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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:
justsecurity.org/63635/barrs-pl…
3/ See this story on Barr's remarkable number of financial and legal ties to Russian entities or investors in Russia, an appearance of pro-Russian bias:
4/ Of course, there was his ridiculous letter than included four partial sentences from Mueller, but none of the executive summaries that Team Mueller says (as reported by @washingtonpost) were intended for immediate public release.
slate.com/news-and-polit…
5/ And there was that time Barr said that the DOJ "spied" on the Trump campaign...
Who was the journalist who wrote about how @FoxNews stole Grampa?
Was that story about Bill Barr?
@davidmcraney?
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Jed Shugerman
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THREAD on Mueller and his evidentiary standard:
There is confusion about its fact-finding because the report should have been more clear, but it is clear enough its standard was proof "beyond a reasonable doubt."
But that's not the standard for counterintell or impeachment...1/
2/ When the report says "the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities," it should be understood as:
"It did not establish crimes beyond a reasonable doubt."
3/ I made this argument on Fri on @realTrumpcast w/ @page88. Then I took a long Passover break. Now I lay it out here:
Even if it says it didn't find proof beyond a reasonable doubt, it shows that there was more likely than not a conspiracy & coordination.
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Jed Shugerman
@jedshug
My take on the Mueller Report and how it shows Trump’s criminal conspiracy will be up on @realTrumpcast with our national ombudswoman @page88 soon.
But my bottom line at the end: Don’t rush to impeach yet.
Subpoena tax returns, bank records, and witnesses like Mueller first. 1/
2/ The Mueller Report is too redacted on key Russia/Stone questions etc. The report is damning but not strong enough on its own. Mueller understated the evidence. I think it’s wise to pursue more evidence first, and that legal fight will take months. It’s worth the wait...
3/ You only get one opportunity to impeach. The Mueller Report is a mixed bag, and frankly a disappointing failure to call a conspiracy and acts of obstruction for what they are. You have to take your jury into account, and the case has to be strengthened or it will backfire.
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Jed Shugerman
@jedshug
This is criminal. Soon after July 22 WikiLeaks release, Trump told Gates ”more releases of damaging information would be coming.” Put it in context of June Trump Tower meeting w/Russian spy (coinciding w/Trump speech on big Hillary news), and July 27 “Russia if you’re listening.”
2/ On the one hand, I understand why SCO did not declare this criminal in its report. Its standard was proof "beyond a reasonable doubt." But I think it surpasses the prepoderance/probable cause threshold, all taken together, for a number of crimes...
3/ But I understand the problem of reasonable doubt here. Did Trump know from Assange’s public bragging? Or from inside info from Roger Stone? Is that redacted here?
And why is this buried in Vol 2 on obstruction, in the background section? Not in Vol 1 on Russia contact?
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Paula Chertok🗽
@PaulaChertok
Shocker: Bill Barr—appointed AG after giving Trump a 19-page memo saying Trump didn't obstruct justice—just exonerated Trump of obstruction of justice. Mueller specifically said "this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him"
Mueller couldn't establish corrupt intent for obstruction of justice b/c Trump refused to talk w/ investigators. W/o putting Trump under oath, Barr exonerates him. Barr was put in charge of DOJ to salvage the GOP—even if it meant letting Trump get away with everything. Shameful.
.@JeffreyToobin points out the impropriety of AG Barr concluding no obstruction of justice when the whole point of appointing a special counsel was b/c Trump’s political appointees—like AG—have an inherent conflict of interest. And now we see, AG Barr is indeed Trump’s lackey.
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Lola Netty
@TXTrumpette89
Bill #Barr will impanel a federal grand jury to investigate the leaks, the unmasking, the #FISA abuse...

BOOM! But then again, Anons knew all along ;)
#Qanon #PainIsComing #QProof @LouDobbs @realDonaldTrump
Now we know what's next:
DO NOT TRUST THE #FAKENEWS MEDIA.
YOU ARE THE MAJORITY.
#MUELLER > #DECLAS > #OIG > #TRUTH > #JUSTICE
#THEGREATAWAKENING
#YOU/t.co/ABdHnk7KDE
#ColorOfLaw
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Lola Netty
@TXTrumpette89
#Whitaker, who served as chief of staff to then-Attorney General Jeff #Sessions until President Trump tapped him for acting role in Nov, is now a senior counselor in associate attorney general’s office

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#WHITAKER remain DOJ senior staff?
Senior counselor in the associate attorney general’s office?
Planned?
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[Nov 2018] Senator Chuck Grassley said he will relinquish his job as US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman next yr, creating a coveted vacancy atop a panel that reviews judicial nominations & was among those examining Russia’s role in US electireuters.com/article/us-usa…ggGR
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Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
Trump announced today that he plans to nominate former attorney general William Barr to be his next attorney general — the news comes exactly one month after Jeff Sessions was forced out buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
On a related note: The Justice Department Still Hasn't Told The Federal Accountability Office That Jeff Sessions Quit
buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg… by @chrisgeidner
From the NY Times in 1991: "William P. Barr ... is a bagpipe-player, China scholar and one-time employee at the Central Intelligence Agency who got his law degree in night school and has never prosecuted a criminal case in court." buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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Matt Cameron 🗽
@matt_cam
1/ BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept has just authorized immigration judges to deny #asylum applications without a hearing. Like most Trump-era administrative violence, it has been unnoticed & unreported.

*sound of Scotch pouring into glass*

THREAD

#TrumpImmigration #HereToStay
2/ Important context: As head of @TheJusticeDept, the Attorney General has final say over all cases before the administrative #immigration courts. AG may snatch a case away from the Board of Immigration Appeals anytime and decide it himself by directing BIA to refer it to him.
3/ Here is the 2014 BIA holding--upholding precedent from 1989--which the AG was so intent on getting to his own desk. It may not mean much to anyone who had the good sense not to go to law school, but take a shot. (No, really: *take an actual shot* and give it a try.)
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Diego Aranda Teixeira
@DiegoATLaw
Q: So you lost in #immigration court / #EOIR. Do you get to appeal? If so, how?
A: Depends!

THREAD 1/
Let's assume: 1st time in #immigration proceedings at all, you claimed relief like asylum &/or cancellation of removal. If not, may differ2/
You have 30 days to appeal to the BIA. Appeal must reach within 30 days. Like, for real. BIA = Board of Immigration Appeals. It's in DC. 3/
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