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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 02:37 PM Sep 2019

Some perspective from Joyce Vance about the bogus "Barr is ANGRY" meme.

Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance

AG Barr was so outraged & angry when he learned Trump lumped him in with Rudy Giuliani on the Ukraine call that he turned around and booked a $30,000 party at Trump’s DC hotel. Timeline: Barr learns about the call mid-August, books the party late August.


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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,520 posts)
3. Even if he was angry, he didn't dare let Il Douche find out,
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 02:54 PM
Sep 2019

and booked the hotel just to be sure his lips stayed comfortably affixed to the orange one's big orange butt.

Caliman73

(11,719 posts)
5. Barr is plain and simple, a partisan hack.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 03:01 PM
Sep 2019

People may not be understanding Barr's "qualifications" for serving in the Trump administration. The asshole was at the center of Iran-Contra, the scandal where Reagan's administration illegally sold weapons to Iran in exchange for Iran holding on to the hostages in order to win the election of 1980. The second of 3 occasions where Republican candidates conspired with foreign governments to influence elections. Barr pushed GHW Bush to pardon Casper Weinberger effectively closing the loop on the Iran-Contra investigations and allowing that treachery to go unpunished. He started the secret phone tapping on average Americans' international calls predating the Patriot Act. He pushed for "more incarceration" in a "study" in which he cherry picked data to make his point. Barr then went to work for Governor Allen (of "macaca" fame) to end parole in Virginia.

The guy is a disgusting, unethical, partisan hack through and through. He doesn't care about being lumped in with Trump and his goons. He is one of the main goons in Trump's pack of goons.

Lucky Luciano

(11,247 posts)
6. To be fair the he originally planned for a $75,000 party,
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 03:45 PM
Sep 2019

...but dropped it to $30,000 upon being lumped with Rudy.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
8. Why somebody doesn't file an attorney ethics complaint against him I will never know. Lots of rules
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 04:13 PM
Sep 2019

pertaining to lawyers conduct both in and out of court. If I misrepresented the facts or the law the way he routinely does, I would be disbarred. In fact, I cannot think of any lawyer who has does more to underline the rule of law than Barr. He should be disbarred.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
11. Before this is over
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 05:18 PM
Sep 2019

The Bar Association just might have something to say. That family Barr was so proud of? His daughter and SIL went to work for Trump.

klook

(12,150 posts)
14. Very distinguished career. Thanks for the link.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 10:08 AM
Sep 2019

I always appreciate her analysis and her integrity.

Vinca

(50,233 posts)
13. Has anyone ever figured out what Barr is getting out of this? He seems almost giddy about going
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 05:30 PM
Sep 2019

down in the history books as Don's mob lawyer.

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