Barr pledged that investigations would be 'sacrosanct from political influence.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

That’s in real doubt now.


Attorney General William P. Barr faced big questions during his confirmation last year about whether he would maintain independence from President Trump when it came to the Russia investigation. To combat them, he assured senators — repeatedly — that he viewed his job as conducting investigations irrespective of the president’s political wishes.
That’s increasingly in doubt.

On Tuesday, all four prosecutors on the Roger Stone case moved to withdraw after senior Justice Department officials overrode their recommended sentence for Stone. The unorthodox move was announced shortly after Trump decried the proposed sentence of seven to nine years. The Justice Department said Trump’s comments played no role and came after the decision was made.

Even if that’s true, this is still higher-ups in the Justice Department intervening on behalf of perhaps the president’s oldest political ally to reduce his recommended sentence. And Trump on Wednesday implicated Barr directly in that effort, tweeting his congratulations to him for the decision to overrule the prosecutors.

It’s the kind of situation that Barr indicated during his confirmation that he would guard against.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barr-pledged-that-investigations-would-be-sacrosanct-from-political-influence-thats-in-real-doubt-now/ar-BBZVBSJ?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=hplocalnews

[Phoenix61]

1. He. Lied. He's just like them. Of course he lied.

Twitler finally got his Roy Cohn.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. You just nailed the real truth.

[Goodheart]

2. He lied, of course. His lies were totally unnecessary, though, to get himself confirmed.

He could have said "of course, I plan to be completely partisan, biased, and protective of trump regardless of the law" and he would have been confirmed by the same exact number of votes.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. He lied. They all lie.

Stop believing them. If they are Republicans they probably lie. Without lies they would not exist. Lies are their sustenance.