*BREAKING*Former Attorney General William Barr Lambastes Judge Loose Cannon. Says DOJ Should Appeal

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Interview on FOX was shown on MSNBC

[herding cats]

1. What's he up to?

Angling to be the Special Master, or what?

[Beachnutt]

6. He knows if trump isn't prosecuted that

there is a possibility of trump running and winning and trump will pull revenge on him for finally telling some truths.
He must go all in on getting trump prosecuted to save his own ass.

[Scrivener7]

10. Wow. That's insightful. Hadn't occurred to me but I bet that is exactly right.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

16. No. The legal reasoning is shit, no self respecting criminal lawyer would think otherwise.

[Evolve Dammit]

22. sounds entirely plausible

[OnDoutside]

9. No, I think it's quite straightforward.... he's just a standard Republican

shithead establishment figure who no longer sees a use for this buffoon, and further, sees the inherent danger to the GOP if they don't get him off the stage. So he's doing the work the elected cowards are afraid to do.

[Doc Sportello]

19. Nailed it n/t

[Heather MC]

24. Also bill bar has nothing to lose

He doesn't run for office, all the jobs hes ever received hes been appointed to nobody ever elects him.

He can say whatever he wants and he does have credibility in the Republican party so some republicans may listen

[OnDoutside]

26. Yep, while he has zero credibility with Dems, your ordinary non maga

republican voter would probably listen.

[Novara]

39. He thinks he can rehabilitate himself

Sorry, he will forever be known as the orange fuck's corrupt lapdog.

[OnDoutside]

41. I really don't think he cares, and anyway, his reputation within the Republican Establishment is

pretty safe.

[certainot]

43. as a republican he also doesn't want anything big to happen before the elections and from a few

opinions i've heard an appeal could delay things considerably more than going ahead with a special master

[OnDoutside]

46. Definitely, he doesn't want any delay in getting Trump out of the way.

He's certainly signalling that to the republican loyalists within the DOJ.

[tinrobot]

2. Odd how Cheney and now Barr are now on our side

Well, at least on our side when it comes to TFG's criminality.

Hopefully, more will follow.

[Norbert]

17. Barr, the Cheneys, Kinsinger, Joe Walsh..

The more on the right that turn, the more like-minded people like them will follow.

[DENVERPOPS]

32. Hell,

Maybe we can get Colin Powell to sway everyone like he did in 2001 with his fake antique weed killer spreader. He certainly convinced many that it was a WMD.........

There would be a very long list of Republican's that have sold the nation out for their own enrichment. Financially or Politically...

[maxsolomon]

42. Good luck with that plan.

Powell is dead.

[DENVERPOPS]

51. Thx max

My memory isn't what it used to be.....

[certainot]

44. most of them are still afraid of the talk radio chorus, though the dregs left on air after limbaugh

croaked are no where near as intimidating

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. When even a guy like Barr is blasting you ...

You know you've sunk to quite a low, Judge Qannon!

[BComplex]

15. "Judge Qannon!" I like that!

And it's so true!

[peppertree]

28. Aileen "where's my Mercedes?" Cannon

[Mme. Defarge]

29. With regard to William Barr's extremely accurate characterization

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217124448

[calimary]

47. Judge Qannon! LIKE this a LOT!

Gonna have to mind my spelling so her name is always spelled accurately.

PROVE YOU'RE NOT, Judge Qannon. What else are you gonna give him if he comes around again?

[Lovie777]

4. I don't trust him . ....

He's part of the anti-shithole crowd, for now.

[CharleyDog]

20. yes, why trust him? Anyway, the appeal will go to the 11th Circuit, and C. Thomas decides to

bring their cases to SC, so this would go to the SC and take a year or more? Guess how the SC will decide?

They will probably use some 16th century law and cite some other monarch-backing law to support the dotard in his treason. Also giving the Presidency more powers.

If they didn't appear immediately this morning, I doubt they will, and perhaps see trying to comply as the lesser of two evils.

