February 16, 2020: Calls Mount for Attorney General "Banana Republic" Bill Barr to Resign

 

2/16/20: If you missed this story, pay attention. So far, 1,142 veterans of the Department of Justice have signed a letter calling for Attorney General “Banana Republic Bill” Barr to resign. (See: 2/18/20.)

 

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“Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of Justice’s reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Barr to resign.” 

Letter signed by hundreds of DOJ veterans

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This comes in the wake of Barr’s meddling with a sentencing recommendation involving Trump adviser Roger Stone. 

In their letter, these men and women – who, combined, have at least ten thousand years of DOJ experience – explain: 

We, the undersigned, are alumni of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) who have collectively served both Republican and Democratic administrations. Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice.

 

It is unheard of for the Department’s top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case. Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of Justice’s reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Barr to resign.

 

You can check the names on the list and see which presidents these men and women served. Selecting four at random, we have Paul Blaine, who spent 41 years at DOJ, serving every president from Nixon to Obama. We have Michael Bromwich, who started under Reagan and rose to become Inspector General. We have Susan Park, who served for eighteen years as an attorney with the Public Integrity Section. And we have Mary Spearing, whose highest position was Chief of the Fraud Division, under Clinton. 

At this point, if you’re a true patriot and you’re not worried about Trump’s assault on the rule of the law, you should be.

The Banana Republic of the United States.
First President: Donald John Trump.