Barr: If I Wanted To Meddle In SDNY, I Wouldn't Have Fired Berman

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By Josh Kovensky
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July 9, 2020 4:57 p.m.
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Attorney General Bill Barr defended himself against allegations of mendacity in an interview with ABC, offering his view of what led to the firing of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman.


Barr said that “even if one were interested in trying to influence a case you wouldn’t do it by removing … the head of the office.”

“That’s simply not how the Southern District of New York or the Department as a whole operates,” the attorney general added. “So it’s actually ludicrous and I felt it was just simply not a plausible basis for not making a change there.”

Berman testified to the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that Barr had pushed him out with the aim of delaying investigations that SDNY is conducting.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/barr-if-i-wanted-to-meddle-in-sdny-i-wouldnt-have-fired-berman

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Barr argued more broadly that he hadn’t interfered in federal criminal cases for political reasons.

“I’d like to hear some examples of people we’ve charged that they think were unrighteous cases to bring,” Barr said.



I keep thinking of Iran-Contra............

[mahina]

1. Liar

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Really? He's using reverse psychology on ALL of us? Like he thinks that is going to work?

[Faux pas]

3. He's

the hump's personal diaper changer. And, a traitorous raging asshole

[NCjack]

4. His "King Trump" view encouraged Trump to go fast-and-deep into trouble.

Trump blames him and will fire him.

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5. His statement is not logical....

what a dunce!

[underpants]

7. Double negative too

So it IS plausible?

[WheelWalker]

6. Begs the question, "What would you do if you wanted to meddle?"

[struggle4progress]

8. "Your honor, if my client had intended to rob the bank, he certainly wouldn't have walked in,

wearing a disguise and carrying a gun, while his girlfriend sat in her car out front with the engine running. Anybody can see that!"

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9. "I'd like to hear some examples of

people we’ve charged that they think were unrighteous cases to bring," Barr said.

It's not the cases that you've brought that are at issue - it's the cases you REFUSE to bring or try to thrwart that's the problem. You asshole.