With Barr firmly carrying the water for Donald Trump’s political agenda in public ?
Former Justice Department employee’s have suggested the Attorney General step down for his actions for President Trump and backing the actions of the four Justice attorney’s who backed away from the Roger Stone case….
“Such behavior is a grave threat to the fair administration of justice. In this nation, we are all equal before the law. A person should not be given special treatment in a criminal prosecution because they are a close political ally of the President,” the online petition read.
Signatures for the letter were gathered by Protect Democracy, a nonprofit legal group that had also gathered signatures for a letter claiming the Mueller report presented enough evidence to charge Trump with obstruction of justice. That letter was also critical of Barr.
The petition’s signatories include Justice Department employees dating back to the administrations of President Dwight Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy, though most are of more recent vintage. Among them are three who served as assistant attorney general: Sanford Litvack, Jimmy Gurule and Laurie Robinson. The current total is 1,143, though Protect Democracy said it would continue to add names.
The former Justice Department employees welcomed Barr’s “belated acknowledgment that the DOJ’s law enforcement decisions must be independent of politics.” On Thursday, Barr had offered a rare rebuke of his boss, telling ABC, “I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases.”
However, the online petition read, “Mr. Barr’s actions in doing the President’s personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words. Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of Justice’s reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Barr to resign.”
Since they said they had little expectation Barr would actually step down, the former employees called on the Justice Department’s career officials to report unethical conduct. They applauded the prosecutors for upholding their oaths and standing up for the department’s independence….
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I’m sure he’s going to heed this call!
Yea we both don’t think so…
The Deep State (also known as the non-partisan professional civil service) strikes again, — or perhaps I fear, flails futilely against impending monarchy.
The closest thing that I can see that resembles this mythical entity,the “deep state,” is William Barr’s Justice Department.
He, he, he….
Barr is gonna be surprised when the brainwashing wears off…
IF it ever does?
Well, many of the others, e.g. the EPA, have been gutted or terrorized already for daring to question the policies of Trump and his minions-of-the-hour.