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Source: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/amp33274567/geoffrey-berman-us-attorney-william-barr-testimony/
This is some conspiratorial shit right here.
Geoffrey Berman indicted Jeffrey Epstein in 2019: https://imgur.com/gallery/SnwNtC2
His successor, Audrey Strauss, who Barr did not want in the job, continued his work at SDNY and indicted Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell two weeks after Berman was fired: https://imgur.com/gallery/l1p0YNW
Above are the desperate lengths Barr went to to force Berman to resign, a move that'd allow him to appoint whoever he wanted. Strauss will be in the position until the senate confirm someone to take over, unless she gets fired too.
This shit is utterly crooked. Barr should resign immediately, but won't. Here's a third thing. https://imgur.com/gallery/jzsywsX
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Update: Tonight Barr installed a stooge to oversee the Eastern District of New York, who are (were) investigating Trump Inaugural. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-announces-appointment-richard-p-donoghue-principal-associate
BusterH
Barr’s secret police during the riots were from the Bureau of Prisons....
ShawnS0l0
Jesus
ThailandExpress
Thelrishlnquistion
Barr oversaw those cops beating those protesters outside the church. I hope the footage is used against him in court one day.
DivClassLg
Got news for you folks but Trump ain’t the worst thing for America right now. He’s behind this sack of shit. This dickhead is a super fuck
HawaiianGold
You idiots better not throw away your vote on a third party or write in or fucking Kanye
georgejimmydoodle
SDNY is currently investigating Rudy, so there's that.
Papapandy
And like a dozen cases against trump
spiffylookingnerfherder
For anyone about to say this is normal partisan politics and Berman is a radical socialist libtard Democrat with TDS; Berman's a Republican.
DroppedLens
There will plenty saying he’s a RINO or a Never Trumper - which is supposed to be an insult, I guess. Not sure - I’m not a cult member.
Harryteeters
He's Barr-B-Q
backrideup9
WHAT KIND OF SANDWICHES? Don't keep us in suspense, man!
Hammertulski
Barrel-aged pork.
TheTimesTheyAreAChangin
Barr is notoriously crooked. Why do you think Trump picked him
SmithersReleaseTheHounds
He never truly looks anyone in the eyes.
idonthinksoo
He was almost willing to give him whatever position he wanted. No quid pro quo here. Perfect firing. Perfect.
thehumanoidsarecoming
They didnt even wait for him to say he was stepping down, they just announced his "decision". Bunch of evil bastards.
thehumanoidsarecoming
if you dont realize the significance of this, just. man.
brainkandle1
Trump FUCKS KIDS
ScienceIsNotALiberalConspiracy
So much for having 3 branches of government, if the Executive can hire/fire the Judicial on a whim.
Fooby
CleverIsSexy
I would put “FIRED BY TRUMP” at the top of my resume in all caps.
linearcore
All it really means is "I was deemed competent to do my job by the President of the United States".
linearcore
And I use the term "President" loosely.
TweakerTheBarbarian
Welcome to the downfall of the republic.
Tomadzo
News flash: there never was a deep state. It’s a criminal organization formed and run by Donald J Trump. Trump, fuck you to hell!
lrrc49
If it wasn't obvious who had epstein killed it is now.
TheFastpaws
America is corrupt as fuck!
LieutenantGordon
Every day, I'm more and more amazed the American people haven't revolted entirely.
TielKiri
I legit feel like a lot of people are waiting to see what the election holds...
TooOldToBeRealLife
Not enough people feel it yet. Easy credit and endless entertainment keep many mollified. For now.
tinytyrant
we've known Trump and his cronies are crooks since day one and the Republican party (except Romney) gave the green light to this shit.
DriverIRQnotlessOrEqual
America, has your Republican Party completely gone rogue?
TheFastpaws
Yes, very much so YES!
bearmannn999
It’s been on thin ice for a few decades now, but barring a miracle in November they will have to begin a long, painful rebuilding process
Winowill
Yes.
ExogenousDataStructure
Yes. It got them a stolen Supreme Court seat and an unprecedented number of federallay appointed judges. The effects will last 50 years.
