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BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 08:25 PM Dec 2019

Barr doesn't accept key inspector general finding about FBI's Russia investigation

Source: Washington Post

Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department’s inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is due to release his long-awaited findings in a week, but behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has surfaced about one of Horowitz’s central conclusions on the origins of the Russia investigation. The discord could be the prelude to a major fissure within federal law enforcement on the controversial question of investigating a presidential campaign.

Barr has not been swayed by Horowitz’s rationale for concluding the FBI had sufficient basis to open an investigation on July 31, 2016, these people said. Barr’s public defenses of President Trump, including his assertion that intelligence agents spied on the Trump campaign, have led Democrats to accuse him of acting like the president’s personal attorney and eroding the independence of the Justice Department. But Trump and his Republican allies have cheered Barr’s skepticism of the Russia investigation. It’s not yet clear how Barr plans to make his objection to Horowitz’s conclusion known.

The inspector general report, currently in draft form, is being finalized after input from various witnesses and offices that were scrutinized by the inspector general. Barr or a senior Justice Department official could submit a formal letter as part of that process, which would then be included in the final report. It is standard practice for every inspector general report to include a written response from the department. Barr could forgo a written rebuttal on that specific point and just publicly state his concerns. Spokespeople for the Justice Department, the inspector general and the FBI all declined to comment.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-doesnt-accept-key-inspector-general-finding-about-fbis-russia-investigation/2019/12/02/4464f018-154d-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html



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Barr doesn't accept key inspector general finding about FBI's Russia investigation (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 2019 OP
Shouldn't Barr be looking into the Nixon impeachment first? If you're going to look for the oranges Xipe Totec Dec 2019 #1
Barr might have bigger things on his mind soon enough such as hopefully a disbarment hearing. cstanleytech Dec 2019 #7
I would have been disbarred in a minute having said and done the shit Barr has said and done. Pepsidog Dec 2019 #14
Is Criminal Barr going to . . . Iliyah Dec 2019 #2
He's going to provide.... SergeStorms Dec 2019 #21
That's like discovering that ice is cold. NutmegYankee Dec 2019 #3
Barr disagreeing just gives the report more credibility. olddad65 Dec 2019 #4
+ 1000 n/t MBS Dec 2019 #10
He's just Ttrump's lacky Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2019 #5
What he did with the Mueller report was dishonest. The Wielding Truth Dec 2019 #6
Well, we don't accept you as AG either. You couldn't hold RFK's jockstrap. Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #8
Barr should hang up his Dictator suit bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #9
He can't, he is in wayyyy to deep at this point..... DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #23
Barr is a Russian propaganda pusher and desperately needs to be impeached also. democratisphere Dec 2019 #11
why is this mobster thug still allowed to pretend to be AG? nt yaesu Dec 2019 #12
Excellent question! Va Lefty Dec 2019 #22
Well, Bob.... paleotn Dec 2019 #13
I hate to be reminded of the great disappointment that is Mueller. I was just watching a show Pepsidog Dec 2019 #17
Absolutely agree with you mazzarro Dec 2019 #26
The comments section in my local paper dflprincess Dec 2019 #15
The Fake Attorney (one star) General ancianita Dec 2019 #16
Now Barr needs to find someone to investigate Horowitz. He is obviously Deep State. Midnight Writer Dec 2019 #18
This is Horowitz's last report. PuffedMica Dec 2019 #25
How bout accepting warmfeet Dec 2019 #19
Speaking of an ass-licking, the vikings are getting spanked by the Seahawks RainCaster Dec 2019 #20
I Categorically Reject The Washington Post Framing DallasNE Dec 2019 #24
Good points! ms liberty Dec 2019 #27
Barr eventually will go to prison duforsure Dec 2019 #28
A little plausible deniability goes a long way. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #29

SergeStorms

(18,898 posts)
21. He's going to provide....
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 10:34 PM
Dec 2019

enough talking points to satisfy Trump and his cult following. How far he's willing to lie and obfuscate in order to provide enough wiggle room for Trump to tweet about his complete innocence remains to be seen, but if the past is any indication he'll roll right over and allow Trump to rub his belly, being a very good boy and all.

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
8. Well, we don't accept you as AG either. You couldn't hold RFK's jockstrap.
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 09:09 PM
Dec 2019

How about the un-redacted Mueller report? Oh. Too incriminating. Yeah that's it. Keep up the charade that you are.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
23. He can't, he is in wayyyy to deep at this point.....
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 11:04 PM
Dec 2019

The whole damn group and NRC are going for broke. Anything short of complete success and they all are destroyed and they damn well know it.......

They will do anything and everything that they can to install their Fascist Tyranny. Period

That should be crystal clear to anyone after witnessing the last three years with Trump as their front man.
Actually, especially since the 2000 election. Or if you really think about it 1980.....

To a certain extent, on a lot of things, anything we can do at this point is like pissing in the ocean and expecting it to change color....LOL

This has been planned, organized and well orchestrated by the Republicans for a long long time.
Trump wouldn't have made it two days if it weren't for the Republican Senators.
THAT is where the Dems should be targeting all their attacks.........

A government that merges Corporations and Politics if defined as: FASCISM

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
11. Barr is a Russian propaganda pusher and desperately needs to be impeached also.
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 09:39 PM
Dec 2019

The AG of the USA is a criminal. Just think about that for a minute!

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
13. Well, Bob....
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 09:56 PM
Dec 2019

I don't accept the idea that you're human. Giant slime mold, maybe, but definitely not human.

Pepsidog

(6,252 posts)
17. I hate to be reminded of the great disappointment that is Mueller. I was just watching a show
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 10:23 PM
Dec 2019

on WWII and when it came to Chamberlain’s policy of German appeasement I couldn’t help but think of Mueller’s appeasement of Trump and DOJ. Maybe an unfair comparison, but this entire BS that the president cannot be indicted is faulty reasoning and I would have thought that with the brain power on Mueller’s team they would have presented a more direct challenge to the DOJ and Trump.

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
15. The comments section in my local paper
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 10:22 PM
Dec 2019

has been full of Trumpsters telling the rest of us to "just wait for the Horowitz report". We can guess what they'll be saying after this.

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
18. Now Barr needs to find someone to investigate Horowitz. He is obviously Deep State.
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 10:26 PM
Dec 2019

You would think that the hate radio fans would notice how their stars were praising Horowitz as an honest man of integrity two weeks ago, but are now calling him unpatriotic. But they won't. We saw the same thing with James Comey.

PuffedMica

(1,061 posts)
25. This is Horowitz's last report.
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 06:39 AM
Dec 2019

Horowitz has been on the job since 2012, which is a long time for an IG. When the report does not say what Trump wants it to say, he will just fire Horowitz out of hand. The media news will report that Horowitz is retiring with honors after a long dedicated career.

DallasNE

(7,392 posts)
24. I Categorically Reject The Washington Post Framing
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 12:10 AM
Dec 2019

The WP could not be more wrong when they unequivocally frame this as being "the controversial question of investigating a presidential campaign". The FBI was not investigating a presidential campaign. They were investigating Russian meddling into the 2016 election where that investigation snared Carter Page when he was in contact with the Russians that were already being wiretapped. That is a very critical difference making it a false, damning and shameful claim.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
28. Barr eventually will go to prison
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 07:27 AM
Dec 2019

And regret what he's done, and is doing now. After the upcoming election, he will see what justice looks like firsthand, and be exposed as the most corrupt AG in our history, and sent to prison for all of it. Justice will prevail, and all the corrupt will be fully held accountable, especially those corrupt republicans in Congress, and this administration.

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