Was Barr Brought On To Protect More Than Just Trump?......

[global1]

I'm thinking that all the obstruction that is going on to prevent the Mueller Report from being made public is more than just because Barr is protecting Trump.

Why would the Repugs always circle the wagons around Trump? Do they really care all that much for Trump to want to protect him?

My theory is that they are really protecting themselves as a Party because the bulk of the Repug Party has been involved - right from the beginning with the so-called collusion with the Russians to allow Russian interference for a major power grab to take over our government.

Now the obstruction goes beyond just protecting Trump. It goes to protecting the RNC. Reince Pribus. Mitch McConnell. Paul Ryan. Lindsay Graham. Steve Bannon, the NRA and a number of other high ranking Repugs.

This is why every path the Dems pursue to do the proper oversight that is required of Congress is being challenged and blocked.

I'm thinking that the Mueller Report goes far beyond only implicating Trump and his Administration; his family and his minions. I'm thinking that the very survival of the Repug Party is at stake.

[Firestorm49]

1. I hate talking like a conspiracy theorist, but your point, in my opinion, is valid.

[BadgerMom]

38. Occam's Razor

I think that as a group, we Democrats perhaps are too sensitive about being labeled conspiracy theorists. Who wouldn’t be after witnessing the stupidity of RWNJs when it comes to QAnon? The problem for us is that many theories involving Trump, Republicans and Russia are in plain view. We ignore them to America’s detriment.

[UniteFightBack]

2. Yes I've been saying this for months. Barr was brought on to protect the establishment. I would

not be surprised if he was TOLD to send out that manifesto letter to hook rump the whale. The plan has worked like a charm. rump thinks he is protecting him...but he is protecting the party - and in his mind 'the country'.

Now I don't think the Muller report has all what you say in it but the Republicans need the dirt in this report like they need a hole in their head so yeah they don't want it out regardless and if it gets out it starts opening the cracks.

[Faux pas]

3. That's what I've thought

since the beginning of this fiasco. I'd bet all of the hump's money it's the reason lyin' ryan "retired".

[Iliyah]

4. Yes.

Complete protection of the unpatriotic Republican party.

Oh yeah, didn't 3 Democrats voted for him too. ugh.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I think they're protecting him because they all got Russian money donated

to their campaigns. The Republicans didn't like Trump at first, but they were cool with him by the time of the convention. I think they were bought off. The Mueller investigation probably found out about it and they don't want it to be known. Maybe not all of the Republicans were bought, but I think the major players were. I think Paul Ryan quit because he knew it was going to be revealed and he wanted to get out before the big scandal. This is all just speculation, of course, but I think it's a good possibility.

[OMGWTF]

12. BINGO! The Dallas Morning News had an article in 2017 on the Rs and Russian money --

Not sure why NO ONE ELSE had followed-up on this important matter -- https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

[erronis]

13. Thanks for the link. Here's an updated one with add'l payments from the russkis.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/12/15/putins-proxies-helped-funnel-millions-gop-campaigns

[PWPippinesq]

43. I've thought for a long time that the NRA has been the conduit for Russian money for Republicans.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Of course he was. And now Trump is trying to rig the IRS to protect his

tax returns. What these moves say is that he thinks little about the integrity of the process. Just what you would expect to find among someone who has been a carnival barker his entire life.

[G_j]

7. Certainly

their behavior would lead a reasonable person to conclude that this is distinct possibility.

[Baltimike]

8. Russia has turned God's Own Party to a branch of the KGB. nt

[McCamy Taylor]

9. Of course.

[BarbaRosa]

10. My first impression of Barr was that of a snow plow,

clearing the path for the GOP criminal machine.

[EleanorR]

11. This Barr quote about his support for Iran Contra pardons is flooring

"I favored the broadest pardon authority," Barr said. "There were some people just arguing just for Weinberger. I said, 'No — in for a penny, in for a pound.' "

[SlogginThroughIt]

14. Of course not. If it was just him they would have rid themselves of him and moved on.

[dobleremolque]

15. Yeah, well, the GOP is dead to me already. n/t

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

16. Agree...nt

[DallasNE]

17. For Sure

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Follow the dirty money from not only Russia but Saudi Arabia and even Addleson's buddies in Israel. Most are compromised by dirty money and that money has strings attached.

[NCcoast]

18. Bingo!

I completely agree. Now what?

[Grasswire2]

19. and I believe someone(s) has gamed this all out way in advance...

...The placing of loyalists in every position that could be significant when the shit hit the fan, as they knew it ultimately would.

Even down to the chief attorney for the IRS.

Is this something a mob does? Deploy their mobbed-up loyalists all 'round the regulatory agencies?

And is Russian money backing up all these deployments in terms of paying off people?

