From CNN none the less. Will the unhinged listen?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/opin...ate-from-democrats-ukraine-schultz/index.html
(CNN) Amid the breathless dissection of President Donald Trump's phone call to the President of Ukraine came another interesting bit of news that was initially drowned out by the focus on the rough transcript.
In a tweet, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler called for Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself from all matters related to the Ukraine investigation. Nadler's rationale was pretty simple: In Trump's call to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the President said he would have Barr speak with Zelensky about an investigation of former Vice President (and current presidential candidate) Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Barr has strongly denied any involvement in the matter.
If mentioning the attorney general's name in a conversation with a foreign leader is reason for recusal, Barr and all future attorneys general won't have much to do.
Nadler sent his recusal tweet before the whistleblower complaint that started this whole controversy was even made public. In the complaint, the whistleblower, who said he had no firsthand knowledge of Trump's call to Zelensky, made the unsubstantiated claim that "Attorney General Barr appears to be involved as well."
Based on what we know from the complaint and the transcript, there is nothing in the rules of professional conduct for attorneys, or in the ethics laws governing US public officials, that even comes close to grounds for recusal.
But since Nadler hit "send" on his tweet last Wednesday, the chorus for Barr's hide has grown louder, albeit from predictable sources.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that Barr has "gone rogue." Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told CNN that "Barr must be held to account." Exactly for what, I'm not sure.
According to the Department of Justice, Barr has never spoken to Trump about the Ukraine matter, nor has Barr spoken to Zelensky. Democrats and others have speculated about whether Barr withheld, or narrowed, the Justice Department's inquiry into the whistleblower complaint. None of that justifies the way they're targeting him.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/opin...ate-from-democrats-ukraine-schultz/index.html
(CNN) Amid the breathless dissection of President Donald Trump's phone call to the President of Ukraine came another interesting bit of news that was initially drowned out by the focus on the rough transcript.
In a tweet, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler called for Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself from all matters related to the Ukraine investigation. Nadler's rationale was pretty simple: In Trump's call to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the President said he would have Barr speak with Zelensky about an investigation of former Vice President (and current presidential candidate) Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Barr has strongly denied any involvement in the matter.
If mentioning the attorney general's name in a conversation with a foreign leader is reason for recusal, Barr and all future attorneys general won't have much to do.
Nadler sent his recusal tweet before the whistleblower complaint that started this whole controversy was even made public. In the complaint, the whistleblower, who said he had no firsthand knowledge of Trump's call to Zelensky, made the unsubstantiated claim that "Attorney General Barr appears to be involved as well."
Based on what we know from the complaint and the transcript, there is nothing in the rules of professional conduct for attorneys, or in the ethics laws governing US public officials, that even comes close to grounds for recusal.
But since Nadler hit "send" on his tweet last Wednesday, the chorus for Barr's hide has grown louder, albeit from predictable sources.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that Barr has "gone rogue." Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told CNN that "Barr must be held to account." Exactly for what, I'm not sure.
According to the Department of Justice, Barr has never spoken to Trump about the Ukraine matter, nor has Barr spoken to Zelensky. Democrats and others have speculated about whether Barr withheld, or narrowed, the Justice Department's inquiry into the whistleblower complaint. None of that justifies the way they're targeting him.
