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TRUMP: "I'm actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP
Barr supposedly arrived at WH at 1pm and Trump LEFT 15 minutes later... hmmm hlthe2b Feb 2020 #1
I'm still combing twitter for word about the Federal Judges' Association emergency meeting Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #4
I get that sense too... I honestly don't know what, but I remain hopeful. hlthe2b Feb 2020 #10
Federal Judges ER meeting to be Tuesday. napi21 Feb 2020 #30
Turns out it's actually today Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #33
Nope, Barr is leading the charge to an imperial presidency and Trump as a Putin style strongman.... Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #2
Have we just descended into madness, or have we been down here so long already it felt normal? BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #3
I've been around for awhile, and this is a fresh, unknown hell Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #6
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Feb 2020 #5
You think? (that you're the chief enforcement officer in the land)...if so, then act like it. SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #7
The AG is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #8
Good point and good catch. I would say also that you're correct in that he's stupid and ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #9
It's a VERY dangerous assertion on his part. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #11
Yes, this was very interesting to me when I heard about this whole thing going on. I have ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #12
A statement might be enough Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #14
Oh.... you're Everything! Turbineguy Feb 2020 #13
So many things I could say here...🤣 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #17
*ahem* Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #18
LoL😂 and there is one of them.🤣 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #19
Wow: "He was on The Apprentice." Hekate Feb 2020 #15
Oh FFS.🙄 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #16
Yeah? So where's yer stupid police hat? louis-t Feb 2020 #20
So Mr. President... flotsam Feb 2020 #21
He can bdamomma Feb 2020 #22
well he IS the Boss of the trump crime syndicate: IcyPeas Feb 2020 #23
He wouldn't know the law if Lady Justice pissed on him. Efilroft Sul Feb 2020 #24
"What if we prosecuted every corrupt official? Where would America be then? Where would I be?" struggle4progress Feb 2020 #25
Now, who went and told him that shit ? Baked Potato Feb 2020 #26
His inner Adolph. dchill Feb 2020 #29
Exactly. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2020 #35
This is the second time dump has usurped Barr's official title, and I'm desparate enough to think Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #27
Then you should arrest yourself. dchill Feb 2020 #28
Translation: Trump - "I AM THE LAW" Pachamama Feb 2020 #31
Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 Feb 2020 #32
"I guess" mnmoderatedem Feb 2020 #34
You guessed wrong, asshole. spanone Feb 2020 #36

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
4. I'm still combing twitter for word about the Federal Judges' Association emergency meeting
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 02:56 PM
Feb 2020

There's something going down - something huge.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
30. Federal Judges ER meeting to be Tuesday.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:20 AM
Feb 2020
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/federal-judges-association-calls-emergency-meeting-to-discuss-ag-barr-as-crisis-could-not-wait-report/

The independent Federal Judges Association will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss Attorney General Bill Barr’s intervention into politically sensitive cases to help President Donald Trump.
Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, who heads the group, told USA Today the meeting “could not wait


It will be quite interesting to find out the results of this mtg.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. Nope, Barr is leading the charge to an imperial presidency and Trump as a Putin style strongman....
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 02:51 PM
Feb 2020

He isn't going anywhere.

People should just stop dancing around it, Trump fully intends to be a dictator here.

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
7. You think? (that you're the chief enforcement officer in the land)...if so, then act like it.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 02:57 PM
Feb 2020

Quit acting like a spoiled brat and stop the ranting and raving. It doesn't become you.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
8. The AG is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 02:59 PM
Feb 2020

Trump saying he is means he's either stupid, or much more dangerous than anyone imagined up to this point. Or both.

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
9. Good point and good catch. I would say also that you're correct in that he's stupid and ...
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 03:01 PM
Feb 2020

a danger to all...

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
11. It's a VERY dangerous assertion on his part.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 03:15 PM
Feb 2020

Still waiting for word from the Federal Judges Association's emergency meeting. Trump's gone way overboard with tweets, etc today.

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
12. Yes, this was very interesting to me when I heard about this whole thing going on. I have ...
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 03:17 PM
Feb 2020

never ever heard of anything like this ever happening, where they had a emergency meeting of this association. I wonder what they can do, if anything? It'll be interesting times, I think...

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
14. A statement might be enough
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 03:19 PM
Feb 2020

If they, too, call Barr to resign, that might be game, set match for Burgermeister Barr.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
21. So Mr. President...
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 07:34 PM
Feb 2020

...is this the first time you have raped a concept (Rule of Law) as opposed to an unwilling woman???

Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
27. This is the second time dump has usurped Barr's official title, and I'm desparate enough to think
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:10 AM
Feb 2020

hmmmmm, maybe this will tick Barr off and *something* wild and wonderful will happen and we'll catch a mfkn break

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