Bill Barr: No Collusion, No Obstruction, Russia Interfered

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The bar for obstruction of justice in impeachment cases is lower than for criminal charges. Robert Mueller left that charge open for Attorney General Bill Barr to determine. That is the charge Democrats pin their hopes on. There is no crime but they have already said their interpretation of what constitutes ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ does not require a crime.

However, in the case of Hillary Clinton’s legitimate crimes, she had no “intent” according to Comey and all Democrats. It’s a two-tiered system when it comes to Democrats.

Attorney General Barr summarized the report to be released at 9:30 am. Barr said that Robert Mueller didn’t leave the obstruction charge open to let Congress decide.

The special counsel found the President and his campaign were not involved in collusion with the Russian disinformation campaign. No Americans conspired.

The President and his campaign were not involved in the hacked Clinton emails.

That is the bottom line. The Russian government tried to illegally interfere in the U.S. election and no American colluded.

As to obstruction, the evidence on obstruction is not sufficient to warrant a criminal charge, Barr said. The context is important, Barr emphasized. The President was “scrutinized” before and during his presidency.

On obstruction, there was substantial evidence the President was frustrated by illegal leaks and endless speculation. At the same time, the President allowed the special counsel to complete his probe and gave unprecedented access and transparency. That weighs heavily against any obstruction case.

There were ten episodes that could lead one to conclude there was obstruction but Barr and Rosenstein did not find corrupt intent. The evidence of non-corrupt motives weighs heavily on an obstruction charge.

The President didn’t even assert privilege over sections he could have legally and justifiably done, which also weighed in his favor.

Barr plans to continue investigations, especially the IRA and the Roger Stone cases.

The only redactions were grand jury testimony, secret material, and information that would hurt peripheral people. He will allow some congresspeople to see the entire report unredacted except that which is banned by law.

The left has already started to tear Barr apart, claiming he supported Trump too much. Actually, Barr was even-handed.

After two years of damaging the President and ruining peoples’ lives, there is no there there. But it doesn’t matter to the left. Barr took a lot of arrows out of their quiver, but that doesn’t mean they won’t attack.


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Greg
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Greg
4 years ago

I would suggest anyone and everyone who wants to see how ludicrous the Report is regarding Obstruction refer to the DOJ’s Criminal Resource Manual – 1729. Protection Of Government Processes — Tampering With Victims, Witnesses, Or Informants — 18 U.S.C. 1512. Given that the President cooperated fully in making all witnesses available, which included negative statements, how in HELL does that report “justify” applying 1512 in light of the DOJ’s OWN manual. TELL US THAT, you low-life’s in media.

https://www.justice.gov/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1729-protection-government-processes-tampering-victims-witnesses-or

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Russian Salad Dressing
4 years ago

This just in from Vlad Putin to all liberals who love democracy, freedom, mom and apple pi-WTF you gonna do about it?

Greg
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Greg
4 years ago

What a despicable distortion by some. In the report Trump is quoted as saying, I’m f…’d. This is the end of my Presidency”. The context makes ALL the difference. They make it sound like Nixon last days. What the context is saying, it will hamper his Presidency to get things done. When I first those remarks it DID sound terrible. Do NOT believe ANY negative conclusions.

Greg
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Greg
4 years ago

The President’s Counsel raised Statutory and Constitutional defenses to a possible obstruction-of-justice analysis of the conduct we investigated. We concluded that none of those legal defenses provided a basis for declining to investigate the facts.

Statutory defenses. Consistent with precedent and the Department of Justice’s general approach t interpreting obstruction statutes, we concluded that several statutes could apply here. See 18 USC 1503, 1505, 1512 (b)(3) 1512(c)(2). Section 1512 (c)(2) is an omnibus obstruction-of-justice provision that covers a range of obstructive acts directed at pending or contemplated official proceedings.

Mueller, rather Weissman, is incorrectly using the 1512 Statute for obstruction, according to the Fifth and Ninth Circuit,

The most recent US Court of Appeals rulings (5th Circuit, 2008 and 9th, Circuit, 2013) hold an FBI investigation is NOT an official proceeding. The 9th in Ermoian was explicit:

“an FBI investigation is not an official proceeding under the [1512] obstruction of justice statute”

Greg
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Greg
4 years ago

How disgusting is it when parties try to claim “illegal acts” when a person steps up and defends themselves. When that is insufficient to warrant a criminal charge the antagonists go into a tirade. They are now even suggesting Barr, himself, obstructed by ending the investigation after taking office.