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William Barr: Consequential Man
William Barr is the new Attorney General. He will likely be the most consequential Attorney General in our lifetime. His investiture comes at a time when it has become apparent that the apparatus of government has been unconstitutionally wielded against a presidential candidate and then sitting president. Powerline today links to a piece from Mark Penn and includes the following quote:
The most egregious anti-democratic actions ever taken by the what can now fairly be called the Deep State are confirmed with the publication of fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s new book detailing how the FBI and Justice Department plotted to remove President Trump from office for firing FBI Director James Comey.
Justice Department and FBI officials spied on U.S. citizens with false warrants, gave a pass to one presidential campaign with a predetermined investigation, investigated another political campaign on the basis of no verified evidence, and illegally leaked information on investigations. They discussed wiretapping and using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove President Trump, and appointed a special counsel as a retaliatory move for Comey’s firing.
It is now crystal clear that the highest echelons of the Justice Department and FBI had morphed from the world’s most professional law enforcement organization into a Third World rump group. They had the hubris to believe that they – not the American people or their duly elected representatives – should decide who governs and how.
The Powerline post also includes references to other notable summaries of the political moment in which we now live, from Byron York, Michael Goodwin, Willis Krumholz, Roger Kimball, and Ramesh Ponnuru.
Scott Adams has commented that Andrew McCabe and others may have been honestly alarmed by an incredible belief that Trump was under the control of the Kremlin. (An incredible belief that is now understood to be Trump Derangement Syndrome, for which media are manifestly responsible for making a national and international epidemic.) But, regardless, their acts were still seditious. And whether senior government officials were deluded or malign, it is incumbent upon the new Attorney General to address the circumstances under which this was permitted to occur and implement the necessary processes to restore constitutional government.
Failing that, Barr will be responsible for permitting a British-style civil service — independent of legislative oversight — to become our way of governing from here on out. Pray that he does the right thing.
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Barr would not be allowed the position unless it was understood he would abuse the powers the way the Ones in power want.
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I’m “on it”…
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda
@rodin, it is also worth making a special note of the fact that Mark Penn is not just some kind of “alt-right” conspiracy theorists that the leftists love to ridicule, but is more than just one of them, as indicated by his bio at the end of the article: “Mark Penn is managing director of the Stagwell Group. He was chief strategist on Bill Clinton’s 1996 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign, and Mrs. Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. “
While that doesn’t make his criticisms of the scandal at hand either right or wrong, it sure does indicate, to me at least, that if someone this highly placed in Democrat ranks sees this rotten mess for what it is, there is a high likelihood that a number of his fellow travelers are as well.
Sorry to be the dissenting voice again (not really!) but I see nothing in his record or background which would support even a suspicion that he gave any such assurance to anyone; as a matter of fact, the memo he wrote as a private citizen questioning the legal basis for Mueller and his pack of Jackboots to even be talking about obstruction of justice by a President for doing what he had ever right to do is a strong indication, to me at least, in precisely the opposite direction. If you have any basis for thinking what you expressed, other than a general exhaustion of the way our government has become so infested with rot (and don’t we all), then I would like to know what it is. I say that in all seriousness, as I wholeheartedly agree with the premise of Rodin’s post, and feel Mr. Barr is the closest thing we have been presented with to a figure who actually will hose out the Augean stables which our government has become.
Sincerely, Jim
Excellent post, @rodin. I am counting on Barr to take the necessary steps to finally hold people accountable and take action against these rogue agents. It’s long over due. Thanks.
I hope he has body guards.
So what is the over under? How long will they put him away for? What will they put him away for? What process crime or incorrect form will require his wealth and freedom?
The FBI persons who plotted that coup require significant jail time. And I want to see Comey do a major perp walk. Make it happen Mr. Barr.
Call me when somebody actually goes to jail.
Hahahahaha!!! Thanks for the laughs!
McCabe’s book is simply confirming what was obvious to many or us for a long time. All along we had to wonder why Sessions wasn’t going after this seditious cabal. Barr, not being a politician, gives me hope he will do the right thing.
I just hope he is so busy turning the river into the stables he doesn’t start trying to eliminate the 2nd Amendment…..