Watch Out for Barr
As if his emasculation of the
Mueller Report, minimizing its rebuke of the President and ignoring its
suggestion of the Republican Party’s welcome of Russian aid, were not enough,
Attorney General William Barr has once again demonstrated that he is not the
Attorney General of the United States, but rather, the President’s personal
surrogate in dealing with matters of Justice.
His overriding of the proposed
sentencing guidelines for Roger Stone, convicted by a jury, causing the four
prosecutors to withdraw from the case, is strong evidence that Barr places the
President’s desires over the law.
Similarly, his giving credence to Rudy Giuliani’s independent
investigation into the Ukraine situation, and his reinvestigations of matters
already resolved but not to the President’s liking, sheds a dark shadow on his
role as Attorney General. When the “rule
of law” in this country is sacrificed for political expediency, it is time (or
perhaps already too late) to worry.
Please check out
this blog’s January 20 posting where some insight into Barr’s actions is
provided in “The Grand Inquisitor.” There
is also a link in that posting to the New Yorker magazine’s terrific
article explaining why Barr’s strange behavior should not be a puzzle to those
familiar with his background. For those of you too lazy to check out that posting, here
is the link to the New Yorker article.
I urge you to read it! JUST CLICK RIGHT HERE FOR THE ARTICLE.
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