"Barr taps Durham as special counsel, pushing probe into Biden era"

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  1. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

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    "Attorney General William Barr has appointed U.S. attorney John Durham as a special counsel to investigate the origins of the FBI’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election."

    "The appointment formalizes Durham’s ongoing probe, but more significantly, would give Durham latitude to continue the politically explosive investigation after President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January."

    "The extension of Durham's probe into the Biden administration raises the specter that it could stretch even longer than Mueller's 22-month probe of Russian interference and the Trump campaign. Democrats noted the duration of Durham's efforts and blasted Barr for his decision."

    “Barr is using the special counsel law for a purpose it was not intended: to continue a politically motivated investigation long after Barr leaves office"

    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...-russia-441872

    Interesting how the champion for the imperial presidency, who was appointed as Trump's Attorney General for largely authoring a lengthy narrative on his disapproval of Mueller investigating a sitting President, appoints a Special Prosecutor during a lame duck period on his way out the door.

    Matters little, Durham hasn't found anything in the seven months he has been at it, and although it is questionable if Biden could fire Durham, the new AG can control the scope and size of Druham's investigation, just like Rosenstein and Barr did with Mueller. Isn't going to be any probe into Rudi's Hunter Biden innuendos, so it raises the question, why?
     
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    61falcon Well-Known Member

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    In case you didn't notice it but there has not been a single mention of Hunter Biden's laptops and there contents since the election ???? I did read where the supposed blind computer repairman quietly closed up his repair shop and faded into the night.
     
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    JIMV Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Does not mean the Pretender to the office cannot fire him after the coronation but it does mean that the investigation cannot go away quietly with no one noticing.
     
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    HockeyDad Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yea I wonder why. I am surprised the brownshirts haven't murdered him yet. Don't worry, your intrepid media is looking for his new address so they can dox him and send the mob after him.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...mac-isaac-closes-store-delaware-b1761209.html

    I salute the man for his courage but he will be made to pay now that Biden has power. I expect that he will be dead or in prison within the next four years. He must be made an example of. We will be accused of conspiracy theories when it does happen. The MSM will dig up some lies to explain it and the lefties will lap it up like dogs lap up vomit.
     
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    at least Barr won't be writing the fake book report, but I thought congress had to do this, like republicans did with Trump
     
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    the pay off for the lie probably allowed him to retire
     
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    archives Well-Known Member

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    Well, that has always been a question if a President can fire a Special Prosecutor, even though Barr, who appointed one here, would quickly jump in and add of course the President can, he is imperial after all

    And formally, it probably can't just go away, but thru oversight and funding, the sitting AG can make it just about irrelevant
     
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    Barr appointed him under the Mueller probe umbrella.
     
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    If Barr tapped Durham for anything I hope he tapped him pretty hard. And the other way round as well seems like the two of them have been investigating ghosts all this time while promising real results just around the corner.
     
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    Congress didn’t do it for Trump, it was Rosenstein as acting AG
     
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    Doesn’t the Special Prosecutor need to be not an employee of the US government before appointment?
     
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    Exactly.

    That is why Biden's DOJ will be able to easily get rid of him.
     
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    Turns out Barr violated one of the rules for creating a Special Counsel when he named Durham in his OCTOBER letter. One of the provisions is that a Special Counsel MUST COME FROM OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, which clearly Durham did not. The end result is that whoever is Biden's Atty. General can easily just remove him, as he does not have the proper qualifications to be a Special Counsel.
     
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    If Biden fired him it would set off a firestorm in the right wing media, the demogogues would have fuel for innuendos for years

    But there is no need to end the investigation, the new AG will oversee the investigation just as Rosenstein and Barr did Mueller, control his parameters so that it doesn't turn into another multi year Starr affair, and if he decided, could limit funding so that Durham would close it on his own
     
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    You should quit listening to Schiff for brains. The law states that a Special Counsel ‘shall’ appoint outside of the federal government.

    As it turns out, “shall” is not a word of obligation. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that “shall” really means “may” – quite a surprise to attorneys who were taught in law school that “shall” means “must”. In fact, “must” is the only word that imposes a legal obligation that something is mandatory. Also, “must not” are the only words that say something is prohibited.
     
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    Alright, well I'm sure this will be fruitful and worth the cost, lol.
     
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    We already know the origins of the Russia probe. This is a partisan witch hunt to keep him in office to expand his charge. We need to see the appointment letter as to exactly what it says.

    Not really surprised tho. This den of criminals have been party over country since day one. Why stop now

    I bet the end of the appointment letter says:

    "Donate to the Trump Defense Fund"
     
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    If it was optional, and you could appoint anybody, why would that language even be in the law??

    Riddle me that...

    The actual law has "shall" in it 6 times... Those are not "mays", dems de rules...

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.3

    I think it's moot, since Biden is going to care about Durham as much as he cares about the Utah monolith, but this loophole would certainly allow him to be canned if desired, with ZERO questions asked.
     
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    Unlike Mueller, we will have a "Free Press" screaming for Durham to be fired immediately.
     
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    Link?
     
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    They’re already trying to set themselves up as victims. Ever since the corrosive reign of Newt Gingrich, the GOP has maintained some sort of investigaion(s). or special counsel investigations of whatever victim they were trying to smear (they worked on Clinton for 35 years straight).

    Virtually every single one of them was little more than political theater.

    This is the setup for that.

    If it fails, they will be all over parler (if the right wing mob hasn’t gotten bored of it yet), and the right wing trash blogs with attacks on the Biden Administration with regard to the show.
     
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    LOL, so democrats will treat Durham differently than Mueller that had nothing which, of course, would be rank hypocrisy. What are you afraid of?
     
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    Big deal. Who cares what they think?

    They ALREADY have it out for him.

    Nah...
    Any further "investigation" is going down a rabbit hole (a waste of time and money).
     
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    New AG: we aren’t going to waste money on an investigation only launched to appease trumps conspiracy theories. The DOJ inspector general has reviewed this matters and found nothing that justifies a special counsel investigation.
     

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