'William Barr was truly out of control': Legal experts stunned by Trump's DOJ spying on Democrats

[Zeedox]

'William Barr was truly out of control': Legal experts stunned by Trump's DOJ spying on Democrats

Legal experts blasted the Trump-era Department of Justice after a bombshell report on the department spying on Democrats in Congress."As the Justice Department investigated who was behind leaks of classified information early in the Trump administration, it took a highly unusual step...

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"As the Justice Department investigated who was behind leaks of classified information early in the Trump administration, it took a highly unusual step: Prosecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, aides and family members. One was a minor," The New York Times reported Thursday. "All told, the records of at least a dozen people tied to the committee were seized in 2017 and early 2018, including those of Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, then the panel's top Democrat and now its chairman, according to committee officials and two other people briefed on the inquiry."

Pelosi rips the 'weaponization of law enforcement by the former president' after 'harrowing' spying report

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday slammed the Trump administration after a bombshell report that the Department of Justice was spying on Democrats."As the Justice Department investigated who was behind leaks of classified information early in the Trump administration, it took a highly...

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"But William P. Barr revived languishing leak investigations after he became attorney general a year later. He moved a trusted prosecutor from New Jersey with little relevant experience to the main Justice Department to work on the Schiff-related case and about a half-dozen others, according to three people with knowledge of his work who did not want to be identified discussing federal investigations."

Bill Barr could lose his law license over Trump DOJ spy scandal: Legal expert says ‘expect a lot of legal fallout’

On CNN Thursday, Norm Eisen, who acted as counsel for House Democrats during the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump, expressed outrage at the New York Times report that the Justice Department secretly spied on members of Congress investigating Trump's ties to Russia — and...

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On CNN Thursday, Norm Eisen, who acted as counsel for House Democrats during the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump, expressed outrage at the New York Times report that the Justice Department secretly spied on members of Congress investigating Trump's ties to Russia — and predicted that former Attorney General William Barr could face the loss of his law license over the scandal.

A fitting end to the fixer - having his license pulled.

 

[Gomez Adams]

It'll never happen. It should have already, but yet again Biden doesn't want anybody talking about the evils of the Trump era. He wants everybody looking at him.

And it's setting us up just like Germany circa 1933.