Is this how a RICO investigation would find the stooges? Through a money trail from the campaign fund?

The corruption is bigger than we even imagined...

[jmbar2]

20. Not just Russia

China as well - they are working together to weaken western democracies.

[Botany]

21. And so was Kavanaugh too

This "thing" is so big it is hard to wrap your head around.

[shanti]

26. Absolutely

Let's not forget about him. Trump takes everything and everyone to court. Now is no different, and his protection is well in place now.

[Perseus]

22. No doubt, that has always been my thinking, many of them are compromised

Loyalty to the buffoon cannot be, I cannot understand why anyone would be loyal to such a repugnant person like the orange buffoon knowing that he would throw them under the bus in one second if he saw fit. The history of republicans is not one of loyalty to anyone but themselves, trump is the mirror of republicans the only difference is that he is a republican to the 10th degree, but they are all the same, narcissistic, disloyal, unpatriotic, hungry for power, liars, corrupt, immoral, lazy, racists, misogynists, bigots, anti-Christians who only use religion as a cover-up, unprincipled, greedy, and a few more...Please complete if I have missed any republican attributes.

[NacLeeFF]

23. Well said.

[nini]

24. of course

This goes very deep - very deep. They need this covered up to protect themselves not just their asshole leader.

[Lars39]

25. Bud McFarlane's Trump Tower meeting comes to mind.

Bud and Bob go way back.

[SMoss]

27. Nance book in Putin/Russia

I believe you are right. Read the book on Russian tactics and objectives by Malcom Nance. There objectives are the same as the Kock Bros.

[cp]

28. Yes

That's why I always say "45 and his Republican enablers." He'd have gone nowhere without their complicity and protection.

[WaitWut]

29. I will just leave this here...

https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/comey-republicans-hacked-russia/index.html

[yardwork]

30. There's plenty of reason to suspect this to be the case.

We know for a fact that Russian money funneled through the NRA to lots of Republicans, for instance.

[stillcool]

31. the only thing..

that makes sense to me. I still want to know why those 8 Republicans chose to spend July 4th in Moscow with Russian officials. And then, shortly after Rand Paul found himself there as well. Must be like Disneyland?

[Mr.Bill]

32. At this point, Barr

is also there to protect Barr. I think he's already guilty of obstruction of justice.

[SunSeeker]

33. They're all dirty now...and scared. nt

[Stonepounder]

34. I believe that the GOP has been setting this up for decades.

They (or their Russian/Chinese handlers) took the long view. They started at the grass roots level getting majorities on town councils, then county offices, then majorities in the statehouses. From there they could gerrymander and get majorities in Congress.

They have absolutely no desire to preserve our Republic. They want to turn the US into an oligarchy like Russia, where they have all the money and power and we are just wage slaves. Get rid of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. They don't care how fast we die because there is always someone to replace us. It is already happening. While life expectancy is going up in most 1st world countries, it is going down in the US. We rank toward the bottom of 1st world countries in infant mortality. We are going down in happiness. And the GOP is just fine with that.

Back in the 1800's during the heyday of railroad building, if your father was killed working on the RR, the 'retirement benefit' was that the son got his daddy's job.

And, unfortunately, I think the coup is already complete.

[Lonestarblue]

35. Who is behind Trump pulling the strings?

When it comes to immigration and dreaming up better ways to create chaos at the border, we know that Stephen Miller is Trump’s man. But Trump did not move in political circles, and I doubt he even knew of William Barr’s existence. Barr is 68 years old. Why would he even want to become AG again? Who convinced him to write that letter to the DOJ? I feel like there’s a hidden hand here manipulating the plot, but who is it? Bannon? McConnell?

[Amaryllis]

36. Duh. THe entire GOP leadership is complicit, compliant, and protecting their own asses.

See this post on McConnell:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211908021

[LiberalFighter]

37. Considering that Michael Flynn's ties with foreign enemies

suggests that it runs deep in the Republican Party.

[jimlup]

39. I think they are just knee jerk corporate slaves

who do what serves their corporate masters. Apparently, Trump still serves their corporate masters enough that they still circle the wagons but I think that could change. Trump is really really fucked up. Even the served corporate elites may become disillusioned.

[YOHABLO]

40. They are colluding together to protect their power, their lifestyle, their profits.

Money controls everything in this country. Everything. Ronald Reagan tipped his hat to them and said 'let's get to work'.

[czarjak]

41. Well, just fucking duh..

[anarch]

42. that has been my conjecture from the start

I think there was more than likely information uncovered during the investigation that implicates many Republican lawmakers as well as the GOP as an organization in all manner of corrupt dealings, almost certainly primarily involving the illicit transfer of funds, probably through certain well-known "conservative" lobbying organizations, not least the NRA.