The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case It embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people. By Neal K. Katyal and Joshua A. Geltzer The authors are law professors at Georgetown. [...] It’s because this move embeds into official U.S. policy an extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people. It’s a deception that Americans must see through — and that the federal judge overseeing Mr. Flynn’s case, Emmet Sullivan, can reject by examining the Justice Department’s rationale in open court and by allowing a future Justice Department to reconsider charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/michael-flynn-trump-barr.html
Trump says he is 'the chief law enforcement officer of the country."
President Trump Appears to Believe He Is the Attorney General of the United States by Matt Naham | 2:20 pm, February 18th, 2020 he commander in chief is, in his words, “actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country.” President Donald Trump made that comment on Tuesday from the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews when discussing high-profile pardons and commutations. https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/president-trump-appears-to-believe-he-is-the-attorney-general-of-the-united-states/
But i guess that wouldn't bother Barr, eh. After all Trump has also said he is the "total authority" and Barr didn't object to that.
What's the point?
That the president and the guy in charge of of the justice system are working hand in hand, and they don't give a damn about American democracy.
You all know that. And you know this.
Only the American people can save America. November 3, 2020.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”