Friday, January 11, 2019

Friday 1/11 Call to Action

Friday 1/11
William Barr
William Barr is Trump’s next nominee for Attorney General (AG), replacing Jeff Sessions who was fired in November and Matthew Whitaker who has been acting Attorney General since then. Barr was AG before during the George H. W. Bush presidency. He played a big roll in getting Bush to pardon six officials from Ronald Reagan’s administration, including Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, for crimes associated with the Iran-Contra affair.
More recently, Barr sent an unsolicited memo to the Justice Department that denounced special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Trump’s obstruction of justice. He also believes that Trump was right to fire James Comey and that there was more justification for the Department of Justice to investigate Clinton’s role in approving a 2010 sale of U.S. uranium stockpiles to a Russian energy company in what is commonly known as the “Uranium One” deal, than for investigating any potential collusion between President Trump and Russians.
Our own senator, Amy Klobuchar, who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent out a tweet earlier this week that Barr was refusing to meet with her because of the partial shutdown (??). Her public outing of his behavior worked because he finally agreed to meet. After meeting with Barr, Klobuchar reported that Barr may not allow Mueller’s full report to be released.
It seems to me that William Barr is a terrible choice for AG. No wonder Trump picked him. Today would be a good day to call and let Senator Klobuchar know that she should fight to keep Barr from being appointed as our next AG. Since Republicans have a majority in the Senate, there is not much that we can do to stop this, but it’s still worth making a stink. This is yet another reason we need to make electing good people in 2020 a priority.
Trump A.G. pick advocated pardons by Bush; bashed Mueller probe https://www.msnbc.com/…/trump-a-g-pick-advocated-pardons-by… via @msnbc
Sen. Warner: Barr should be withdrawn as Trump A.G. nominee http://www.msnbc.com/…/sen-warner-barr-should-be-withdrawn-… via @msnbc
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