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Can the AG obstruct justice? nt (Original Post)
Baltimike
Apr 2019
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manor321
(3,344 posts)1. Sure. And Congress can impeach.
We just need Dems with some backbone to start impeachment proceedings.
dlk
(11,578 posts)4. We Have Been Watching Obstruction Before Our Very Eyes
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)2. Just ask John Mitchell.
elleng
(131,143 posts)3. This one IS obstructing justice.
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)6. Or at least obfuscating it. n/t
elleng
(131,143 posts)8. Obfuscate:
render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
obstruct: deliberately make (something) difficult.
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)12. He's doing the one to accomplish the other I suppose. n/t
SHRED
(28,136 posts)5. He is right now.
bdamomma
(63,923 posts)7. Barr playing a
very dangerous hand. I hope he gets burned too.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)9. Yes. Next question.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,234 posts)10. Two words
John Mitchell.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)11. Yes, right before our eyes.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)13. Richard Kleindienst also pleaded guilty
to lying to Congress during his AG confirmation hearing (to succeed John Mitchell) about whether he was asked to interfere in an anti-trust investigation against ITT.