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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,766 posts)
Tue May 7, 2019, 09:30 PM May 2019

Dems want Justice IG to investigate Barr

Democrats are trying to convince the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate Attorney General William Barr in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

Senate Democrats realize they have almost no shot at convincing the Republican majority to dig into Barr’s actions since the Russia investigation wrapped up in March, and little leverage to force GOP senators, who are eager to move on, to the negotiating table.

Instead, they’re focusing their efforts on winning over the Justice Department’s top watchdog, putting the inspector general in the middle of a fight between Senate Democrats and Barr.

The Justice Department's Inspector General declined to comment about the requests from Congress.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/442609-dems-want-justice-ig-to-investigate-barr

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Dems want Justice IG to investigate Barr (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
Declining to comment is not surprising, and may not mean anything... Wounded Bear May 2019 #1

Wounded Bear

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1. Declining to comment is not surprising, and may not mean anything...
Tue May 7, 2019, 09:32 PM
May 2019

I don't think they would comment about an ongoing or proposed investigation, well unless it was about a Democrat.

I just hope they still have people with integrity there.

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