what you said in any way other than to point out that most of the old school DOJ folks do not like special counsels. They believe a non-partisan DOJ should fulfill their duties. In an ideal world, we should all expect that DOJ would be capable of both investigating and prosecuting such a scheme. We will see the probable cause and it is anyone’s best guess what will happen, but no matter what the hysteria on the left will continue even with a special counsel.
There is A LOT of stuff about to come out. President Trump is going to declassify documents. There are likely indictments forthcoming and we all expect more will follow as people usually cooperate to save themselves and it appears the co-conspirators were more confident that HRC would be elected than the media because they left a ridiculous paper trail of communication. It was beyond sloppy - it was arrogance of the highest kind.
This is going to look much different soon. You can feel it.
Barr is a professional intel/law enforcement type. Barr wants to rebuild the reputations of the Intel Community, DOJ and FBI. Which is why I believe Barr accepted the AG job. He is a career DOJ man, he loves that agency the way I love the Navy and Corps.
IF Horowitz did his job, some heads could role and internal reforms will be made. That is generally the purpose of an IG to internally identify abuses or systemic problems and prevent them in the future. This may satisfy Barr.
IF Barr cannot complete reforms internally based on the Horowitz report, he may call for a Special Counsel to force Congress to act and depoliticize, by law, our intel and law enforcement agencies. Trump may force the same.
The wild card will be the FISA Court Judges, no matter their politics, no judge likes to have his court and authority abused by anyone. If the FISA Court abuse was systemic during the Obama years, a Special Counsel may be called for. Don’t hold your breath, the Obama WH would end up as a target. Before that happened the Dims will suddenly be for new rules to reform the court and prevent its political weaponization. If this happened, there will be a sacrificial a$$, my guess is Lynch or Rice.
The only other situation where I can see a Special Counsel would be the Mueller Investigation. There is another report coming down (according to Hannity) that MAY state when Mueller knew there was NO collusion. If they knew six months in, what were they still investigating? They were guilty of fraud, waste and abuse to try and set a perjury trap for a sitting President.
My thoughts I may be 100% wrong.
It is of utmost importance that whoever investigate this scandal not be deterred by any of the tactics of the Democrats. They can be expected to commit any act whatsoever to prevent the exposure of TRUTH. Their behavior will be shocking, violent, ruthless!
The investigators must resolve to seek TRUTH wherever it may be and not to be deterred.
When media CEO/Publisher e mails are supeanoed and found to contain correspondence with various FBI/DNC plotters, they become guilty of conspiracy.
Conspiracy is not protected by the first amendment. They can say what ever they want, but they can not engage in the plot ot overthrow the government.
You are right and that is why they are worried. Conspiracy and bribery have rather steep penalties.
Treason is not special or unique; it's as common as death and taxes. It is the universal constant among all systems of government experienced throughout the ages. The contest for power, control and wealth is nothing more than a manifestation of the constant competition over scarce resources. Some conflicts are external in nature; we call these wars. Others just happen to be internal - different targets/adversaries, same objectives.
So, if treason isn't unique, then that would suggest there's a pretty routine process of dealing with losers, amirite? This then is the true crux of the issue - not personal objectives (Barr et al), not institutional reform, not government oversight. No, the one and only issue is the punishment to be meted out to those who attempted to rob the People of their voice by stealing power through force & fraud.
Tradition holds that the perpetrators must be put to death. I challenge anyone to point to any time, any instance where the penalties are less than capital punishment. Therefore, if any of the conspirators are allowed license to live, then we can just close shop today. There is no point in further defense of the republic, because patriots will have signaled that they conceded.
Exactly so. Mooing for Barr to satisfy the "I wanna see justice RIGHT NOW" can lead to a repeat of the French Revolution's "Reign of Terror".
As much as the drunken barflies around here want "IT FIXED RIGHT NOW!!!", Barr is no Robespierre. He's not about to go down that road, thank God.
Indeed...
I had forgotten that line. Thanks!
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