Trump is 'running a crime syndicate out of the West Wing' with Barr as his 'consigliere,' former prosecutor says

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John Flannery is one of more than 2,000 former Department of Justice officials who have signed an open letter calling on the attorney general to resign.

Pressure is building on Attorney General Bill Barr to resign after thousands of former Department of Justice officials and members of the Federal Judges' Association expressed concern about his conduct.

By Monday, more than 2,000 former DOJ employees from both the Republican and Democratic parties had signed a letter demanding that Barr resign, while the Federal Judges' AssociationTheir concerns center on Barr's handling of the Roger Stone case. Stone—a long-time adviser to President Donald Trump and a veteran GOP operative—is due to be sentenced later this month for crimes uncovered during the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Last week, prosecutors recommended a jail term of seven to nine years for Stone. But after Trump condemned the proposal, the DOJ said it would issue a more lenient sentencing memo. The four prosecutors that worked on the Stone case subsequently resigned in protest. Though Barr publicly complained about the president's tweets on the issue, critics have accused the attorney general of undermining the rule of law to protect the president and his allies.signed by former DOJ staff claims that Barr"openly and repeatedly flouted" the principle of equal justice under the rule of law.

The letter also warned it was"unheard of for the Department's top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case."that Barr"has no business in that job" and called on DOJ officials to"do the job right.

 

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Yes, he is!

Whine news week whine. You said nothing about Clinton or obummer in the Bengali mess or etc. Just keep quite.

The swamp is alive and well. Fighting to save their dynasty. The people are fighting back and they want us to be quiet and just go away. wontbequiet MAGA2020 KAG2020LandslideVictory

CHHolte It by about time you said it.

So what do we do?

So we keep hearing, but we don't see anyone really putting their foot down and saying enough is enough. He does whatever the hell he wants and no one stops him. Actions speak louder than words, so let's see some action.

Bet this ex-prosecutor donated to Hillary. Statistics back me up.

The scary part is the average American doesn't care 😕

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Sadly, true.

But the country is doing awesome ! Thank You Mr Presisdent ! Maybe we need some gangster ways to deal with the animals of the world

Both LOSERS!

Yawn

And so was Bush. Obama was a Bush slave. Clinton too. Reagan too. Nixon was recorded talking as if he was the organized crime boss of America. We have Nixon involved in all racketeering, lottery, scams, child trafficking.

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Yeah, got that.

No shut?! You all are JUST catching that? WE THE PEOPLE have been screaming foul for 3 years DO SOMETHING! NovemberIsComing

It is

The Attorney General must act for the United States, not as Trump's attorney Email/call your Representative Contact info: Email/call your Senators Contact info: or Text RESIST to 50409 or type resistbot in twitter search bar

Give me a break! Most Prosecutors have or had their own Fiefdoms with their servants,just on a smaller scale. They push boundaries. And the Prosecutor that says “not me” is the guiltiest.

It's time to impeach Barr and Investigate his Corrupt Personal Attorneys for Putin's Puppet at TheJusticeDept

Most of us know that.

True

For 3+ yrs the MSM has cried wolf against T, digging up “experts” & “insiders” & “smoking guns” & “bombshell testimonies“ that fizzle as fast as the ink dries, then it’s on to the next. No Russiagate, no Ukrainegate, no collusion. Give it a rest. Your emperor has no clothes.

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It’s a criminal fascist operation

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Says former swamp creature.

Every American paying attention knows this....

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