FractalChainsaw
100%. At this point if a Republican isn't actively denouncing Trump or changing parties then they are complicit.
lrrc49
Its a terroist attack at this point.
Hammertulski
Affirmative, and they’re being enabled by the weirdest bunch of flag-waving nonpatriots I’ve ever seen.
Hatrax
They really began in 1980 and since the mid-2000s have been completely off the rails.
Notmypants
Since 1980, the GOP has won 6 of the 10 elections, but only 4 with the popular vote. That's 1/3 of their wins in 40 years.
Notmypants
have been won through the electoral college. Those 2 elections are 40% of the non-popular vote winning elections since 1788.
RootMeanSqr
Getting fired by Barr or Trump at this point is a badge of honor. Karma will be brutal.
Slander7
I dont know, I've always been told you should only include things that set you apart. That's got to be the "can use Word" of decent public
Slander7
officials at this point.
lance415
“There were sandwiches on the table but nobody ate” my fat ass would have finished the whole plate
twfeline
Grab the whole plate on your way out the door. Look Barr in the eye while you do it. Don't say anything.
Thelrishlnquistion
I’m surprised that fat bastard Barr didn’t dive headfirst onto the table to scoff them all down, the big fucking porky mess.
alsoAzrael
Imo that would have been kind of a power move. Just sitting there, shoving food in your face, going "mm hmm" while Barr pressures him.
The701
There were sandwiches but nobody ate. There was a window, but nobody looked. There was water, but nobody drank. There was a toilet, but
The701
nobody shat. There was a chair, but nobody sat. There was a bed, but nobody slept.
Dipityseren
While I am horrified by this-Barr needs to be dragged out & tarred & feathered. I did think Tsk! Wasteful-did no one bring a tupperware
chingaderita
Grind it up, my dogs will eat it
JeffGodofBiscuits
They probably paid like 40 bucks per sandwich through catering.
rnj454
On taxpayer dime, no less.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
They didn't. You did.
TheSonAndHeirOfNothingInParticular
JeffGodofBiscuits
rhysthree7
Great post, I really hope people in the DOJ are building a massive case against Barr and Trump... the majority of the administration really.
Mentok
If anything they're doing the opposite
sirava
That would be the DOJ led by the aforementioned please transactional, political hack Barr?
Femto505
Mostly like will not happen
MrPiccolini
The entire administration needs to spend the rest of their natural lives in the ADX Florence, the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."
YouCheckedTheUsernameHaveACookie
Nah too good, too modern. Send them to Atlanta. Old, broken building, complete shithole
krashman55
I've been a Govt contractor at DOJ for a number of years, Nothing will happen until the current administration leaves, when it took over 1/2
krashman55
2/2 a large number of employees left and many vacancies were left empty. It will take a while to build DOJ back up.
linearcore
I'm curious who removes and indicts Barr on criminal charges. HE doesn't have executive privilege or attorney/client privilege to shield him
ReverseSyzygy
DoJ is executive branch, so any near-future testimony can be privileged away by Trump, and even then results pardoned/commuted
codepink2303
I sincerely hope all of Trumps cronies go down once he is removed from office.
dougbird12
It wont happen. They'll take there epic loot bags disappear. Like Bush and his buddies
Zipbang
People REALLY NEED to read this whole thing! JFC.... we still have 5+ months of this. Geoffrey Berman is a damn legend!
FatFoodieBelly
We’ll have longer if people get complacent and don’t vote. Guys! PLEASE VOTE! Vote.org
towhatdoiowethepleasure
Why would he just step down in the end and not litigate after Aubrey was appointed? I mean just seems strange to not fight getting fired
LordGrime
Maybe if he litigates, she cannot be appointed as acting (since he still has the job)? Berman needs to be reinstated, and Barr removed.
Nendailie
I read it all because of your comment and holy hell
MakeItBackAlright
Also, A TRUMP APPOINTEE
awesomethingsareawesome
Trump never actually sent his confirmation to the Senate.
awesomethingsareawesome
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/geoffrey-berman-trump-appointee-us-attorney-william-barr/
sfbiker
When (if) he loses, the worst part will be the last 2 months of having a lame-duck president that doesn't give an F about the country
sfbiker
I seriously hope that either COVID catches up to him or the stress of the election debilitates him.
