- 18 Feb 2020 12:31
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The FJA, the Federal judges association, is having an emergency meeting today to talk about Barr.
Two freaking thousand former DOJ officials have signed a declaration that covers a lot of ground. Needless to say, they ain't happy.
"The statement cites this week’s actions taken by both President Trump and the attorney general in the Roger Stone case that “require Mr. Barr to resign.” The open letter was signed by former federal prosecutors and DOJ officials and was released on Sunday...
“Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice”
Perhaps more on that later, right now I want to quote Ayer, a Republican who was Deputy AG for HW Bush:
"Bad as they are, these examples are more symptoms than causes of Barr’s unfitness for office. The fundamental problem is that he does not believe in the central tenet of our system of government—that no person is above the law. In chilling terms, Barr’s own words make clear his long-held belief in the need for a virtually autocratic executive who is not constrained by countervailing powers within our government under the constitutional system of checks and balances.
Far from recognizing the sensitive “judicial nature” of the department’s work and the need to avoid even the appearance of improper influence and to show that no person is above the law, under Barr, the Department of Justice is actively engaged on many fronts in helping realize Trump’s stated goal of being able to do whatever he wants, free from interference from any branch of government.
Bill Barr’s America is not a place that anyone, including Trump voters, should want to go. It is a banana republic where all are subject to the whims of a dictatorial president and his henchmen. To prevent that, we need a public uprising demanding that Bill Barr resign immediately, or failing that, be impeached."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/donald-ayer-bill-barr-must-resign/606670/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/justice-department-barr-trump-stone-resign-953760/
Two freaking thousand former DOJ officials have signed a declaration that covers a lot of ground. Needless to say, they ain't happy.
"The statement cites this week’s actions taken by both President Trump and the attorney general in the Roger Stone case that “require Mr. Barr to resign.” The open letter was signed by former federal prosecutors and DOJ officials and was released on Sunday...
“Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice”
Perhaps more on that later, right now I want to quote Ayer, a Republican who was Deputy AG for HW Bush:
"Bad as they are, these examples are more symptoms than causes of Barr’s unfitness for office. The fundamental problem is that he does not believe in the central tenet of our system of government—that no person is above the law. In chilling terms, Barr’s own words make clear his long-held belief in the need for a virtually autocratic executive who is not constrained by countervailing powers within our government under the constitutional system of checks and balances.
Far from recognizing the sensitive “judicial nature” of the department’s work and the need to avoid even the appearance of improper influence and to show that no person is above the law, under Barr, the Department of Justice is actively engaged on many fronts in helping realize Trump’s stated goal of being able to do whatever he wants, free from interference from any branch of government.
Bill Barr’s America is not a place that anyone, including Trump voters, should want to go. It is a banana republic where all are subject to the whims of a dictatorial president and his henchmen. To prevent that, we need a public uprising demanding that Bill Barr resign immediately, or failing that, be impeached."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/donald-ayer-bill-barr-must-resign/606670/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/justice-department-barr-trump-stone-resign-953760/
Facts have a well known liberal bias