[Samrob]

36. There may be yet clear pathways to impeach some jurists...Ahhh.

The behavior and rulings of some of these "lightweight" judges ought to blight the influence of the Federalist Society. They have backed an embarrassingly lot of bad judges and attorneys.

[niyad]

5. Hey, billy boy, had you done your JOB as AG, instead of acting as that F'n, murdering,

orange TRAITOR**'s lap dog, we might not be in this current nightmare.

[bluestarone]

7. EXACTLY!

[spanone]

8. ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Indeed!

Just like when Liz Cheney told Gym Jordan that this was all his fault - Barr-Barr-Hut is equally responsible - and no matter what he does that could possibly speed up the indictment of IQ45, he too needs to pay a price for his failures as our "NATIONAL ATTORNEY!"

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Total madness.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Yessiree!

[Stuart G]

38. K & R ..Well said niyad. I like the lap dog part. It shines a light on the "lap dog."

[FBaggins]

12. Maybe he's hoping to be named as the special master

[CentralMass]

14. Suddenly Barr has a moral compass. There must be no profit in lying for the Orange Anus.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Like Liz Cheney is Ms. Republican, he is Mr. Republican.

[PortTack]

21. Exactly...anybody that has a voice that is calling out the orange mass for the criminal he is

Please do so.

[peppertree]

25. When even Jabba-the-Barr sounds the institutional alarm, you KNOW you've got 3rd world-style abuses

Aileen's trying to import Latin American-style kangaroo courts - and that suits Repugs just fine.

Especially Traitor Trump.

[erronis]

27. There's got to be another angle to this. Barr and the opulent dei folks are always angling.

Throw in the libertarians and fedsocs - they all have their game plans. And none of them are good for the common people.

[tanyev]

31. I suspect once they got the Supreme Court they wanted, they no longer felt the need

to keep Donald Trump around. Fully comprehend, in fact, Donny’s liabilities and how much damage he could intentionally or unintentionally do to their cause. I bet they’d much rather have DeSantis in the White House.

[erronis]

35. Have the handlers implanted the device in DeSatan's brain yet? Or was he bred already trained?

I'm sure on one of the Moscow trips a little electronic stimulation unit was planted next to tfg's amygdala. A simple plus or minus stimulus would train the orange ape to follow orders.

[BigmanPigman]

30. DO. NOT. TRUST. HIM

He is looking out for himself, as usual.

[msfiddlestix]

33. What is Barr up to? Does he really think he can magically paint over his stripes?

[EndlessWire]

49. A lot of them did that.

They did their thing supporting or working for Trump, and then when they realized their reputations were shot because of it, they turned around and pretended to be Superpatriots. They can shout all they want; we will remember them as what they were. Not in the mood lately for second chances.

[msfiddlestix]

53. ✔️ not in the mood either.

[Raven123]

34. Barr is the official spokesperson for the GOP establishment

The perfect guy. Doesn’t run for elections, already on the outs with TFG. Has nothing to lose.

[867-5309.]

37. Fuck Bill Barr

[Emile]

40. +1

[getagrip_already]

45. The doj has 30 days to appeal. Bets on if it will?

I saw on a legal review site that it isn't straightforward that the doj will appeal all or part of the ruling.

Their options are on the appeal side to try to get a change of venue based on jurisdiction claims, appeal a narrow segment, or attack it all. But they run the risk the appeals court will side with judge qudy. Then it could become precedent rather than one judge one court.

Or they could just let it go and try to get trump with what they have. If the master or judge qudy tries to return govt docs to him, they can appeal that. But they could still prosecute.

A normal doj would challenge it aggressively. This doj?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

48. If the 11th Circuit is bought they might be better off not appealing.

[EndlessWire]

50. Wow, the choices are confusing.

Don't appeal, take your chances.
Appeal to 11th Circuit, take your chances.

I think they have no choice but to appeal. The decision is atrocious at all levels of understanding. She ignored most of the standing law, and allowing her to affect the concept of Executive Privilege in this context just can't be accepted. As much as it is painful to us, they should appeal. Then we can put off selecting a SM for her to pick from. I don't think that will go so well.

[mucifer]

52. Eff him!! No praise from me.