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Fourth Stone prosecutor withdraws. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2020 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #1
On CNN now n/t malaise Feb 2020 #2
Wow! All fucking four!! Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #3
Buncha shit is what this is..😠 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #9
Does Trump have pictures of all these people romancing livestock? CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #31
This needs to be shouted from the rooftops..another good add material for anti Trump ad. Karadeniz Feb 2020 #4
Please tell me what this indicates ... big picture. CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #5
DOJ is acting on Trump's behalf PJMcK Feb 2020 #12
But the attys recusing themselves (or judges, whoever)... why? CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #13
The prosecutors are resigning, not recusing PJMcK Feb 2020 #16
Thank you for explaining. This means they have some ethics! CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Feb 2020 #21
Right you are! PJMcK Feb 2020 #26
That's the way Hitler did it until he had his death courts to carry out his prosecutions. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #34
The judge is a she, not he PNW-Dem Feb 2020 #23
Yep, I knew that and it was my mistake PJMcK Feb 2020 #25
Fascism... nt Hotler Feb 2020 #32
DOJ is working for Trump, not America Skittles Feb 2020 #37
This is some bullshit!😠 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #6
Wow backtoblue Feb 2020 #7
HOLY SHIT!!!! spanone Feb 2020 #8
Was this voluntary or were these guys pushed out? Tuesday afternoon massacre? yellowcanine Feb 2020 #10
I think they made the decision on their own. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2020 #15
I would guess they resigned so as not to be involved with the whitewash localroger Feb 2020 #17
We had a Friday Night Massacre and now a Tuesday Night Massacre Zolorp Feb 2020 #11
She's probably downright "disturbed" by now. dchill Feb 2020 #29
This on the heels of what happened Friday and the Vonovitch(?) resignation rurallib Feb 2020 #14
This is scary shit. No way they just resigned. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #19
We know that Trump doesn't care at all, or maybe he is even happy. world wide wally Feb 2020 #20
Barr only cares about coverup, he is an artist at covering shit up... pbmus Feb 2020 #30
Yeah, but he won't be able to cover up this one world wide wally Feb 2020 #33
K&R. Mike Niendorff Feb 2020 #22
Here's a good question I saw in another link... NotHardly Feb 2020 #24
The rule of law was killed by the GOP bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #27
That's what patriots do. kacekwl Feb 2020 #28
WTF is going on here? smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #35
Trash Democracy,... paving the way for a Fascist Theocracy. magicarpet Feb 2020 #36

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
31. Does Trump have pictures of all these people romancing livestock?
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:28 PM
Feb 2020

This assclown must have inspired Stephen King's It. Everyone seems scared of him.

PJMcK

(22,061 posts)
12. DOJ is acting on Trump's behalf
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:43 PM
Feb 2020

Trump is probably going to issue pardons for Manafort, Stone, Flynn and any other of his crony henchmen.

I wonder if the judge can do anything to block Trump's actions. I doubt it.

PJMcK

(22,061 posts)
16. The prosecutors are resigning, not recusing
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:50 PM
Feb 2020

Last edited Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:09 PM - Edit history (1)

This implies that they are opposed to the orders they are getting from Barr's office. Remember that US Attorneys work for the DOJ.

The judge has not recused herself, either.

These attorneys are resigning in protest because they see that Trump and Barr are seriously interfering with justice.

Respectfully, it's pretty obvious how Trump is playing this.

Response to CurtEastPoint (Reply #18)

yellowcanine

(35,703 posts)
10. Was this voluntary or were these guys pushed out? Tuesday afternoon massacre?
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:42 PM
Feb 2020

That judge should demand that Barr appear before him and explain himself.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,225 posts)
15. I think they made the decision on their own.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:47 PM
Feb 2020

They knew they could not go back before the judge and claim that their official recommendation was not their position.

The supplemental recommendation--like everything else that surrounds Trump: his election, his acquittal, everything--is illegitimate.

localroger

(3,634 posts)
17. I would guess they resigned so as not to be involved with the whitewash
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:50 PM
Feb 2020

Probably "voluntary" as in being ordered to recommend the reduced sentencing, and resigning instead of complying. I am guessing the one(s) who completely resigned might be talking to reporters soon.

 

Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
11. We had a Friday Night Massacre and now a Tuesday Night Massacre
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:43 PM
Feb 2020

And Republican Senators simply yawn.

Except for Susan Collins and Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney is now terrified. Meanwhile Susan Collins has furrowed her brow while being concerned and disappointed.

rurallib

(62,474 posts)
14. This on the heels of what happened Friday and the Vonovitch(?) resignation
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:44 PM
Feb 2020

There is some bad house cleaning going on.

world wide wally

(21,758 posts)
20. We know that Trump doesn't care at all, or maybe he is even happy.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 08:26 PM
Feb 2020

The only question is whether Barr cares because this is a reflection on him personally.

NotHardly

(1,062 posts)
24. Here's a good question I saw in another link...
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:06 PM
Feb 2020
"The question is why haven't more principled staff from DoD, State, and other agencies also resigned in protest too?"

As I have become more cynical as this year progresses, my first thought as an answer was "Because between those all persons that Trump/Barr have fired or resigned from DOD, DOJ, and all the other alphabet soup fed agencies ARE the only principled staff that exist."

magicarpet

(14,201 posts)
36. Trash Democracy,... paving the way for a Fascist Theocracy.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:18 PM
Feb 2020

Trash the FBI..... Check,
Trash the Intel Services..... Check,
Trash the Diplomatic Corp.... Check,
Trash the Dept. Of Justice, US ATTYS... Check,

Trash the EPA...Check,
Trash the BLM..... Check,
Trash the US Dept. Housing.... Check
Trash the US TReasury.... Check,
Trash the US Dept. Of Education.... Check

Isn't Fascism insidious and grand ?

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