Barr's Disastrous Hearing

Barr's Disastrous Hearing 

During his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William Barr gave plenty of evidence that he is wholly unsuited for that office.

#Rep Eric Stalwell (D-Cal.) asked Barr if he had  ever intervened to help someone else get a reduced sentence -- beside Roger Stone. Barr: "Not that I recall." Stalwell reminded Barr that during his confirmation hearing, he said that a president swapping a pardon to silence a witness would be a crime, and Barr said it would be a crime, and he "would do something about it." Barr: "Yes, I said that." Trump denied in his written statement to the Special Counsel that he had talked to Stone about WikiLeaks. Barr agreed that if Trump had lied under oath, it would be a crime.

Stalwell  referred to November 28, 2018, after Trump submitted his written answers to the Special Counsel, in which Trump criticized "flipping," and said Stone was very brave for not cooperating with prosecutors. On December 3, 2018, Trump complimented Stone for having the "guts" not  to testify against him.

Stalwell noted that on July 10 of this year, Stone told a reporter that: "That I had 29 or 30 conversations  with Trump during the campaign period. Stone had also vowed that he wouldn't play Judas.

#Barr:  He didn't know about the ultra-right storming the Michigan Capitol with some carrying rifles, and making threats against the life of the Governor, and even threatened to cut off her head. The lawmaker who asked the question noted that Barr was very selective about the kinds of massed violence that he supported.

#When Barr said U.S. troops were protecting the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon,  the armed U.S. government troops ranged far from the courthouse. It is clear that Trump wants chaos to occur, and Barr is his henchman.

#Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) asked Barr whether it would be appropriate for the president to solicit or accept foreign assistance in an election. Barr answered: "It depends on what kind of assistance." Cicilline said he was referring to "any kind." Barr then answered: "No, its not appropriate." The fact that Barr would even raise a question about the assistance suggests that he was hoping that Cicilline wouldn't have the right-on follow-up reply.

#Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La,) asked Barr if he believes the election will be rigged. Barr responded that: "I have no reason to think it will." This was a rare instance of Barr contradicting his boss, President Trump.

#When House Judiciary Committee Chair, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), asked Barr if he had discussed the upcoming election with Trump, Barr answered that politics gets discussed at Cabinet meetings,but he won't discuss his talks with Trump. Nadler told him that he wasn't asking for content, he just wanted to know if the election was discussed.

#Barr professed ignorance that Michael Cohen was sent back to prison. This is something that Barr should have known about. Barr had show an ignorance about happenings that it would seem he should have had knowledge about.

#Barr should have been asked why he was "upset"and"surprised" when he earned that Trump had told Ukraine's president that he could talk to Rudy Giuliani or Barr about Rudy's unique foreign policy path. Either Trump or Barr was lying. Barr's reaction strongly suggests that Trump didn't have Barr's permission to ensnare him with Giuliani's strange foreign policy mission.

#Barr told the committee that he doesn't read Trump's tweets; however, he once said  Trump's tweets were making it harder for him to do his DoJ work.

#Barr said that Trump's friends don't deserve to be treated more harshly than other people.

Getting away from the Judiciary Committee hearing, both Pompeo and Barr professed ignorance about whether Trump could change the election date, which he previously claimed he had the right to do. Pompeo said maybe the Commerce Department could do it. Barr said he had never studied the matter.