Barr is joining Russian spy Maria Butina in requesting she be sent 2 Moscow w/o serving her sentence

[iluvtennis]

@TeaPainUSA, 1h

Somebody don't want Maria Butina testifyin' before Congress. Now who could that be?

Link to tweet

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Ain't that a blip. Un-fkn-believable

[Me.]

1. Yet Another Traitor In Our Midst

[spanone]

2. Wow! Barr is working for trump and putin.

[defacto7]

12. And he's working his way to prison.

[spanone]

15. In a normal America you might be right...

with these criminals, i'm not so sure

[woodsprite]

51. From your fingertips to God's ears! nt

[Pachamama]

63. That is exactly the question I asked myself when I read that Barr is doing this....

[Iliyah]

3. Barr needs to back off . .

He looks guilty as well for obstruction.

[PeeJ52]

4. Cmon now... this is flagrant... there can be no reason for this at all.

Time for the media to step in here. This can't be ignored. This has to be exposed.

[sop]

78. Flagrancy is Trump's middle name

Apparently, corporate media still adhere to their time-worn DC maxim, "the cover-up is worse than the crime." Since Trump's trick is to be as flagrant as possible whenever he commits a crime, he never bothers to cover anything up, he just brags about it on twitter. And the media doesn't know how to deal with it.

[CrispyQ]

5. I hope the dems are ready for how ugly & nasty this is going to turn.

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I haven't seen much fight in the party for decades & now we're facing this. We the People must call our reps & demand that rule of law be restored.

Calling mine now...

Contact Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives: * Telephone: [phone]. * Website: http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate: * Telephone: [phone]. * Website: http://www.senate.gov/

[BigmanPigman]

28. That's the number for the Senate.

I have it memorized.

[CrispyQ]

37. You are right. I will edit. -nt

[BigmanPigman]

62. Here is the number that Tom Steyer has on his TV ads

to call Congress [phone]. Call and you enter your zip code and it connrcts you with your rep in Congress. RESIST!

[Botany]

6. Can Barr be anymore out front about who he is protecting?

BTW isn't Barr connected to Alfa Bank too.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/108423913

And the NRA was funneling Russian money to the GOP, Trump,
and Ms. Butina was right in there working that game in behave
of the GRU & Putin.

[triron]

7. Sorry, did not see your post on this until after I posted it.

Seth Abramson is talking about it as well.

[DoctorJoJo]

8. Barr Needs to Be Impeached and DisBarred!

[BigmanPigman]

29. Do it before he gets rid of the ACA.

[CaptYossarian]

31. Can we throw in castrated just for fun?

Without so much as an Advil.

[lastlib]

67. (you got a knife that small? wow)

if you got it, and it's rusty, we'll use it!

[CaptYossarian]

73. I've got tweezers.

[dlk]

9. When Someone Shows You Who They Are...

[Paladin]

10. One thing about Barr: he's consistent.

That, of course, isn't a complement.

[manor321]

11. Hopefully the judge tells Barr to go take a hike

[bluestarone]

14. MY hope as well!!

THIS can't be allowed!!

[triron]

19. Who is the judge?

[triron]

60. Well this is encouraging anyway

Link to tweet

[appal_jack]

13. What the Actual Fuck!?!

I mean, I know exactly what Barr is in service to the Orange Traitor Tot, but the unabashed open treason is still a bit of a shock to me.

k&r,

-app

[MBS]

17. Yup, really unbelievable.n/t

[Lock him up.]

72. It's absolute corruption absolutely.

And the total panic of ending up getting caught.

k&r

[GitRDun]

16. The Republican party has become a criminal organization right before our eyes

They don't even try to hide it anymore.

They are banking on the masses not paying attention to their crimes.

I've long felt we get the government we deserve.

If the electorate can't get their faces out of their electronic devices or their hearts away from endless white superiority long enough to see these criminals destroying our country in plain sight we will all end up in the scrap heap of history.

If these crimes can stand we are headed for strongman rule.

It's really hard to get your mind around.

[watoos]

18. No different than when Cheney

allowed the Saudis to fly out of the country after 9/11 when all planes were grounded, except theirs.

Hope I don't offend anyone by bashing SA.

