Remembering this exchange in light of the Schiff/Swalwell news 👇

[soothsayer]

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Remembering this exchange in light of the Schiff/Swalwell news 👇

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Replying to @atrupar
.@SenKamalaHarris: Has the president or anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested you open an investigation into anyone?

BARR: ..... ah .....

HARRIS: Seems like something you should be able to answer

BARR: I don't know .......

[FalloutShelter]

1. Boom goes the dynamite!

[onecaliberal]

2. Everyone said he was lying at the time.

[lastlib]

3. Haul his fat lard ass back in for questioning!!

Let him explain it now!

[sprinkleeninow]

4. lie-lie-lie-lie....

[Baked Potato]

5. There's probably a LOT more like this yet to come out.

There was probably private investigators all over DC trying to scrape up dirt on anybody who even hinted at opposing Blabba the Gutt. I noticed they even investigated a minor.

[euphorb]

6. What is the Schiff/Swalwell news?

[Sentath]

7. I have no idea.

Someone care to help us out?

[CloudWatcher]

11. The NY Times story ...

Much more at link and other news outlets: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/us/politics/justice-department-leaks-trump-administration.html

Hunting Leaks, Trump Officials Focused on Democrats in Congress

WASHINGTON — As the Justice Department investigated who was behind leaks of classified information early in the Trump administration, it took a highly unusual step: Prosecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, aides and family members. One was a minor.

All told, the records of at least a dozen people tied to the committee were seized in 2017 and early 2018, including those of Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, then the panel’s top Democrat and now its chairman, according to committee officials and two other people briefed on the inquiry. Representative Eric Swalwell of California said in an interview Thursday night that he had also been notified that his data had subpoenaed.

[Hekate]

12. Trump's DOJ under both Sessions & Barr, acting as T's personal lawyers & fixers, subpoenaed Apple

…in order to scoop up emails, phone records, and whatever else they could to persecute those suspected of leaks and being Trump’s enemies. Apple was put under a gag order so nobody knew they were being spied on.

When Biden said this practice was absolutely wrong, Apple was released from its gag order and they informed the victims.

Among these people were newspaper reporters such as Michael Schmidt, and Congressmen Swallwell and Schiff, and their staffs, AND their families, including one minor.

[Marcuse]

8. She should have asked, "Did the President give you a direct order to investigate his enemies?"

[Merlot]

9. That's an easy "no" because every thing he did was by innuendo / mob speak

[NBachers]

10. We NEEDED Al Franken at these hearings.

[erronis]

18. That would be fantastic. Cutting through the lard (Barr) with a scalpel.

[monkeyman1]

13. there will be more to come ! count on it !

[NJCher]

14. I am sure you are right

I salivate at the prospect of another shot at imprisoning this complete and totally ignorant clod who showed absolutely no respect for the rules of democracy.

[monkeyman1]

15. if he get's rico charges , game over for trump family!

[TxVietVet]

16. Conservanazis can also get away with other crimes.

The bastards violated the Constitution under the Raygun Regime. The violators were pardon or let get with barely a sentence. Funny how every time the conservanazis have the White House the commit lots crimes, do “investigations “ to destroy Dems and never get charged and convicted. Am I the only one noticed this? Just curious.

[bucolic_frolic]

21. I'm liking "conservanazis" as a category, Alex. /nt

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Lyin' sack o' crap. What a disgrace. Close as Orange Boy could get to Roy Cohn. nt

[elleng]

20. THIS tub of lard should be tarred and feathered.

There, I said it.

[Sherman A1]

25. I'm thinking this would not be environmentally friendly

As it would require a great deal of both tar and feathers 🪶. Actually a very, very, very great deal of both. I think working on a chain gang somewhere along side a highway in the scorching summer heat would be a good use of his limited talents.

[Josiesdad]

22. I remember thinking at the time that his dilemma was centered on...

if a "order" from POTUS could be construed as a "ask" or a "suggestion"? Then, when Kamala tried to clarify her question she kept making the hypothetical question less of a demand and more of a request. I just had the feeling that Barr was able to deny the gist of the question because she phrased it as a request instead of a demand. In short, Kamala softened the question and gave the President and Barr the benefit of the doubt. It gave Barr a way to slither away without a direct answer because the actual conversation was an "order" and not an "ask".

[magicguido]

23. Always bring your Thesaurus

Suggest: allude, hint, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, advocate, back, champion, espouse, favor, support, exhort, urge, advance, offer, propose, submit, advert, mention, point, refer, signal, signalize, signify

[Turbineguy]

24. Barr most likely let some

grunt trump lackey handle it so he could plausibly deny any knowledge.

Barr is not dumb enough to go to jail for trump.

[Stuart G]

26. As said before...this is, "The Top of the Iceberg"...7/8 of the iceberg os "unseen."..but........

a new camera (beneath the sea camera) has been found, and we will end up seeing the .............

........"WHOLE DAMN ICEBERG'.................AND THE ........................................


......................'ICEBERG IN QUESTION DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE", SAYS STU.....

[cstanleytech]

27. Should this not be part of a complaint to the bar associations as dont they take a dim view of

members being caught lying to Congress?

[bucolic_frolic]

28. The Reveal: "grapple with the word 'suggest'...there have been discussions...with matters out there"

I take that to imply, and I'd put money on this, that he was told the investigations were already underway ... let's not forget Sessions also has disavowed any knowledge of the secret subpoenas. So ... sounds to me like SOMEONE signed off on them, these AGs were informed but did not discuss or approve necessarily, they just needed to know. Question is WHO signed off, how did it get through a grand jury. Is a secret purge underway, led by someone unknown? ... What is going on?