ItsTheImplication
Absolutely terrifying
BigDickJesus
Can I get a tldr for people who won't?
Zipbang
Every see the movie Godfather? That but, in politics.
ReallyNotAVampire
It's really not that long, you should read the whole thing.
Blud4BludGod
Barr begged like a fuckboy for Geoffrey to resign, he refused. Barr published a statement saying Geoffrey had decided to resign, and he...
Blud4BludGod
...would be replaced by a Trump crony. Geoffrey publicly denied it. Barr published a statement saying Geoffrey had been fired from his...
Blud4BludGod
...position by the president (who does not actually have that authority). Geoffrey agreed to resign on condition that his own trusted...
Blud4BludGod
...deputy that was qualified and possessed integrity would inherit his position instead of the Trump crony.
hbrickman11923
1Attorney General asked him to step down bc he wanted someone else in the position. Told him he’d be fired if he didn’t step down. Released
hbrickman11923
2 a false press statement saying he’d stepped down, then released another false press statement saying Trump fired him. Told him he’d put a
hbrickman11923
3 different person in the position, so finally agreed to step down, then a completely different person was put in the position.
Torrent13
Barr(and by extension trump)wanted to replace him with an unqualified lawyer lackey who would do as told. They failed and the work continues
YaBoyJohnorrhea
It's also important to note that some of the work that continued was instrumental in getting Maxwell into custody. I think I goes without¹
YaBoyJohnorrhea
Saying that whoever they had in mind to replace Berman wouldn't have been interested in indicting her.²
frankenmullet22
I wonder if this has anything to do with SDNY getting access to trumps financial records?
nasukkin
He was investigating whether Trump was in on Epstein's pedo ring.
frankenmullet22
Sdny has like 12 investigations into trump right now
yeahiheardaboutpluto
LordGrime
i snorted.
TheRealGeorgeMcfly
In case you're not being sarcastic,, Of course it does..
frankenmullet22
I think it may be one of many of the reasons
PballQhead
It's not SDNY investigating Trump's finances, it's the Manhattan DA's office. Trump can't fuck with that case, it's a state thing.
mardukkur
SDNY has SO MANY open investigations on the administration right now. The national security investigation that ran parallel to Mueller's...
mardukkur
...investigation is still ongoing and being processed in part through SDNY for instance.
Dipityseren
Obviously. Also, within aweek of this, this team arrested Ghislaine Maxwell. There are also several other cases pending. Pick your poison.
frankenmullet22
Im excited
imredheaded
In part. Also that they continued to investigate Epstein. They probably knew they were close to getting Maxwell and wanted to stop it
CelticScribe
This. Barr is up to his neck in the Epstein scandal. He's not in this to protect Trump, he's protecting himself.
DrKriegersClone
Why not both?
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
The fact that this administration CONTINUES to do shit like this on a regular basis with no accountability is terrifying. Gov't has failed.
wadatahmydamie
The government hasn’t. Republicans have.
ByeDon2020
There ate currently over 75 downvotes to this post. Who are these traitors?
inmediasrays
The problem is the 40ish percent of Americans who see this and give a giant thumbs up
BeaveIt2Leaver
No it hasn't. There are people thriving right now. This Gov't has just failed us. They tricked enough of us into complacency, now we pay.
iamspartan1262
Republicans have failed* the democrats tried to hold him accountable and remove him from office but the gop did nothing.
chuckwolber
The government has not failed. Governments do not fail. The people fail to hold the government accountable.
likeumreal
The GOP has failed by refusing to run our government
TigerThong
the electorate failed honestly. clearly corrupt guy got elected
djj25
The a Republican Party has failed America and our Constitutional foundation. They should have reined him in a long time ago.
PutItInNeutral
Just wait until after Trump loses in a landslide, and cries foul, and refuses to vacate the office.
