Friday, April 10, 2020

AG Bill Barr: John Durham Isn't Writing a Report, He's Writing Indictments


AG Bill Barr: Well I think a report, may be and probably will be a by-product of his activity. But his primary focus isn't to prepare a report. He is looking to bring to justice people who were engaged in abuses if he can show that they were criminal violations. 
"So that's what the focus is on. And as you know being a lawyer, you, yourself, building these cases especially the sprawling case we have between us that went on for two or three years, it takes some time. It takes some time to build a case. So he's diligently pursuing it. My own view is that the evidence shows that we're not dealing with just mistakes and sloppiness. There's something far more troubling here. And we're going to get to the bottom of it."
Trump "has every right to be frustrated" by the investigation, Barr added. "What happened to him was one of the greatest travesties in American history -- without any basis," Barr said. 
"They started this investigation of his campaign. And even more concerning, actually, is what happened after the campaign. A whole pattern of events while he was president ... to sabotage the presidency ... or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency." ... " 
I think it's very sad and the people who abused FISA have a lot to answer for," he said, "because this was an important tool to protect the American people. "They abused it. They undercut public confidence in FISA but also the FBI is an institution and we have to rebuild that."
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4 comments:

Dag said...

Hi, Jaco. I was in China last year, and I saw a nightmare world that will be the American reality if the Democrats come to power in November.

If it happens, where do you go? What do you do? Run for the hills and pack your rifle?

China is hell.

Pastorius said...

I believe it.

Dag, question, do you think China is what it is in large part due to the Buddhist notion of "Acceptance" of one's circumstances.

Of course, Buddhism got big in the US, starting with the Beatniks, and has filtered down through the educated members of the Boomer generation, to where now, everyone is either a fucking pagan or a "Buddhist."

Our Culture has lost itself, and China may very well be our direction.

Thing about it, even in it's raw form, America still has the individual spirit of, "Fuck you, you don't own me."

Yes, that may be crude, but it is better than passive "Acceptance".

Anonymous said...

So far Durham has offered one product: the arrest of a 62 year old douchebag who went on-line drunk and threatened to kill Adam Schiff.

I place no trust in Barr either. He's teasing big things but the indictment firewall is Kevin Clinesmith. No big fish will fry.

Then there are the Senate Republicans led by asshat Lindsay Graham pushing for a "clean" FISA law renewal. No change to the existing law. Not even any new safeguards.

I don't fall for the GOP bullshit any more.

Pastorius said...

Yep.