Bill Barr is Suddenly in Major Trouble: Lied in Documents About Mueller Investigation, Courts Now Involved

Mod: Remember when Bill Barr's 'judgement' on the Mueller Report was really big news for some? Turns out he was actually lying. 

Bill Barr is Suddenly in Major Trouble: Lied in Documents About Mueller Investigation, Courts Now Involved (Real Politicklink): This is so convoluted and “inside baseball” DOJ that it’s difficult for even those of us with 25 years of legal experience to walk through and thoroughly understand. But one thing can be readily appreciated, as Rachel Maddow deftly explains, Bill Barr is going to be held responsible, somehow, for lying throughout the cover-up of the Mueller report.

Let’s let Rachel walk us through it:

You might remember William Barr released a statement about it. And in that statement, he said, I’ve reviewed this report from Robert Mueller, and as attorney general, I have carefully reviewed all the evidence that Mueller and his team have presented here, all of the evidence they have presented as to whether or not Trump committed crimes.

Barr said, specifically that he was disregarding the Justice Department policy that said a sitting president can’t be charged with crimes. He said, I’m not paying attention to that. He said regardless of that policy, just ignore that policy, regardless of that rule, I, William Barr, have reviewed all of the evidence, and I have determined that no way should Trump face any charges, not just because he’s president, not just because of this rule that says no charges can be brought against a president, but regardless of that, Trump shouldn’t face any charges because in my, William Barr, review of the evidence in this report indicates that Trump committed no crimes.”

This was, obviously, indefensible bullshit and explains why the district court said that the memo was “disingenuous.” The appellate court agreed. Disingenuous is legalese for “complete and utter bullshit and he knows it.”

Rachel cites the Barr memorandum:

The evidence developed during the special counsel’s investigation is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense. Our determination was made without regard to and is not based on the constitutional considerations that surround the indictment and criminal prosecution of a sitting president.”

That part is actually true. The determination was made because they weren’t going even to consider the fact that Trump committed a crime because he was MAGA, one of them. That is not a lawful consideration in case anyone needs to know. Maddow wrapped it up:

“That’s what Barr did. That’s what Barr said.

Turns out that was a lie. At least a federal appeals court in Washington has just ruled that that was a lie. According to a unanimous ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel, when Robert Mueller turned in his report to the Justice Department, Attorney General Bill Barr and the Justice Department never actually considered at all whether or not Trump committed crimes or whether Trump should be charged.

They literally never even looked at that possibility despite what they said they were doing publicly. Barr lied according to the Appeals Court and told Congress and the public that the Justice Department did consider that, and after that careful consideration, they definitely concluded Trump committed no crimes and shouldn’t be charged. But the Appeals Court says that Barr lied about it.”

Mod: More at the link.

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