House Judiciary begin contempt proceedings against Barr on WEDNESDAY-- HAHAHA!!!

[Prudence]

when he is actively investigating

Oh please..he's a Trump employee. He's partial to say the least.
Gott wonder why he's putting it all on the line for him tho.

[chaos]

Pretty sure it's a bad move to go against Barr in this way when he is actively investigating your partisan dirty deeds that led to the Mueller Report. Some would call that an attempt at obstruction, in the classic definition not the new CNN definition of course.

Obvious obstruction of an investigation. Hope he crucifies dems in the court system.

[chaos]

 

The Department of Justice reacted defiantly to Democrats’ vote on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to recommend that Attorney General William Barr be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to release the full and underrated report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into “Russian collusion” during the 2016 election.
The Department of Justice was defiant, releasing a statement after the contempt vote that insisted: “The Attorney General could not comply with the House Judiciary Committee’s subpoena without violating the law … “Chairman Nadler’s actions have prematurely terminated the accommodation process and forced the President to assert executive privilege to preserve the status quo. No one, including Chairman Nadler and his Committee, will force the Department of Justice to break the law.”



The committee vote was 24-16 on straight party lines.
Nadler and the Democrats claimed that Barr had acted as the president’s “personal attorney,” and that he had failed to comply with a subpoena to supply the remaining 8 percent of the document (or 2 percent of the section on obstruction of justice).

Barr and the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that the subpoena was premature and that the attorney general could not legally release sections of the report that involved evidence presented before a grand jury. On Tuesday, with a contempt vote loooming, the DOJ recommended that the president exert executive privilege over the full Mueller report and the underlying evidence, which he did Wednesday morning.
During the hearing before the vote, Republicans supported the attorney general, with Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) reading Nadler his own quotes from the 1990s, when he argued against the release of the full report of Independent Counsel Kenneth Star after his investigation into President Bill Clinton.
The contempt issue will now move to the full House of Representatives for a decision. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) raised the prospect of using the jail in the U.S. Capitol to punish Trump administration officials for contempt, but as a criminal matter the contempt citation faces dim prospects: the DOJ itself would have to consider any congressional referral to follow up a contempt vote with criminal prosecution of the attorney general.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. He is also the co-author of How Trump Won:

[Primemuscle]

Y'all are a bunch of armchair critics.

[SOMEPARTS]

Logic bombs are tough on the left. 

[Skeletor]

Just like Obama’s AG Holder was held in contempt of Congress for the Fast and Furious scandal and nothing happened to him, same with Barr, nothing will happen to him. Ironic that at the time Nadler called the vote  “shameful and politically motivated” and walked out along with other Democrats. Of course being a slimy politician, now that the sides have changed, his mind also changed and apparently he doesn’t think the vote to hold Barr in contempt is “shameful” or “politically motivated”. Political theater as always.

[Prudence]

Unfortunately you're probably right.

[SOMEPARTS]

Uh, a major difference being Barr is doing his job where Holder obviously was doing something....let's just call it "other than lawful" or "extra-lawful" in lawyer-speak..

[JustPlaneJane]

Did Jerrold Nadler and Adam Schiff put AG Barr in prison yet, or was it just more Democrat bullshit?

[Dos Equis]

 

AG Barr Mocks Pelosi to Her Face: “Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?”
 by Kristinn Taylor May 15, 2019

Attorney General William Barr mocked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to her face at a fallen police officer’s memorial gathering in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, according to a reports posted to Twitter by reporters, inlcuding Politico’s John Bresnahan. Barr and other Trump administration officials have been threatened with arrest for refusing demands by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives for the unredacted Mueller report and President Trump’s tax returns. Pelosi had recently commented about arresting Trump officials and locking them in a jail in the Capitol basement.

“AG Bill Barr reportedly mocked @SpeakerPelosi at an event honoring fallen police officers, per source. Barr shook hands w/Pelosi & said loudly “Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?” Pelosi shot back that the House Sergeant ar Arms was there if needed for an arrest”…./2 Barr laughed & walked away” . . . .

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/ag-barr-mocks-pelosi-to-her-face-madam-speaker-did-you-bring-your-handcuffs/

[Primemuscle]

AG Barr Mocks Pelosi to Her Face: “Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?”
 by Kristinn Taylor May 15, 2019

Attorney General William Barr mocked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to her face at a fallen police officer’s memorial gathering in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, according to a reports posted to Twitter by reporters, inlcuding Politico’s John Bresnahan. Barr and other Trump administration officials have been threatened with arrest for refusing demands by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives for the unredacted Mueller report and President Trump’s tax returns. Pelosi had recently commented about arresting Trump officials and locking them in a jail in the Capitol basement.

“AG Bill Barr reportedly mocked @SpeakerPelosi at an event honoring fallen police officers, per source. Barr shook hands w/Pelosi & said loudly “Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?” Pelosi shot back that the House Sergeant ar Arms was there if needed for an arrest”…./2 Barr laughed & walked away” . . . .

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/ag-barr-mocks-pelosi-to-her-face-madam-speaker-did-you-bring-your-handcuffs/

Yup. This is proof that many politicians and some administrators have fun at social gatherings and other official events.

[Moontrane]

Just like Obama’s AG Holder was held in contempt of Congress for the Fast and Furious scandal and nothing happened to him, same with Barr, nothing will happen to him. Ironic that at the time Nadler called the vote  “shameful and politically motivated” and walked out along with other Democrats. Of course being a slimy politician, now that the sides have changed, his mind also changed and apparently he doesn’t think the vote to hold Barr in contempt is “shameful” or “politically motivated”. Political theater as always.

I agree that nothing will happen to Barr.

Holder was held in both criminal and civil contempt of congress, with some Democrats voting in favor of it.
He also ignored a Congressional subpoena.

[JustPlaneJane]

Did Jerrold Nadler arrest anyone today?

He is the saving grace for the Democrat Party.

Him and Adam Schiff.