Democrats prepare to hold William Barr in contempt
Politico,
by
Kyle Cheney
&
Andrew Desiderio
Original Article
Posted By: M2,
5/6/2019 12:31:19 PM
The House Judiciary Committee has taken its first formal step toward holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller´s unredacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, as well as the underlying evidence. The panel announced on Monday that it will consider a contempt citation against Barr on Wednesday. A vote of approval from the Democrat-led committee would send the measure to the full House for consideration later this month. “The attorney general’s failure to comply with our subpoena, after extensive accommodation efforts, leaves us no choice but to
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Janylou 5/6/2019 12:35:54 PM (No. 79380)
Democrats are the ones held in contempt by the American people for allowing this national nightmare to continue for so long.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Smart11344 5/6/2019 12:40:53 PM (No. 79366)
I cannot think of one honorable thing to say about the contemptuos democrats. Hang your heads in shame.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 5/6/2019 12:42:33 PM (No. 79374)
And now - -
- - the latest field hockey scores.
What´s been happening out there, Ann Marie?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Sandpiper 5/6/2019 12:43:11 PM (No. 79382)
Where is the “rolling eyes” emoji?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
msjena 5/6/2019 12:45:32 PM (No. 79377)
Eric Holder. Held in contempt and his DOJ declined to prosecute.
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So, you need to break the law in order to comply with their demands?
And, that´s contempt?
The full, un-redacted report is available to Chairman Nadler, but he´s refused to go view it.
Only 2 of the 12 authorized for full, un-redacted review have actually gone through the trouble of doing so, and they are both Republicans.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Marjbaldwin 5/6/2019 1:06:00 PM (No. 79379)
They are beyond desperate, and about to be exposed.
They are really losing it.
Good.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
janjan 5/6/2019 1:06:09 PM (No. 79376)
It probably doesn’t come closer se to the contempt Bill Barr has for Congress. And the rest of us join him. This is fear.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
aasilver 5/6/2019 1:11:54 PM (No. 79363)
The Dems won´t view the unredacted report because they must ´sign in´ to read it. That eliminates leaking it because of the sign in register. Barr outsmarted those morons once again.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/6/2019 1:22:22 PM (No. 79356)
The Attorney General reciprocates.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Donna M 5/6/2019 1:26:55 PM (No. 79367)
Would it be over the top for AG Barr to quote Mr. Eastwood? "Go ahead punk, make my day"?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/6/2019 1:35:44 PM (No. 79358)
So what? Looks like they all have short memories on what Eric Holder did
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
His_Highness 5/6/2019 1:37:13 PM (No. 79372)
Obstruction of justice is a crime. If the Sgt at Arms shows up to detain AG Barr, the Sgt at Arms should be arrested for obstruction of justice. At the same moment, Federal arrest warrants should be handed to US marshals, who should then arrest every member of the House Judiciary Committee who voted to have Barr detained.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
MISteve 5/6/2019 1:43:23 PM (No. 79371)
The article is disingenuous.
Barr didn´t take a month to complete the redactions that Mueller should have made.
And Mueller admitted he wasn´t prevented from making a recommendation to indict based on the Justice Dept´s rule about indicting a sitting President. He just had thin gruel ("no reasonable prosecutor would indict" Remember that?)
What do you expect from Politico?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/6/2019 1:51:29 PM (No. 79364)
Barr can’t release an interacted report because it contains grand jury material. They know it but this is manufactured fodder the willing droids in the media will play around the clock and the willing brain dead Trump haters will soak up like a dry sponge.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Polecat49 5/6/2019 2:05:10 PM (No. 79373)
The dems just invented a new definition of the words most stupid: any so-called democRAT on the house judiciary committee.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/6/2019 2:12:49 PM (No. 79357)
Go pound sand!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 5/6/2019 2:15:41 PM (No. 79361)
Being viewed as contemptible by Democrats should be a badge of honor. Like being accused of being patriotic or law-abiding.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Kate318 5/6/2019 2:23:33 PM (No. 79370)
He can file those papers in the same AG file as Eric Holder’s papers.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/6/2019 2:38:41 PM (No. 79375)
I think Barr will deal with the House Judiciary Committee, who will have to eat their contempt charges.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 5/6/2019 2:46:47 PM (No. 79362)
So. I hold all of them in contempt, every day.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 5/6/2019 2:52:39 PM (No. 79369)
Once again, they have overplayed their hand. The house will be controlled in 2020 by republicans.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
jar 5/6/2019 3:08:31 PM (No. 79381)
Not two but three people have viewed the unredacted report. They are: Lindsay Graham, Kevin McCarthy, and Doug Collins.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
peebster 5/6/2019 3:34:19 PM (No. 79365)
The vote won´t pass, Nadler will ensure that. That way, he saves face.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
citizen 5/6/2019 5:25:31 PM (No. 79368)
We actually pay these people..pitiful.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 5/6/2019 9:30:20 PM (No. 79378)
The more they frantically smear Barr, the more optimistic I become. They are desperate.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Smart11344 5/7/2019 12:50:42 PM (No. 79359)
I hope there is no hope for any new democrats in state, local and national politics. We´v always had bad seeds, but the current bumper crop of despicable candidates is beyonf frightening.
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Very misleading: Democrats can go look at the unredacted report any time they want to. They are trying to make it appear that Barr is keeping it a big secret. Only two people have taken advantage of viewing the report, both Republicans.