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Trump A.G. Pick Advocated Pardons By George H.W. Bush; Bashed Mueller Probe | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
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MSNBC
Published on Jan 10, 2019
Rachel Maddow reports on the history of William Barr's work with George H.W. Bush who pardoned participants in the Iran-Contra scandal just
as the investigation was reaching his doorstep, and surmises it's no coincidence he has come into Donald Trump's orbit at this point in time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ZXFf_D9aU
Note:
Cohen will testify Feb. 7 in front of Oversight Committee with new chairman Elijah Cummings. Lied to both Intelligence Committees about Trump Tower Moscow project in last year. Situation has changed since guilty plea and he starts three year prison term Mar. 6. Possible more testimony from Cohen before then. Much of ex-WH counsel don McGahn's some 30 hours of chat with Mueller's team apparently unbeknownst to Trump and others. Beefed up WH team in expectation of big battle over executive privilege. How much of Trump conversations with top aides will get to Congress and public? What will WH have to hand over. Will Trump have to testify? Nixon had to give up tapes and other evidence. May 5, 1987 Reagan struggled with questions re Iran-Contra scandal. Realer had accepted that the facts and evidence suggested his earlier statements that he had not traded arms for hostages was not true. During the investigation there was a big fight over executive privilege. have to hand over? Have to testify? A federal judge ruled Reagan had to give evidence and testimony. Ruling included statement that Reagan had to hand over 33 entries in his personal diary and to provide video-taped testimony in the Poindexter trial. Reagan lawyers filed in opposition invoking executive privilege. Nixon tried it in 1974 and failed. Within two weeks Reagan did what judge asked. Christmas Eve 1992, G.H.W Bush, on his way out of office of his one-term presidency, pardoned six in Iran-Contra scandal, including Casper Weinberger who was guilty of lying to Congress. History is littered with the failure of presidents to avoid giving evidence and/or testimony on the grounds of executive privilege. Next week confirmation hearings for William Barr for AG begin. Dep. AG Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller investigation, has said he will resign and leave Justice if Barr is confirmed. HW Bush took the action of pardoning the Iran-Contra six on the advice of William Barr, who was AG at the time. Barr has bragged about his pardon role. Some were only in favor of pardoning Weinberger. Barr said pardon them all. Should that shutter-downer, pardon them all, man be confirmed as Trump's AG?
From video:
White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry
By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman Aug. 18, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/don-mcgahn-mueller-investigation.html
The red flags on Trump’s new attorney general pick, William Barr
President George H.W. Bush listens as Deputy Attorney General William P. Barr speaks in the early 1990s. (Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)
By Aaron Blake
December 7, 2018
President Trump insisted when he made Matthew G. Whitaker his acting attorney general that he wasn’t familiar with Whitaker’s past commentary .. https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/417312-trump-says-he-did-not-know-whitaker-was-critical-of-mueller-before .. critical of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe.
But his new pick to be the attorney general has a record of making similar comments, and despite some favorable comments from Democrats ..
[...]
n fact, in November 2017, Barr told the New York Times .. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/us/politics/trump-pressure-clinton-investigation.html .. that there was more basis to investigate Hillary Clinton for the Uranium One deal than there is to investigate Trump for potential collusion with Russia. He went so far as to say the Justice Department was wrong to give Clinton a pass.
"To the extent it is not pursuing these matters, the department is abdicating its responsibility,” he said.
