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  On 6/20/2020 at 3:07 AM, henrygandorf said:

so why did i think sdny operated independently?  aren’t there parts of that office not under barr’s thumb?

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Nope.

But US Attorneys are subject to Senate confirmation.

Now, to continue the BIllions analogy, a guy like Oliver Dake

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Comes from the DOJ Office of the Inspector General, which is supposed to be outside the normal chain of command, but still at least nominally under the control of the AG.

But, we've seen how it goes with OIGs in the Trump Administration.

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  On 6/20/2020 at 2:51 AM, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

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We're one bad election result from becoming a fully fascist state.

If this fucker wins, or successfully steals it, we're going to find out that this is him on his best behavior, this is him reeled in and being handled and managed, and then once he no longer has another election to win, we're gonna find out what he's really capable of.  And it's going to be as bad a chapter as there is in any nation's history.  

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  On 6/20/2020 at 3:18 AM, henrygandorf said:
senate confirmation lol. 
we don’t really do that type of thing anymore. 
so who from sdny will be investigating trump on jan 21?

As soon as Biden takes his hand off the Bible, he needs to fire all Trump appointees to the DOJ. He can be late to the inaugural balls.
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Apparently his cooperation with the New York attorney generals office did not go over well with Barr 

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this is getting good, in real time. preet and coates calling this a “game of chicken” that they’ve never seen before. 

i assume the confirmation process will take a bit longer than trump/barr are comfortable with. 

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  On 6/20/2020 at 3:34 AM, SmokeyTheBear said:
For those lawyers out there, what can be done to protect any current investigations that maybe under threat with this move by the admin?

In the John Grisham version of this story a law student has written a brief and there’s copies of of shit being made.
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  On 6/20/2020 at 3:20 AM, TexArcher said:

We're one bad election result from becoming a fully fascist state.

If this fucker wins, or successfully steals it, we're going to find out that this is him on his best behavior, this is him reeled in and being handled and managed, and then once he no longer has another election to win, we're gonna find out what he's really capable of.  And it's going to be as bad a chapter as there is in any nation's history.  

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Why one bad election away?  We are a fascist state.  We just haven't come to terms with it yet, and pretend we're "free."

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  On 6/20/2020 at 3:15 AM, TwiceHorn said:

Nope.

But US Attorneys are subject to Senate confirmation.

Now, to continue the BIllions analogy, a guy like Oliver Dake

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Comes from the DOJ Office of the Inspector General, which is supposed to be outside the normal chain of command, but still at least nominally under the control of the AG.

But, we've seen how it goes with OIGs in the Trump Administration.

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i heard when clayton was at the sec, they called him mr roomba. 

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there really does need to be some comeuppance for continually having everyone “acting” and never actually “confirming” anyone. It’s supposed to be an exception, not the rule. 

this would be sweet revenge if they can’t fire him, for, you know, investigating the president. 

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How long will it take Ken Burns to unfold all this for the PBS docu-series? And how many episodes will it take to tell the story?

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  On 6/20/2020 at 6:45 AM, LABEVO said:

 

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Something is off in the description - is the leak from a SC Justice Clerk or someone else at the Supreme Court?  Has SC Clerk quality fallen that low? If it's a clerk, his or her days as a lawyer are over.  

Thanks for posting it LABEVO - interesting piece of news. 

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