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"When Barr argues for a maximalist, unaccountable unitary executive, he is not simply articulating a matter of theory or principle-he is defending himself from an investigation into his own .. direct involvement in the Ukraine bribery-and-extortion plot."

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"To attack the speech as a speech is to grant Barr the terms he would prefer... but the problem isn’t that his political self-expression is disagreeable. It’s that his remarks are the defensive tactics of an unindicted co-conspirator desperate for attention and clinging to power"
I've been seething ever since hearing Barr's speech. I hate him more than I hate Trump. Seriously.

But reading this made me realize that despite Barr having immense power in his AG role, he actually feels legally vulnerable.
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Tami Burages
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After listening to two days of Nunes's crazy rantings, Lev Parnas's lawyer decided to drop this tasty morsel tonight.

thedailybeast.com/lev-parnas-hel…
Parnas arranged this trip, so where exactly did Nunes go?

The story only says he went to Europe. I'm assuming Nunes doesn't need Parnas to set up meetings in London or Paris. So was it Ukraine?
During this same time period (late Nov 2018), Parnas also hooked Giuliani up with Shokin.

Did Parnas set Nunes up with the same shady Ukrainian figures he introduced to Giuliani?

If so, doesn't Nunes - as minority leader of HPSCI - have a rather serious conflict of interest?
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Tami Burages
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This tracks closely with the Parnas/Fruman indictment.

Corrupt Ukrainian businessmen were unhappy with the anti-corruption efforts of Yovanovich.

Starting in Mar 2018, they funneled $$$ thru Parnas/Fruman to U.S. politicians in an effort to get Maria Yovanovich fired. 1/4
The Ukrainians, knowing how Trump responds to "disloyalty," told him Yovanovich was being disloyal to him. It worked. 2/4
Two months later they went to work on Pete Sessions.

(from indictment) ⬇️ 3/4
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Tami Burages
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George Kent said in his deposition that Parnas and Fruman were trying to arrange meetings in Ukraine around March 10 and 11th with ...

1) Ivan Bakanov (childhood friend of Zelenskyy, now head of security service).

2) Arsen Avakov (Ukrainian Minister of Interior).
Both Bakanov and Avakov told George Kent about this and might be able shed further light on the conversation.
Sorry. MAY 2019. Not March.
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Jed Shugerman
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I encourage everyone to read Bill Barr’s viciously partisan speech to @FedSoc.

Its hackery and intellectual dishonesty is an utter embarrassment to the DOJ, @FedSoc, and to all of us (yes, me, too) who try to be intellectually honest about textualism & original public meaning.
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