Ethics complaints filed against Barr in DC and VA by US Rep Bill Pascrell

[EveHammond13]

Link to tweet

Good.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Kick!

[Mike 03]

3. Hurricane of breaking news happening right now!

[machoneman]

18. Hurricane, tsunami, F5 tornado indeed! Stunning how fast and deep his undoing is coming.

Now that the dam has irretrievably broken, lots of folks are coming forward with grim tales of Trump's so, so many lies, fabrications, law breaking endeavors and more! Geez, it is hard to keep up with the indictable offenses as they keep pouring out in droves.

Could not happen to a more deserving asshole!

[beachbumbob]

4. I want to know why no one has tried to go after law licenses of any person who has one who IGNORED

a subpoena. Really why isn't this being done? You don't have to be convicted of a crime to be disbarred

[Maraya1969]

30. Great point! I hope someone with the power does just that

[beachbumbob]

31. typically it takes other licensed lawyers to make a complaint to start the ball rolling

[FBaggins]

33. Because it isn't illegal to fight a subpoena

Lawyers contest subpoenas all the time.

If someone ignored a subpoena and the House took them to court... and then the court enforced the subpoena... then you could lose your license for failing to comply with a court order.

[beachbumbob]

34. no one went to court in any of the cases where the subpeona was issued and ignored, that is the

whole point here.

[FBaggins]

36. Actually... some are in court (five IIRC)

They just haven't resulted in any rulings yet... which is why Democrats are trying to avoid them in this case. They can't wait several months for the fight to work through the courts. Instead, they're just insisting on document production with the threat that refusal to do so will be considered as obstruction and result in another potential impeachment count.

But the misunderstanding here is the difference between subpoenas related to civil/criminal court cases, and those from Congress to a co-equal branch of government. In the former, the executive branch (prosecutors) have received permission from the judicial branch to force you to show up in court (or product documents, etc.). BUT the judicial branch recognizes that you haven't had an opportunity to give your side, so you can go to the judge and ask that the subpoena be "quashed". You're basically appealing the court's decision to approve the prosecutors' request. Absent that appeal, the subpoena is presumed to be valid and you can't ignore it.

Congressional subpoenas are different. They aren't pre-vetted by a judge. Their presumed validity is further damaged when the subpoena targets the executive branch. If a conflict ensues, the most common path is for the target of the subpoena to refuse to comply - which forces Congress to take the matter to court. Such matters usually end up with a negotiated agreement between the two branches, because neither is certain who would win in court.

[BootinUp]

46. Nicely explained. Nt

[IronLionZion]

35. Bill Clinton was disbarred. They should do the same with all of these lying lawyers

[NewJeffCT]

42. Ted Lieu had done this several months ago

filed a complaint with the Virginia Bar about Barr. Not sure if it ever went anywhere.

https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-lieu-and-rice-call-bar-investigation-conduct-william-barr

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Off to the greatest!

[SallyHemmings]

6. Wonderful!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. K & R!

[pwb]

8. Yes, but this is a criminal international regime.

It's a good punch to the bullies who ignore law. Hope it hurts.

[orangecrush]

9. KICK

[Mike 03]

10. Kick for visibility.

[JT45242]

11. Why not after Mueller

Barr stated he did not know that telling someone to lie under oath was a crime.

He should have been disbarred at that very moment -- either he did not know the law or lied under oath.

Suborning perjury is covered in the first legal ethics class in law school.

This is far too little and far too late.

Unless he ends up cuffed and stuffed in a police car and then placed in general population in prison, it will never be enough.

[smirkymonkey]

12. K&R

[Pepsidog]

13. I have been waiting for this to happen

[Bluethroughu]

14. That's how you get things moving again!

FORWARD!

[BigmanPigman]

15. It's about time. What took so long?

[flibbitygiblets]

16. Yeouch! Hard to be AG when you're not actually an A...

He never should have been confirmed in the first place; he's so clearly Trump's toady, running around the globe doing his bidding to get dirt on a political opponent.

[RainCaster]

17. About F-ing time!

I know a number of people who are attorneys by trade, and everyone of them is honest and strives to meet the intent of all guidance pertaining to ethics in law. Billy Barr is a different kind of animal- he is paid by all taxpayers, yet he acts as the personal attorney to the SCROTUS. (So Called Ruler Of The United States)

He should be locked up in a small cage on the Southern border for the rest of his unnatural life. Maybe even a few more years for good measure. Then his carcass should be shipped to Russia for disposal.

[johnnyfins]

37. "SCROTUS" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Almost spit coffee at my screen

[Perseus]

20. May the bar leaders disbar Barr

That sounded good...It is mind boggling, so much education just to become common criminals, Barr and Pompeo.

[ancianita]

32. Along with White House Counsel. There's a whole crew of dirty lawyers to take down.

[Marie Marie]

21. Sounds great but any lawyers out there know the possibility of this being successful?

I would think that this is a no-brainer given his flouting of the law but I'm not an expert.

[EveHammond13]

22. seems like Bars are super harsh on small infractions and timid for the big stuff

so, as is famously said, "We'll see what happens."

[Marie Marie]

27. Thanks. Let's hope for the best.

[mysteryowl]

23. Thank you!

[trof]

24. KNR

How's THAT for lazy?

[gademocrat7]

25. K&R!

Finally. Thank you, Representative Pascrell.

[Mr. Ected]

26. I'm astounded at the charade posing as the Trump administration and its stranglehold on democracy

Aided and abetted by an American people neutralized by systemic propaganda.

[Cha]

29. I know.. it's one of the worst nightmares if

not the worst and our country and Planet are in it's clutches.

We're Fighting Back Hard

[Cha]

28. Excellent!

[BlueJac]

38. K&R

[bucolic_frolic]

39. Professionals policing professionals

Don't count me optimistic

[UTUSN]

40. K&R

[cp]

41. Thank you, sir.

[Nitram]

43. Kick him where it hurts.

[tclambert]

44. We could have an Attorney General who is a disbarred lawyer!

Somehow I don't think Dopey Donny would mind.

[BootinUp]

45. I will relish the day Barr goes down. Nt

[UCmeNdc]

47. K&R

[ecstatic]

48. So many people are thanking him...

We're so desperate for the trump-led crime spree to end. Every action taken in that effort is so greatly appreciated.

[Tarheel_Dem]

49. K&R

[Tarheel_Dem]

50. K&R

[Faux pas]

51. YES YES YES!

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy

[Bernardo de La Paz]

52. Barr is the reason why TOP CIA lawyer criminal referal never acted on by DoJ. . . . nt