Earlier that same month, Barr also explicitly called for more investigation of the Clintons, telling The Washington Post .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-breaches-boundaries-by-saying-doj-should-be-going-after-democrats/2017/11/03/1c157c08-c0aa-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.4429fefd3cc8 ’s Philip Rucker and Matt Zapotosky, “I don’t think all this stuff about throwing [Clinton] in jail or jumping to the conclusion that she should be prosecuted is appropriate.” Then he added: “But I do think that there are things that should be investigated that haven’t been investigated.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/06/trumps-new-top-attorney-general-pick-once-called-more-clinton-probes-downplayed-trump-russia-collusion/?utm_term=.1de560c781ad
Related:
White House counsel hires 17 new lawyers to prepare defense of Trump's executive privilege
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=146009206
Donald Trump’s White House Counsel Don McGahn secretly recused himself a year ago
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=141525349
"Joe: President Donald Trump Doesn't Know What It's Like To Miss A Paycheck | Morning Joe | MSNBC "
MSNBC
Published on Jan 10, 2019
Rachel Maddow reports on the history of William Barr's work with George H.W. Bush who pardoned participants in the Iran-Contra scandal just
as the investigation was reaching his doorstep, and surmises it's no coincidence he has come into Donald Trump's orbit at this point in time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ZXFf_D9aU
Note:
Cohen will testify Feb. 7 in front of Oversight Committee with new chairman Elijah Cummings. Lied to both Intelligence Committees about Trump Tower Moscow project in last year. Situation has changed since guilty plea and he starts three year prison term Mar. 6. Possible more testimony from Cohen before then. Much of ex-WH counsel don McGahn's some 30 hours of chat with Mueller's team apparently unbeknownst to Trump and others. Beefed up WH team in expectation of big battle over executive privilege. How much of Trump conversations with top aides will get to Congress and public? What will WH have to hand over. Will Trump have to testify? Nixon had to give up tapes and other evidence. May 5, 1987 Reagan struggled with questions re Iran-Contra scandal. Realer had accepted that the facts and evidence suggested his earlier statements that he had not traded arms for hostages was not true. During the investigation there was a big fight over executive privilege. have to hand over? Have to testify? A federal judge ruled Reagan had to give evidence and testimony. Ruling included statement that Reagan had to hand over 33 entries in his personal diary and to provide video-taped testimony in the Poindexter trial. Reagan lawyers filed in opposition invoking executive privilege. Nixon tried it in 1974 and failed. Within two weeks Reagan did what judge asked. Christmas Eve 1992, G.H.W Bush, on his way out of office of his one-term presidency, pardoned six in Iran-Contra scandal, including Casper Weinberger who was guilty of lying to Congress. History is littered with the failure of presidents to avoid giving evidence and/or testimony on the grounds of executive privilege. Next week confirmation hearings for William Barr for AG begin. Dep. AG Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller investigation, has said he will resign and leave Justice if Barr is confirmed. HW Bush took the action of pardoning the Iran-Contra six on the advice of William Barr, who was AG at the time. Barr has bragged about his pardon role. Some were only in favor of pardoning Weinberger. Barr said pardon them all. Should that shutter-downer, pardon them all, man be confirmed as Trump's AG?
From video:
White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry
By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman Aug. 18, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/don-mcgahn-mueller-investigation.html
The red flags on Trump’s new attorney general pick, William Barr
President George H.W. Bush listens as Deputy Attorney General William P. Barr speaks in the early 1990s. (Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)
By Aaron Blake
December 7, 2018
President Trump insisted when he made Matthew G. Whitaker his acting attorney general that he wasn’t familiar with Whitaker’s past commentary .. https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/417312-trump-says-he-did-not-know-whitaker-was-critical-of-mueller-before .. critical of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe.
But his new pick to be the attorney general has a record of making similar comments, and despite some favorable comments from Democrats ..
, those could pose a problem in his coming confirmation fight.Positive signal to Trump from a top Dem about the prospect of picking William Barr for attorney general.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 6, 2018
“I saw him yesterday at the funeral. He’s a man I’ve always respected," Patrick Leahy tells @tedbarrettcnn, adding that he "could" get "majority" of Senate R and D support
[...]
n fact, in November 2017, Barr told the New York Times .. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/us/politics/trump-pressure-clinton-investigation.html .. that there was more basis to investigate Hillary Clinton for the Uranium One deal than there is to investigate Trump for potential collusion with Russia. He went so far as to say the Justice Department was wrong to give Clinton a pass.
"To the extent it is not pursuing these matters, the department is abdicating its responsibility,” he said.
Earlier that same month, Barr also explicitly called for more investigation of the Clintons, telling The Washington Post .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-breaches-boundaries-by-saying-doj-should-be-going-after-democrats/2017/11/03/1c157c08-c0aa-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.4429fefd3cc8 ’s Philip Rucker and Matt Zapotosky, “I don’t think all this stuff about throwing [Clinton] in jail or jumping to the conclusion that she should be prosecuted is appropriate.” Then he added: “But I do think that there are things that should be investigated that haven’t been investigated.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/06/trumps-new-top-attorney-general-pick-once-called-more-clinton-probes-downplayed-trump-russia-collusion/?utm_term=.1de560c781ad
Related:
White House counsel hires 17 new lawyers to prepare defense of Trump's executive privilege
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=146009206
Donald Trump’s White House Counsel Don McGahn secretly recused himself a year ago
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=141525349
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