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Yeah: this is important, and Democrats need to factor this risk in s they decide how to respond to the administration’s stonewalling.
I have problems with how the New York Times chose to frame the story—but I thank it for bringing it forward. We need to take stock of what the president’s people might do. nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/…
“Stop using the criminal justice process as a political weapon,” says the attorney general as the president’s consigliere looks for means of making the criminal justice process a political weapon on his patron’s behalf. foxnews.com/politics/barr-…
“Giuliani called Mr. Trump excitedly to brief him on his findings, according to people familiar with the conversations. … Mr. Trump, in turn, recently suggested he would like Attorney General William P. Barr to look into the material gathered by the Ukrainian prosecutors.”
Ah.
Ah.
Indeed, given that the president owes his current position to the use of the criminal justice process as a political weapon, can anyone blame him for seeing whether he can try his luck again? cnn.com/2015/10/14/pol…
And reason exists to wonder about the extent to which Ukrainian officials have bent, already, under pressure from the Trump administration. nytimes.com/2018/05/02/wor…
Do I have a clue what the truth is here? Absolutely not.
Do I see it as wise to rule out the possibility of a politically engineered investigation unfolding again, in time for 2020? Absolutely not.
Do I see it as wise to rule out the possibility of a politically engineered investigation unfolding again, in time for 2020? Absolutely not.
Seconding this.
“Put aside the substance of the [NYT report last night on Ukraine] for a moment; what matters is that this is a bright flashing signal of where Barr’s fearsome powers may be directed next.”
Yep. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Yep. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Oh, here we are.
I'll say this again, and underscore it for emphasis: whoever wins the Democratic nomination in 2020 may need to set aside a few million dollars to fund a criminal-defense team.
I'll say this again, and underscore it for emphasis: whoever wins the Democratic nomination in 2020 may need to set aside a few million dollars to fund a criminal-defense team.
