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kpete

(71,961 posts)
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:27 PM May 2019

Justice Dept will give House SOME Intel Mueller probe material if Schiff drops Barr contempt threat

The Justice Department on Tuesday said it would provide the House Intelligence Committee with some materials related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as long as the panel dropped its threat to pursue an “enforcement action” against Attorney General William Barr.

The department made the offer in a three-page letter to Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) one day before the committee is slated to vote on what he has described as an “enforcement action” against Barr. Schiff has not said what shape the action would take.


The Justice Department has said it would allow the full committee to review a less redacted version of the first volume of the report — the section discussing Russian interference in which Schiff’s panel is primarily interested — and identify an initial tranche of materials the committee is demanding that it would prioritize for review and disclosure to the committee.

On Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd said the department is willing to “expedite” access to foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information identified by the committee as a priority if the panel confirms that it will not move forward on a vote on an enforcement action.




https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/444833-doj-offers-house-intel-some-mueller-materials-if-schiff-drops-barr

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Justice Dept will give House SOME Intel Mueller probe material if Schiff drops Barr contempt threat (Original Post) kpete May 2019 OP
yep set barr free and we will give you one sentence with less than 8 words nt msongs May 2019 #1
Impeach and Enforce! abqtommy May 2019 #2
Ridiculous and corrupt. C_U_L8R May 2019 #3
They should respond with, "Stow your offer!" n/t sprinkleeninow May 2019 #4
No deals with traitors CanonRay May 2019 #5
So some of the material they withheld just as a bargaining tool! bronxiteforever May 2019 #6
Fuck that. jalan48 May 2019 #7
So now Barr, the Federalist Society POS wants to basically blackmail congressman turbinetree May 2019 #8
Now we know, Bill Barr doesn't want to go to jail FakeNoose May 2019 #9
I can smell the stench of desperation all the way over here lunatica May 2019 #10
It Seems Like Someone Is Blinking Here..... global1 May 2019 #11
No deal. nt Blue_true May 2019 #12
No, no, no. old guy May 2019 #13
Fuck that. Lock em up. Voltaire2 May 2019 #14
A 'less redacted' copy....Horse Manure spanone May 2019 #15
Blink. displacedtexan May 2019 #16
Oh, Hell No!! Delmette2.0 May 2019 #17
They must be worried. OnDoutside May 2019 #18
Don't pay the ransom! Hold is ass in contempt and start financial penalties immediately MLAA May 2019 #19

C_U_L8R

(44,986 posts)
3. Ridiculous and corrupt.
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:33 PM
May 2019

What a stupid request. I hope there is a creative response to these crooks.

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
6. So some of the material they withheld just as a bargaining tool!
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:42 PM
May 2019

Game playing with the Constitution is clearly proof of bad faith.
would anyone buy a used car from William Barr? Can’t ever rely on his word.

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
8. So now Barr, the Federalist Society POS wants to basically blackmail congressman
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:47 PM
May 2019

LOCK HIS UP...................now and anyone that sent this Bullshit...............everyday this country is edging closer to look like Hungary and another depots tin folk hat authoritarian country.....................

global1

(25,224 posts)
11. It Seems Like Someone Is Blinking Here.....
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:59 PM
May 2019

No deals. Keep the pressure on the DOJ, Barr, Trump and the Repugs.

MLAA

(17,247 posts)
19. Don't pay the ransom! Hold is ass in contempt and start financial penalties immediately
Tue May 21, 2019, 11:35 PM
May 2019

All some of these assholes acknowledge is $$$$$. Start making him pay.

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