U.S. Attorney General Barr steps down as Trump election defeat confirmed

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15 hours ago, riclag said:

The next important date is January  six ! The process(contesting in court) from beginning has been legal!  This isn't the first time in my country history that a election has been contested ! Some possible scenarios below 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS

Did you actually read the article?  Here's an excerpt:

LAWSUITS

"Early voting data shows Democrats are voting by mail in far greater numbers than Republicans. In states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that do not count mail-in ballots until Election Day, initial results could skew in Trump’s favor, experts say, while the mail ballots counted more slowly are expected to favor Biden.

 

Democrats have expressed concern that Trump will declare victory on election night and then claim mail-in ballots counted in the following days are tainted by fraud."

 

The article was dated Oct 23, 2020. It just shows how prejudiced the MSM is. Not even Trump would do anything so stupid. And certainly the GOP would never support such nonsense.

 

 

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[J Town]

7 hours ago, heybruce said:

But self-promoting attorneys (Giuliani) love being associated with Trump.

45 pays Rudy cuz Rudy has too much dirt on him.

[J Town]

11 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

There is some speculation that Barr has resigned in anticipation of undesirably  being associated with some further indefensible antics  from Trump.

Perhaps that  might be as puerile as Trump requesting the  Federal US  Attorney General to assist in suing Time  magazine for  not  naming him "Person of the  Year" ?????

Probably  not  but  as good as any excuse  to  get  out !

 

The flurry of pardons soon to be issued by 45 will come under close scrutiny from the new administration. NO AG wants to be anywhere NEAR such radioactive toxicity.

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13 minutes ago, J Town said:

The flurry of pardons soon to be issued by 45 will come under close scrutiny from the new administration. NO AG wants to be anywhere NEAR such radioactive toxicity.

Given Barr's proximity to the Michael Flynn episode, I guess he must be sheathed in lead.

[Jeffr2]

9 hours ago, PattayaJames said:

 

So far?

No significant problems?

What are you talking about?  

Hunter's laptop was debunked, nothing more than a Russian miss information campaign!

And it was the most secure election in history!

Agreed!  Hunter's laptop BS was debunked.  And it was the most secure election in history!  Glad you understand this.  Some don't.

[Jeffr2]

9 hours ago, PattayaJames said:

 

May have already happened, thought he was going to cough up a lung last night.

Stunning that's what you came away with from his speech.  But figures.  Trump's cult members would think that way, and ignore the context of the speech.

[heybruce]

4 hours ago, cmarshall said:

Probably right for now, but keep in mind General (ret.) Mike Flynn has publicly called for Trump to declare martial law and have the military do a "revote."  That may be just a fluke in American history or it may be the beginning of a new and not-so-proud history of attacking the Constitution by the military.

Rogue Generals have occurred (McArthur comes to mind).  However they were isolated examples and never came close to staging a coup.

[cmarshall]

1 minute ago, heybruce said:

Rogue Generals have occurred (McArthur comes to mind).  However they were isolated examples and never came close to staging a coup.

MacArthur was insubordinate, but never an actual putschist calling for martial law to overturn an election.  Big difference.

 

Flynn is not the only general calling for a coup.  There is also a Lt. Gen. McInerny chiming in.

 

These are firsts in US history and significant.  Autocratic takeovers don't always succeed on the first try.

[heybruce]

5 minutes ago, cmarshall said:

MacArthur was insubordinate, but never an actual putschist calling for martial law to overturn an election.  Big difference.

 

Flynn is not the only general calling for a coup.  There is also a Lt. Gen. McInerny chiming in.

 

These are firsts in US history and significant.  Autocratic takeovers don't always succeed on the first try.

McArthur disobeyed a direct order during wartime.  That is very big deal.   https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/firing-macarthur

 

Two retired generals making asses of themselves...not so much.

[Walker88]

14 hours ago, riclag said:

The next important date is January  six ! The process(contesting in court) from beginning has been legal!  This isn't the first time in my country history that a election has been contested ! Some possible scenarios below 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS

He has exhausted any and all legal (and some barely legal and near ridiculous) and has a 1 and 59 record to show for it.

 

What he has now moved into is pure, unadulterated authoritarianism, simply tossing out the votes of 81 million simply because he doesn't like the result, especially if the votes were made by Black Americans.

 

If he had any genuine proof, he would have produced it. Instead, he seems to know he has no proof, so has reverted to pressuring elected officials. He even re-Tweeted some silly comment from one of his 'elite strikeforce team'  saying that the Gov and SecState of GA would 'soon be in jail'. That is authoritarian intimidation and disgusting.  It is not even curious that his attacks have almost exclusively centered on Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Milwaukee.  What are the demographics of those areas?  The case for his attacks being racist, and pandering to racists, is pretty easy to make.

 

 

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U.S. Attorney General Barr steps down as Trump election defeat confirmed