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FM123

(10,390 posts)
5. Barr was "partially" recused, I guess....
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 01:35 PM
Aug 2019
While it was once thought that Barr would be recusing himself from having oversight on the Epstein prosecution, on July 9, it was clarified that Barr consulted with career ethics officials at the department, and concluded that he only needed to recuse himself from the internal Justice Department probe of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, and his involvement of approving a highly controversial no-prosecution deal with Epstein back in the 2008.

Barr did not recuse himself from Epstein’s current prosecution in Manhattan, and is now instructing the Department of Justice’s inspector general to open a probe into the disgraced financier’s death. Before Epstein’s alleged suicide, he was facing 45 years in prison if convicted of conspiracy and sex trafficking dozens of underage girls in New York and Florida.

There is concern over William Barr’s involvement in Epstein’s case, not only for the way he handled Robert Mueller’s testimony over the Russian probe, but because of his personal ties with Epstein himself.


https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/william-barrs-personal-ties-jeffrey-epstein/

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Yes. yes. yes. So here's what we should be asking. underthematrix Aug 2019 #1
Agree. Claritie Pixie Aug 2019 #2
I haven't seen the photo on the left... lapfog_1 Aug 2019 #7
Daddy's Little Princess was sexualized early Hekate Aug 2019 #10
Donald's date, courtesy of Epstein. nt Ilsa Aug 2019 #14
Look at how he's "holding" her hand. He's got a vice-like grip on it and she's not holding his back. Claritie Pixie Aug 2019 #17
Wow, Ivanka looks just like... PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #21
And who had the power to make it happen in the first place. sandensea Aug 2019 #12
Gee, I wonder .... KPN Aug 2019 #3
Co conspirator #1. marble falls Aug 2019 #4
Barr was "partially" recused, I guess.... FM123 Aug 2019 #5
Yep. Read about that yesterday. Miles Archer Aug 2019 #6
Because Epstein had the dirt on Trump. What else could it be? YOHABLO Aug 2019 #8
Barr and Epstein likely have a decades long personal acquaintance. PufPuf23 Aug 2019 #9
Wait. Born the same year but Epstein was hired KPN Aug 2019 #11
I don't think Epstein got a college degree. Ilsa Aug 2019 #15
Epstein didn't have an AA, BA, BS, MS, MA, M.Ed or PhD underthematrix Aug 2019 #16
That was a mistake by me. Epstein born 1953 Wm Barr born 1950 PufPuf23 Aug 2019 #19
Epstein was born in 1953. Meadowoak Aug 2019 #18
I goofed and just fixed. Thank you. nt PufPuf23 Aug 2019 #20
He does seem to have some interest in the case... kentuck Aug 2019 #13
People kept thinking Barr wanted to work for Trump because of some strong opinion on Laws JI7 Aug 2019 #22
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