Billy Barr turning?

[Trumpdumper]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/politics/january-6-committee-william-barr/index.html

The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has been having conversations with former Attorney General William Barr, the committee's chairman said Sunday.

"To be honest with you, we've had conversations with the former attorney general already," Rep. Bennie Thompson told CBS' Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation" when asked if the committee would go to Barr. "We've talked to Department of Defense individuals. We are concerned that our military was part of this big lie on promoting that the election was false."
The Mississippi Democrat continued, "So, if you are using the military, to potentially seize these voting machines, even though it's a discussion, the public needs to know, we've never had that before."

Thompson's remarks came in response to a question regarding text of a draft executive order that had been presented to then-President Donald Trump in December of 2020 to have the secretary of defense seize voting machines in battleground states.
Barr, who was a staunch defender of Trump during his tenure at the Department of Justice and pushed the administration's "law and order" message, resigned in December 2020 after rebuking the then-President's false claims about widespread election fraud.

[Walleye]

1. Shows we don't know everything that's going on behind the scenes

[empedocles]

3. 'The Process' keeps on producing

[Walleye]

5. It's turning out to be a pretty good crime drama. Just hope we get the "Law and Order" ending

[monkeyman1]

18. more like " as my stomach turn's " soap !

[FakeNoose]

2. So the timing of the memo coincides with Barr's decision to resign

Hmmmm ...

[pnwest]

6. If so, he should have sounded ALL the alarms, instead of

just resigning and slinking away, thinking "not my problem".

[FakeNoose]

8. Yes....

I've said the same about Mike Pence.

They both knew all the plans, but said nothing.

[monkeyman1]

21. good for book sale's !

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Sorry, but 'doing the Schultz'........

"I know nothinggggggg" does NOT get points for 'good behavior.' You took an oath, you had a responsibility, and you are an American citizen. You KNEW what needed to be done, but you FAILED!

[Justice matters.]

29. Rumor has it he got fired, not resigned (but agreed on telling the press he "resigned").

Fired for refusing to embark in the powell-and-the ghoul crazy train wreck (of a rigged election)...

Should be revealed in the book he's writing...

[Lovie777]

4. I'm pretty sure he knew exactly what was going to happen . . .

Actually I think majority of the GQP congresscritters knew as well.

[2naSalit]

7. Yup.

[monkeyman1]

23. the man has top security clearances , he knew everything ! jeeze !!

[Vinca]

9. He's got a book to sell. Funny how they're all willing to be the topic of conversation until the

thing bombs. Think Mark Meadows.

[SheltieLover]

10. Wonder if they have talked with AG Sessions?

[struggle4progress]

12. Billy will say whatever he thinks helps Billy

[OnDoutside]

13. Slithering more than turning

[malaise]

19. THIS

One more evil fuck

[malaise]

20. THIS

One more evil fuck

[gratuitous]

14. Only if he had a sudden memory install

Barr has a lot of practice and is really good at not understanding even the most straightforward questions, debating the common meaning of words, and phrasing any answers he gives in hedged language that would make an English gardener blush.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. This will be fun to watch

Link to tweet

[wiggs]

26. The Cte should also look at any plot to remove/steal ballots on Jan 6. From what I understand,

a few clerks had the presence of mind to relocate the ballots to a safe place during the break-in on Jan 6. Otherwise, there certainly would have been a delay, at the very least.

[getagrip_already]

16. the ugly part of this is that the (current) DoJ is in massive cover up mode....

They are doing everything they can to hide their part in the wrongdoings of tfg, and will cover for barr as far as they can.

Just look at their position wrt stroznick's (sp?) deposition request against trump. They don't want trump to be deposed because trump will say he just told the doj to handle it, and that will open a huge can of worms for them. Something they don't want public.

The DoJ needs a lot of sunlight. Quickly. They are nailing the shutters closed.

[NightWatcher]

17. Investigate Flynn's brother's role in this at DoD.

I hope none of the guilty hangers on are still near any levers of power when they start rounding up the suspects here soon.

[llashram]

22. the military.

Really? When the tanks roll, I'll know.

[Dan]

24. Me thinks that Barr is a lawyer

And saving his ass will be his primary concern, as I said a lawyer.

[wryter2000]

25. Remember, Barr

"History is written by the winners."

[George II]

27. Zoe Lofgren said a few minutes ago to Jim Acosta that he's been interviewed "more than once....

...with staff attorneys", and it was voluntary.

[Ford_Prefect]

28. Like Pence, Bill Barr expects, or expected, to have a place in the next conservative government.

He's covering his tracks and trying to stay out of jail IMO. He's also rendering unto Caesar what he cannot hope to keep only to himself.

Barr is connected to very dark corners of the RW conservative political universe. Some of those have not only great influence but deep pockets. Bill Barr is planning on a significant political future and working hard to keep those options open.

I suspect he's telling only what indicts Trump and his cronies. Meanwhile Barr is working assiduously to point investigators away from the darker corners he knows so well himself, like the plans and Dark Money behind our current conservative SCOTUS members, or just how far the RW Christian Nationalists have gone to infiltrate US Agencies and the Defense Department.

IMO he belongs in federal prison for having failed to inform Congress of the plot, among other crimes against the nation.