Let's talk about some of Barr's lies

[Nevilledog]

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This WP story about how Bill Barr confidently, even pugnaciously, told CNN viewers about a massive mail-in ballots fraud incident in Texas that never happened, is a reminder of some other things like that. /1

Like that time in July when he said a surge of federal agents sent to Kansas City had made 200 arrests in two weeks, which was false. /2
nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/…
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Painting Bleak Portrait of Urban Crime, Trump Sends More Agents to Chicago and Other Cities
The announcement came as the president painted a dark vision of crime in cities and attacked local officials who have expressed concerns about intervention by the administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/politics/trump-federal-agents-cities.html

Like that time in June when he told the public that the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, had resigned, which was false. /3 nytimes.com/2020/06/19/nyr…
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Clash Over U.S. Attorney Who Investigated Trump Associates Sets Off Crisis
Attorney General William Barr tried to fire the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, but he is refusing to leave.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/nyregion/us-attorney-manhattan-trump.html

Like that time in April when he told Fox News that an inspector general Trump had fired, Michael Atkinson, tried to send the Ukraine whistleblower complaint to Congress without exec branch review and ignored DOJ, which was false. /4

Endorsing Trump’s Firing of Inspector General, Barr Paints Distorted Picture
The attorney general misstated key facts in explaining the dismissed official’s handling of the whistle-blower complaint that prompted impeachment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/barr-inspector-general-firing.html

That same time in April he also told Fox News that the FBI had opened its 2016 investigation into whether Trump campaign officials were coordinating with Russia’s election interference “without any basis,” which was false. /5

And of course there was his description to the public of the then-still secret Mueller investigation report, which a federal judge said was so “distorted” and “misleading” that the judiciary could not trust his DOJ to be candid on that topic. /6

Judge Calls Barr’s Handling of Mueller Report ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’
The judge said the attorney general lacked credibility on the matter and said he would review the report to decide whether to make its redacted portions public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/mueller-report-barr-judge-walton.html

[FarPoint]

1. Nice to identify

Yet, it is actually a waste of time on the enforcement and/or can anything be done scale.

[Laelth]

2. Isn't that special?

He and Donald should get along famously.



-Laelth

[Karadeniz]

3. Fascism at work