[Freethinker65]

20. Unfuckingbelievable

[global1]

21. Was Butina Named In The Mueller Report?....nt

[Brother Buzz]

24. No. Mueller's team briefly questioned Maria Butina in January...

but she did not appear to be central to their investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

That was then, this is now. I would be disappointed if congress didn't send her an invite after the newest NRA revelations.

[highplainsdem]

22. Disgusting. Again.

[Ponietz]

23. The unnamed Mueller referrals to DOJ are in jeopardy

[triron]

58. I can see clearly now...

[ancianita]

25. It's what the Russian asset group do for each other.

[Marthe48]

26. If I die on the russian front uh-huh uh-huh

and so on

( a military chant I learned from my college friends in 1970)

[Moostache]

27. This is no longer a representative republic...it barely qualifies as a banana republic at this point

Barr should be removed by any means necessary.
Impeachment hearings for Trump are overdue by at least a year already.

Subpoenas are being ignored.
Laws are being publically flaunted.
The POTUS is a dangerously unhinged mad man.

And yet we get nothing but hand wringing and "we need to be cautious" crap.
WEAK.
That is how we look to non-political people who vote.
And the worst part about that?
They're correct.

The response to Trump needed to be in his face, full throated yelling. Now we are fucked and the only way to unfuck ourselves is immediate, definitive action Trump via Impeachment hearings starting 6 days ago!!! Are we literally waiting for him to actually shoot someone on 5th avenue? The hour is late and the longer we dick around actionless and taking it in the chin on blatant lawlessness, the more likely it is that he remains in office until 2025, and by then it will be game over for us all.

[Locrian]

45. my take exactly

This is a full blown red alert crisis and a lot of people are still "keep your powder dry" and "send a strongly worded letter"

Even if if it wasn't the right thing to do - the miscalculation of people playing election politics is deadly wrong and (politically) **screams*** the dems are the weak party that cannot stand up to trump or flagrant violations of the law

The only issue with impeachment is (and I don't give a crap about the senate) is that I question the ability to actually find a collective spine and actually go on the attack, hammering 24/7 to get the message out and make the case legally and in full view of the media and public

[wiggs]

30. This is what a corrupt government looks like...the full power, influence, and means of

an entire branch of government put to use by the WH in the service of self-protection, hiding misdeeds, furthering consolidation of power, and control of narratives (therefore control of democratic processes).

This should be a giant red flag for the 99% of the public who aren't oligarchs, compromised gop leadership, and/or WH toadies.

This should make front pages, along with a long, long list of other Russia-friendly behaviors. But this is how these stories dissipate...most media won't consider this story by itself as worth of discussion for a day or a week because they don't link it up to the big picture, which IS worthy of constant discussion and pursuit. Therefore the big picture doesn't get the play it should. Butina and Barr's position is just another tree and hardly anyone talks about the forest.

[justie18]

32. But

Do you have another source for this story? I googled Maria Butina and William Barr and got nada this morning.

[BKDem]

33. WP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/maria-butina-us-prosecutors-ask-judge-to-deport-russia-gun-activistrussian-who-conspired-to-infiltrate-nra-to-be-sentenced-april-26/2019/03/29/9b9b01be-525d-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html?utm_term=.cfa17d908ab8

[calimary]

50. Welcome to DU, BKDem!

This brings up all kinds of questions. When prosecutors do this, do they have to get the AG's approval?

Is it a good idea to release a certified convicted spy? What's to stop that spy from returning to up-to-no-good mode? Could she sneak back into the US and pick up where she left off? Or are such individuals more or less "marked," or exposed, and thereby rendered not usable? Are they kept in the "family" to advise and train future operatives? In short - CAN THEY STILL DO US HARM?

[B Stieg]

34. And the OBSTRUCTION continues! nt

[RANDYWILDMAN]

36. This is getting ugly

FU Barr, you are a traitorous scumbag!!!

[B Stieg]

39. HEAR! HEAR!

Barr IS scum, the ultimate political animal...

[calimary]

52. Welcome to DU, RANDYWILDMAN!

Then again, though, why wouldn't he be a traitorous scumbag. Look who appointed him.

[progressoid]

35. Wow, that's pretty fucken blatant.

[SunSeeker]

38. Barr is a soulless traitor, like Trump.

[wiggs]

40. Unless otherwise demonstrated, WE SHOULD ASSUME THAT BARR IS DOING THIS FOR

PURPOSES OF OBSTRUCTION. Why should he or any of these guys be given the benefit of the doubt at this point, when they've already shown us exactly who they are? How does this benefit the American people, national security, and the search for truth?