Bananabeanie
... :D
batmanbumantics
He's just going to fix it so he wins (again). He did it before with no repercussions, whats to stop him now?
catsandcoke
The people have failed. Where are all these so called patriots? They’re all in a cult. It’s amazing how well the Russian propaganda has
catsandcoke
succeeded. Morons. They freak out over masks but sit back when the president continues to show he doesn’t care at all about the US.
orionrh
The only solution is to make Trump and his cronies pay in November. Send a message with your vote! MAKE IT A LANDSLIDE!
tronicles
100%...I’m so tired of people shrugging their shoulders over this administration’s illegal activity in plain sight.
mcoulter876
No... the people failed when they elected someone who should’ve been hung by his neck before he ran for president.
trapperjohnmd
The republican senators failed and all should be held accountable
BannedbyastupidMod
The people who voted in the man who's family stole from a children's cancer charity failed us
TheGhostofElizabethShue
This has the ring of a desperate move. I wonder what Barr heard that got him nervous enough to bungle something this badly,
OfallthestupididioticWTF
This is the 2nd time he's done that with the same district this is the guy he appointed
BabyGraAvy
It's bungled badly but the base, the conspiring government officials, all dont give a shit... It's blind allegiance. no justice.
mardukkur
SDNY has a LOT of irons in the fire investigating the Trump administration.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
You mean besides the #2 of a global child sex trafficking ring being alive and in custody?
fencer1964
...for now
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
Yeah, I'll be disgusted but not surprised when I hear she managed to somehow die in custody.
TheOlHaroldHolt
Don’t think so. This is modus operandi. They found a lackey willing to fill in the role, and expected the target to just rollover like b4
TheRealArclight
he is part of the problem....
IMayNotKnowWhatIAmTalkingAbout
Its about finding someone corrupt enough to NOT use the evidence they have to convict people until they've had long enough to lose it.
shmekie
The main goal now is to stall until after the election
IMayNotKnowWhatIAmTalkingAbout
Or push it as close as they can to the election and see how he's polling. Determine whether they can keep it going or use pres pardons.
empire161
Not “government”. The GOP. They run to show gov. doesn’t work, fuck up on purpose, then strut they proved gov. can’t work. 100% bad faith.
wastedpoptart
Really? Can you name any administration that hasn’t given more power to the executive branch?
CanadianEngineer
Okay, well the current sitting government has still failed. So I think saying your government has failed is appropriate..
BrawndoTheThirstMutilatorIsWhatPlantsCrave
sounds like the story of the US postal system
Splinthar
Sounds like someone has never read any of the delivery stats for other postal systems....
angrytaco
Usps has a terrific track record. It's only shortcoming was not having enough cash to fulfill terrible things imposed by congress gop
seenweirdthings
Yes. It's very much like how the GOP is fucking over the US postal system.
EccentricNimoy
Let's save it, start a campaign of idk buying stamps sending cards, letters gotta be a way to get people to do it!
stevencloser
If checks and balances can be so easily ignored, the whole concept of your form of government failed. It's just that no one before tried
Thorn14
The American Checks and Balances system did not forsee political parties.
stevencloser
Then it hasn't been updated in 250 years and that in itself is a problem.
stevencloser
to abuse it as hard and openly.
koboldesq
This is literally how dictatorships start. One group stops caring about norms, only power and winning.
NoLongerLiving
I'm just waiting for the American version of the French revolution so we can guillotine their asses.
MrFNSunshine
Curbies and blood eagles and buckwheats for all of them!
Alfadorfox
it usually cuts the head off but whatever
NoLongerLiving
Ass, then head.
Michaels365
For some, wouldn’t it be the same?
NomDeImguerre
What's stopping you?
BlankMage
The police, mostly.
ImHereForExplicitContent
Netflix.
WittyAttemptAtUsername
Amazon doesn't ship guillotines
NoLongerLiving
raygret123127001
An ideologically divided population, apathy, ignorance, a corrupt media that is in and of itself also divided by design. There's a lot.
GalaxyPatrol
We don’t want a god damn revolution. Gd imgurians always talking about a fucking revolution. We want new political leadership
Johnny5dicks
The revolution will bring the new leadership