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Can the AG obstruct justice? nt (Original Post)
Baltimike
Apr 2019
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manor321
(3,344 posts)1. Sure. And Congress can impeach.
We just need Dems with some backbone to start impeachment proceedings.
dlk
(12,996 posts)4. We Have Been Watching Obstruction Before Our Very Eyes
The Velveteen Ocelot
(127,873 posts)2. Just ask John Mitchell.
elleng
(141,177 posts)3. This one IS obstructing justice.
rzemanfl
(30,919 posts)6. Or at least obfuscating it. n/t
elleng
(141,177 posts)8. Obfuscate:
render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
obstruct: deliberately make (something) difficult.
rzemanfl
(30,919 posts)12. He's doing the one to accomplish the other I suppose. n/t
SHRED
(28,136 posts)5. He is right now.
bdamomma
(69,079 posts)7. Barr playing a
very dangerous hand. I hope he gets burned too.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)9. Yes. Next question.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(129,963 posts)10. Two words
John Mitchell.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)11. Yes, right before our eyes.
DeminPennswoods
(17,056 posts)13. Richard Kleindienst also pleaded guilty
to lying to Congress during his AG confirmation hearing (to succeed John Mitchell) about whether he was asked to interfere in an anti-trust investigation against ITT.