Miles Archer
Miles Archer's Journal"People who sacrificed their once decent reputations for the liar and grifter in the Oval Office"
@atrupar
WOW --
@maziehirono
*goes in* on Barr, says "the American people know you are no different from Rudy Giuliani or Kellyanne Conway, or any of the other people who sacrificed their once decent reputations for the liar and grifter who sits in the Oval Office."
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1123649699616108545
Graham to Hirono: "You've SSSSSSSSSSSSSLANDERED this man from top to BOTTOM...
...and if you want more of this, you're NOT GONNA GET IT unless you ask him some QUESTIONS!"
Hirono: "You LIED. You KNEW you lied. And now WE know."
And, amazingly, Barr's facial expression never changes. He's just sitting there like "SO?"
Barr: "We have to stop using the Justice Department as a political weapon."
He's getting really agitated.
Asked if he would recuse himself from any of the ongoing investigations spun off from the Mueller report, he immediately snapped back "NO!"
Here's Little Lindsey's f-bomb from this morning's Barr-chanalia
@atrupar
Lindsey Graham just said the F-word
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1123592219770925056
WaPo: 4 early takeaways from William Barr's tense hearing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/01/early-takeaways-william-barrs-tense-hearing/
1) Barr is unrepentant
If you thought Barr might bend to criticism that he had been too favorable to Trump and change his approach, you’d be wrong.
2) Barr explains his allegedly misleading testimony
In addition to the Mueller letter’s rebuke of Barr, it also called into question his past testimony. Barr testified to the House last month — after receiving the letter — and suggested he wasn’t familiar with how the Mueller team perceived his actions.
3) Graham’s misleading preamble
Graham has turned into one of Trump’s most loyal allies on Capitol Hill. And true to form, he started the hearing on a very pro-Trump foot, using a series of misleading statements.
4) Digs at Mueller?
Barr and Mueller are reported to be friends, but one comment in particular suggested there might be some tension between them. When discussing Mueller’s letter and their conversations, Barr suggested Mueller could have headed this whole thing off before it ever happened and failed to.
DURBIN: "My Republican colleagues are clearly working to coordinate the "LOCK HER UP" defense"
Said "That's what this is really all about...Hillary's emails."
Now he's going for Barr's jugular.
Cliffs Notes for Repubs questioning Barr so far: Comey was a dick, Steele Dossier was bogus
Right now Cornyn is asking why Obama didn't do more to investigated the Russians during the 2016 election. Brian Williams just cut into the live stream with Nicolle Wallace, who said "I'm not going to dance around this...he's LYING" about the intention to fire Mueller.
Barr: NO conflict between Trump "fully cooperating" and asking Sessions to unrecuse and fire Mueller
Barr's stammering through this part, but basically said Trump fully cooperated with the investigation, and telling Sessions to unrecuse himself and fire Mueller was not a conflict with his fully cooperating.
"You feel good about your decision?" (Graham to Barr on obstruction) "Yes, I do." (Barr in response)
DiFi is now back on deck.
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Name: Miles ArcherGender: Male
Hometown: Hamilton Massachusetts
Home country: USA
Current location: Nevada
Member since: Wed Oct 16, 2013, 07:49 PM
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