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SCantiGOP

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6. If it could be proven that Barr knew about it

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Dec 2, 2020, 01:04 AM

Dec 2020

He would be very guilty if he DIDN’T let an investigation take place.
Or, as someone else suggested, maybe it doesn’t involve trump, so they see no reason not to actually follow the law.

Following the law is not their default setting.

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Why didn't Barr stop this pardon investigation? [View all] edhopper Dec 2020 OP

64 Million $$$$ question Cha Dec 2020 #1

You got that empedocles Dec 2020 #16

It wasn't an investigation into the ADMINISTRATION, just someone seeking a pardon. RockRaven Dec 2020 #2

They might also be pedants (like me), in addition to being necklaces of some kind greenjar_01 Dec 2020 #10

I stand appropriately corrected... RockRaven Dec 2020 #12

Hahahaha greenjar_01 Dec 2020 #17

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2020 #18

I assume it's because nobody involved Frasier Balzov Dec 2020 #3

Somebody like Gates who flipped and supposedly fully cooperated with Mueller wishstar Dec 2020 #9

I imagine he can only go so far, hide so much, stop only some. I am thinking now it is all for LizBeth Dec 2020 #4

Who knows. Perhaps a he has a safety valve back door deal cut fearnobush Dec 2020 #5

If it could be proven that Barr knew about it SCantiGOP Dec 2020 #6

Perhaps. Especially if tRump is framed as the victim here fearnobush Dec 2020 #8

Because he's a scheisster??? fierywoman Dec 2020 #7

I think you mean "shyster" PJMcK Dec 2020 #11

I was trying to spell "shit" in German, which I think is the original word? My sense of the meaning fierywoman Dec 2020 #13

Oops! My mistake! (n/t) PJMcK Dec 2020 #14

Perhaps edhopper Dec 2020 #20

The reality is that every single criminal moonscape Dec 2020 #15

If the person seeking the pardon had done something so wrong that Barr sickened, then skip fox Dec 2020 #19

I doubt that edhopper Dec 2020 #21

I haven't seen anything about the investigation that would exclude former presidents. If it wiggs Dec 2020 #22