Did Chairman Nadler issue a statement saying it would be a waste of time to impeach Barr now?

[Grasswire2]

Twitter alluded to that.

Thanks in advance, if you have seen that somewhere.

[tblue37]

1. Yes. He said the corrupt GOP senators wouldn't convict him. nt

[iemitsu]

2. Yeah, Nadler did say that.

He said that with a senate full of republicans, who would not entertain the notion of impeachment, that it was a waste of time to pursue it.
I saw this on Jake Tapper's show last night.

[tblue37]

5. He was referring to impeaching Barr, but I am sure he feels the same way about impeaching Trump.

[Thekaspervote]

3. I did read that. Eluded to the do nothing senate

[regnaD kciN]

6. Thus freeing us to be the do-nothing House...

...which really will get people fired up to show up at the polls for us in November.

[Bev54]

8. He is trying to do what he can

and is pushing an approval on a bill to reduce Barr's personal office expenses by $50million. The dems are doing the investigations, in case you haven't heard they are having a hearing on Wed which some of the DOJ lawyers that quit from cases in protest of Barr's interference have agreed to testify. He has extended an invitation for Berman to attend, not sure if he will or not. The point is, he is correct, the republicans are not going to do anything but it does not mean the house cannot do the investigations and hold public hearings so the rest of us know all the things he is doing. If it gets so bad that it too will leave a big shit stain on republicans, they may actually try to get him to step down. But at this point they are not prepared to do anything.
I also think if they can get enough info they can then get him disbarred which could me the end of his job.

[tblue37]

4. Here's the quote:

“We have a corrupt Republican majority in the Senate, which will not consider impeachment no matter what the evidence and no matter what the facts.”

[tblue37]

7. Here's a link no to a Politico aricle:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/21/nadler-senate-republicans-are-corrupt-331643

snip

Tapper asked if Nadler agreed with calls to impeach Barr, and the New York Democrat responded tersely that to do so would be a waste of time.

"We have a corrupt Republican majority in the Senate, which will not consider impeachment no matter what the evidence and no matter what the facts," Nadler said.

snip

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. GOP is allowed to and encouraged to not only disobey the law but steal our money

and kill us.

They are keeping testing abilities from us, to kill us.

When I said they would do this if they could a few years ago, most folks ignored me.

[smirkymonkey]

10. I don't understand why in the case of malfeasance or corruption by a public official at the

executive level, we can't have them go before a non-partisan court to be tried in. It's such bullshit that these guys can get away with murder just because republicans have a majority in the Senate.

This system isn't working and needs to change. Maybe it did at one time, but it doesn't anymore. We have just become too polarized, vicious, power-hungry and corrupt. Or should I say, they have.

[Grasswire2]

11. Barr was asked to testify in -- was it JANUARY?

Postponed twice, I think.

Very frustrating.