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Jed Shugerman
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Our compromised DOJ:
Barr: exposed as Trump shield.
Rosenstein: conflict of interest to overlook obstruction.
SG Francisco: Jones Day conflicts, misled courts on Travel Ban.
AAG Benczkowski: Russian Alfa Bank lawyer
OLC: Engel, OK'ed Whitaker appointment.
newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
2/ Please don't forget Engel's OLC memo approving the corrupt Whitaker appointment. It was riddled with flawed analysis and errors, large and small, because he rushed to validate Whitaker.
3/ Rosenstein is personally conflicted and compromised on obstruction. He was a main witness to the Comey firing and its corrupt intent. And he PARTICIPATED in that arguably criminal act.
Awfully convenient that he didn't find it criminal, apparently.
slate.com/news-and-polit…
Maybe I've misread the Mueller/Rosenstein/Trump dynamics over the past year.
I've assumed Mueller & Rod had been cautiously working together managing obstructive Trump, Rod protecting Bob.
It's possible that Mueller had been cautiously managing an obstructive "survivor" Rod.
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Jed Shugerman
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In case you were waiting until Thursday to decide if Bill Barr is horrible, you can stop waiting. We have all the confirmation we need. "Barr’s order directed immigration judges to no longer allow some migrants who have sought asylum from posting bail."
nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/…
As if you need more reason, here are some other reasons Bill Barr is horrible: He has a record of misleading Congress and the public to promote extreme executive power dating back to 1989. Maybe this White House knew all about this expert qualification:
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Jed Shugerman
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THREAD: Barr's Conflicts:
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1. Howard Lorber's Vector Group (@DonaldJTrumpJr allegedly called Lorber about Trump Tower meeting)
2. AlfaBank
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newsweek.com/so-many-confli…
2/ This isn't evidence of actual bias, but that's not the standard.
As I told @CrisLeeMaza, “The legal standard is not actual conflict, it’s about the appearance of a conflict, appearance of bias."
A remarkable number of Russia-related ties raises concerns about Barr's judgment.
3/ Howard Lorber's Vector:
Barr earned $5K-$15K in dividends. Based on what sized investment?
Lorber brought Trump to Moscow in the 1990s, and he's tied to Trump Tower Moscow.
@DonaldJTrumpJr allegedly called Lorber about Trump Tower meeting w/ Russian agent. ("I love it.")
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Jed Shugerman
@jedshug
So maybe you're wondering if a cabinet member has ever been impeached... Here's a short history of impeaching department heads:
William Belknap, Secretary of War, impeached for kickback corruption, majority of Senate but not 2/3 voted to convict in 1876. He resigned anyway... 1/
2/ Attorney General Harry Daugherty was threatened with impeachment in 1922 for his DOJ's bootlegger kickback scandal. He was not impeached, but the investigation led to his resignation. I discussed this in a @washingtonpost op-ed on Whitaker this year: washingtonpost.com/opinions/think…
3/ Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon - the famously wealthy tycoon - has supported the disastrous policies of trickle-down and fiscal austerity, and was blamed for meddling w/ the Fed to keep rates too low (!!!), and contributing to and exacerbating the Great Depression in 1929.
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