Bill Barr Is Systematically Removing U.S. Attorneys Connected To Trump Investigations
Barr fires U.S. attorney who investigated Trump allies
Attorney General William Barr is facing accusations that he is removing U.S. Attorneys to protect President Trump and his allies. This comes after the sudden firing of key U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman.
Attorney General Barr Under Fire For Dismissal Of NY Prosecutor Geoffrey Berman
In the wake of the dismissal of top Manhattan prosecutor Geoffrey Berman, who was investigating members of President Trump’s inner circle, Attorney General William Barr is under fire
Richard Donoghue, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, told his staff Thursday that he will become the top deputy to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen.
Donoghue is the second U.S. attorney in New York to leave his post in recent weeks. His former counterpart in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, was recently fired after overseeing several investigations that rankled President Donald Trump.
CNN reported that the Department of Justice was considering replacing the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn with an ally of Barr. CNN noted that this particular post “wields significant influence by virtue of its jurisdiction and recently has investigated individuals close to President Donald Trump.”
The push by Barr to install one of his buddies comes after he forced Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney from the Southern District of New York, out of his position.
As Rachel Maddow pointed out on Thursday, Barr appears to be methodically removing powerful U.S. attorneys connected to investigations that involve Trump.
William Barr ‘Decapitates’ Third U.S. Attorney’s Office
Attorney General William Barr’s pattern of removing the leadership of three key U.S. Attorneys’ Offices that have ongoing investigations related to Donald Trump, and replacing them with loyal footmen.
Three Reasons to Impeach Bill Barr
Bill Barr has earned himself a congressional impeachment inquiry. Whether “grappling” with the word “suggest” OR corruptly trying to tank Mike Flynn’s knowing, voluntary and intelligent guilty plea to lying to the FBI OR weaponizing the Department of Justice by investigating the investigators OR now, as reported in a recent Newsweek article, his efforts to put in place plans to contest November’s election results by having Trump announce that China interfered in the election and declaring a national emergency as a way to keep Trump in office or . The time has come to hold Barr accountable.
Calls For William Barr’s Impeachment Grow
Attorney General William Barr has performed many impeachable acts Rep. Madeleine Dean tells Joy Reid. Joy Reid and her panel discuss whether Barr can be impeached in the Senate, or removed from office under pressure from the public.
