The DOJ IG Backlog on Bill Barr’s Behavior
Amid discussions of delayed accountability, the DOJ IG investigations of Bill Barr’s DOJ plod along even as the Presidential election approaches.
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Amid discussions of delayed accountability, the DOJ IG investigations of Bill Barr’s DOJ plod along even as the Presidential election approaches.
Under Bill Barr’s close watch, Joe Biden was framed. Not only didn’t Kaitlan Collins ask him about his role in that process, but she let Barr lie to her face about being pressured on Hunter Biden.
The nature of Judge Maryellen Noreika’s intervention in the Hunter Biden diversion agreement — as elucidated by her opinion rejecting Hunter’s claim of immunity — raises real questions about whether Congress’ intervention influenced her.
If you’re going to make a big deal about Bill Barr supporting Trump in this year’s election, at least mention that the side channel Barr set up for Russian disinformation on Hunter Biden in 2020 ended up framing Joe Biden.
SDNY’s rules on cooperation has been a pressing issue in recent days.
In 2020, Alexander Smirnov recycled a false claim made by Fox News and Trump that had long been debunked. And somehow, that didn’t tip anyone at the FBI off that Smirnov was lying.
Lev Parnas claims that Rudy Giuliani suggested Bill Barr had made assurances to Dmitry Firtash if he helped them.
David Weiss is claiming one thing about the disposition of Alexander Smirnov’s 2020 attempt to frame Joe Biden in Smirnov’s prosecution and saying something totally different in attempts to withhold discovery on that from Hunter Biden. And the withheld documents go to the core of Weiss’ decision to renege on a plea deal.
According to several reports, Alexander Smirnov had the kind of sketchy financial ties one would expect of an FBI informant engaged in “otherwise illegal activities.” Of more interest is whether any of those sketchy ties explain the story he allegedly fabricated in 2020.
You know who is vindicated by the Alexander Smirnov indictment? Lesley Wolf, who made an effort to prevent Trump’s efforts to interfere in the investigation from tainting the investigation into Hunter Biden and then faced death threats because she did so.