It's hard to be furious about everything that deserves it when there are so many things happening at the same time that deserve fury. I'm usually an optimist, but I've pretty much given up on this country.
That said, I'm 100% in agreement with those who are calling for another impeachment over this. Sure the Senate won't do their job, but once again someone has to at least attempt to enforce the laws or we might as well admit that we've got a dictator and Congress is just for show.
(March, 2019)
Patrick Leahy, specifically invoking Barr’s sanction of the Caspar Weinberger pardon that squelched the Iran-Contra investigation, asked Barr about pardons.
Leahy: Do you believe a president could lawfully issue a pardon in exchange for the recipient’s promise to not incriminate him?
Barr: No, that would be a crime.
Shortly after that exchange, Lindsey Graham tried to clarify the issue, asking the pardon question at a more basic level, coaching another not to testify, as Trump has done on Twitter repeatedly.
Lindsey: So if there was some reason to believe that the President tried to coach somebody not to testify or testify falsely, that could be obstruction of justice?
Barr: Yes, under that, under an obstruction statute, yes.
Lindsey: So if there’s some evidence that the President tried to conceal evidence? That would be obstruction of justice, potentially?
Barr: [nods]
Mr. Trump is (again) committing crimes. Crimes that Mr. Barr agreed were crimes during his confirmation hearings. (For my two cents, after Trump and Barr, following on all the years of Moscow Mitch, no Democratic Senator should ever vote for any Republican nominee, ever again.)