Same as for Trump...after 8000 lies in two years, why is anything that comes out of his mouth assumed to be true unless otherwise shown, when it should be automatically taken as another lie?

Assume the worst and we'll be closer to the truth.

[Chin music]

59. So true.

[wiggs]

64. And by 'we' I mean everyone, including media. nt

[stillcool]

41. but didn't the government just...

say the opposite? Like on Monday?

[sinkingfeeling]

42. Let's start another investigation/impeachment of Barr.

[Chin music]

49. Sounds like he's trying to take the bullet for trump and get himself impeached to buy time.

Make HIM the issue, and trump rolls by another 6-8 months. NO MORE DELAYS. That's the game from the serial defendant of the courts.

[Maru Kitteh]

54. Hadn't thought of that angle.

[yellowcanine]

43. Why does Trump want her out of the country?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[JDC]

44. Seriously, WTF?!

[GoCubsGo]

46. They'll find a way to sneak her out like they did the bin Laden family after 9-11.

Bunch of fucking America-hating traitors.

[Chin music]

61. would'nt be surprised if trump flew her out on AF 1.

NOTHING is beyond the realm at this point. We're all SO beyond being appalled, yet our Blue Wave Ds (AND fcking repubs that claim to be the BEST patriots), havent done much to stop him YET. Infuriating. ASSUME he's going to do the worst, and GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS GD TRAITOR.
Cut off his money. For the plane, the golf, everything. He is an American Nemesis. Why are 2/3rds paying for 1/3rds ugliness and lack of love for their country? CUT OFF HIS checkbook. We are PAYING for him to sell us out. The other reps in the gop too.

[lpbk2713]

47. Collusion? What collusion?

Could they be any more obvious?

[yaesu]

48. Barr has been proven to have lied several times during his confirmation hearing

is he now untouchable like tRump?

[Chin music]

53. He needs to have grievances filed against him in Wash DC to have his law

license revoked...permanently.

[kentuck]

55. She is a dangerous witness against the NRA...

...and the heat is getting close.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

56. There's a lot of confusion on this subject. Try this:

https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqKAgKIiJDQkFTRXdvTkwyY3ZNVEZvWTNveGNYUmpiQklDWlc0b0FBUAE?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

[triron]

57. Huh? Have no idea what you mean. What confusion?

[uponit7771]

70. Why is this any better? tia

[Ilsa]

65. Here is a link to the WaPo article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/maria-butina-us-prosecutors-ask-judge-to-deport-russia-gun-activistrussian-who-conspired-to-infiltrate-nra-to-be-sentenced-april-26/2019/03/29/9b9b01be-525d-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html?utm_term=.3708bb335abc

Snip

Butina has been in custody since being charged in July, and Chutkan has said the time Butina has served would likely be a substantial portion of whatever sentence she faces.

Butina’s offense carries a five-year maximum penalty. But prosecutors agreed that the defense could argue for a guideline range of zero to six months and promised to recommend leniency if she cooperated fully.

[coeur_de_lion]

66. That fucking SOB

is as much a traitor as the orange imbecile.

Both beholden to Russia.

Assholes.

I hate them.

[cstanleytech]

68. Sounds alot like he is trying to get her as far away as possible from answering any potential

questions should the House subpoena her.

[Skittles]

69. they need to find out what Russia has on Barr

[uponit7771]

71. Baghdad Barr needs to submit his last 20 years of taxes too.

[The Wizard]

74. Who will be the next member of this Administration

to be aligned with Russia. Where's Joseph McCarthy when you really need him?

[lagomorph777]

75. That's brazen. Barr must be pretty confident that the Russiapublicans will hold power

for the rest of his life. Otherwise, he's going to jail.

[democratisphere]

76. The Executive Branch corruption just keeps digging deeper.

AG Barr is totally corrupt.

[watoos]

77. What's the problem?

I haven't heard any complaints from Democratic Congressmen. Aren't they on spring break?

I am taking a ride pretty soon to listen to some liberal Democrats on Sirius FM, just to ease the pain of ... I better stop.

[sop]

79. They just sentenced Butina to 18 months

Maybe Trump will pardon her too, like he did with Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

[spanone]

80. Billy Barr.....ZING!!!!