Barr: Obama, Biden not under criminal investigation despite Trump's claims

[riversedge]

Source: USA Today yahoo


USA TODAY•May 18, 2020

WASHINGTON – Attorney General William Barr said Monday that former President Barack Obama and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are not under investigation, despite President Donald Trump’s assertions that his predecessor’s administration committed criminal offenses.

Trump has repeatedly accused Obama of unjustly targeting his associates in what he calls "Obamagate," and has.......................


Barr, during an unrelated briefing on the continuing inquiry into December’s deadly shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, said he would not allow the criminal justice system to be “used as a political weapon.”


“The criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political ends,” Barr said, before launching a blistering critique of the Russia investigation.

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The attorney general has tapped John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to lead a parallel inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe. Barr said the Russia inquiry, led by special counsel Robert Mueller, promoted an “utterly false” theory that the Trump campaign had colluded with the Russian government.

While Barr said Monday that he does not expect Durham's work to lead to a criminal investigation of either Obama or Biden, he suggested that "others" could be vulnerable in the criminal inquiry.

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umm... I do not trust Barr.
But I read what Barr said--very nasty and IMHO is telegraphing the Senate to go ahead and investigate.

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Neither Joe Biden, left, nor Barack Obama, seen in a 2017 file photo, is under criminal investigation, the U.S. attorney general said Monday.


Liss_andrello
@HLisandrello
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4h
*No reason to, but you are*

Barr: Obama, Biden not under criminal investigation despite Trump's claims
“The criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political ends,” Attorney General William Barr said Monday.
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Di Thomson @DiThomson3
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‘Unlikely’ to investigate... sounds like a Susan Collins
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Liss_andrello
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As one of Trumps henchmen said (Graham) "Be careful what you wish for". For once I agree with Lindsey

[frazzled]

1. Well, that's good

Because using the machinery of government to investigate your political opponents is, shall we say, criminal in itself?

[bluevoter4life]

2. Barr says they may not be under investigation right now...

But I'm guessing some "new evidence" will emerge roughly a month before the election.

[riversedge]

3. "The news is that unidentified "others" ARE being targeted in what appears to amount to a politicall

good pick up.




Ned Price
@nedprice
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The news isn't that Obama and Biden won't be investigated. The news is that unidentified "others" ARE being targeted in what appears to amount to a politically-motivated DoJ probe, which seeks to impugn the previous administration and exonerate Moscow.

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[VladmireTrumpkins]

4. No criminal investigation against Obama and Biden..!

Okay I guess Barr is on his way out!

[hibbing]

5. Since they lie about EVERYTHING, I presume they are

Just like I about had a heart attack when I heard tiny hands say the food supply is fine.

Peace

[Rebl2]

6. Since

when do we believe anything he says.

[Ford_Prefect]

7. We should all loyally believe the Reichsminister for Justice, shouldn't we?

After all does he not know Our Dear Leader's inner most thoughts?

[SkatmanRoth]

8. Barr is not investigating President Obama or Candidate Biden.

Barr is not investigating President Obama or Candidate Biden going into the 2020 election. He is however investigating everyone else in Obama's administration. A majority of individuals in the previous administration are fully engaged in electing a Democratic president in the 2020 election. What Barr is doing is straight up political spying using Justice Department assets.

The point of what Barr is doing is not to prosecute criminal behavior. Barr intends to collect opposition research material for the Republicans and punish Democrats working to elect Joe Biden.