It looks possible AG Bill Barr is trying to pull a sneaky fast-one against President Trump and the American people. Because what Barr is claiming to do, he really isn’t doing.
According to a stunning article by Associated Press, AG Bill Barr appointed John Durham as a special counsel on October 19th, and did not tell anyone.
[…] Barr told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he had appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham as a special counsel in October under the same federal statute that governed special counsel Robert Mueller in the original Russia probe. He said Durham’s investigation has been narrowing to focus more on the conduct of FBI agents who worked on the Russia investigation, known as Crossfire Hurricane.
[…] “I decided the best thing to do would be to appoint them under the same regulation that covered Bob Mueller, to provide Durham and his team some assurance that they’d be able to complete their work regardless of the outcome of the election,” Barr said Tuesday. (Link)
Today the Attorney General notifies congress in a letter:
However, here’s the issue… under DOJ regulations [28 cfr 600] a special counsel must come from “outside government“; so did John Durham resign his position prior to the appointment, or has Bill Barr just given the appearance of a special counsel appointment while knowing the legal validity of it will collapse upon challenge?
§ 600.3 Qualifications of the Special Counsel.
“(a) An individual named as Special Counsel shall be a lawyer with a reputation for integrity and impartial decisionmaking, and with appropriate experience to ensure both that the investigation will be conducted ably, expeditiously and thoroughly, and that investigative and prosecutorial decisions will be supported by an informed understanding of the criminal law and Department of Justice policies. The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government. Special Counsels shall agree that their responsibilities as Special Counsel shall take first precedence in their professional lives, and that it may be necessary to devote their full time to the investigation, depending on its complexity and the stage of the investigation.” (link)
Obviously Bill Barr is not stupid, he would know the regulations he cites would require the special counsel to come from “outside the U.S. government”, so what gives?
(AP cont..) A senior Justice Department official told the AP that although the order details that it is “including but not limited to Crossfire Hurricane and the investigation of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III,” the Durham probe has not expanded. The official said that line specifically relates to FBI personnel who worked on the Russia investigation before the May 2017 appointment of Mueller, a critical area of scrutiny for both Durham and for the Justice Department inspector general, which identified a series of errors and omissions in surveillance applications targeting a former Trump campaign associate.
The appointment:
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Updated: Ah, Barr did not rely on 28 C.F.R. § 600.3. He cited. 28 C.F.R. § 600.4-600.10. Barr relied on other statutory authority to make the appointment: 28 U.S.C § 509, § 510, and § 515.
So it doesn’t have to be someone outside the gov, because Barr used a different statue
I’m no expert on any of this, but if appointing someone under 28 C.F.R. § 600.3 would have made it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for Biden or his AG (assuming he gets into office on Jan 20) to fire a Special Counsel, how would it work under those other that you cited? Would it be just harder or easier to terminate Durham’s appointment as Special Counsel under those statutes or would there be no difference?
That’s not how it works. All of those regulations apply. The different parts are just different regulations. Barr is citing the requirements under one regulation as to why he is announcing the special counsel.
Thanks for the clarification. But now the problem is that if a Special Counsel by statute must be from outside government as I have read elsewhere on CTH, and Durham is still serving as US Attorney for CT, then it would be real easy for Biden or his AG (again assuming he gets into office on Jan 20) to just go to a federal judge and get Barr’s appointment of Durham declared invalid and then there is nothing standing in the way of making Durham’s investigation quietly go away.
If that is the case, then it does sound like Barr is up to no good with this and Trump right now should insist on appointment of a different Special Counsel following the correct rules. What would Barr’s reaction be? Who could Trump get who would agree to serve?
The forces working against our duly elected President Trump are extremely troubling. Somehow Trump was able to get elected despite the cheating in 2016, but today it seems there’s another roadblock after another and barr is not the savior I had prayed for. There is a judgment day we all face, those working against President Trump will have theirs too
There’s just one Savior we must trust. All of these merely human agents we’re told to trust fall woefully short at best.
Somehow, was Gods will not ours. Great post taxpayer. And judgment is coming sooner , than later.
October 19th. Feast of the North American Martyrs. Saint Jean de Brebeuf, Saint Issac Joques and Companions.
& Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Numbers 28:1-15
Well a little history of his special investigation as of the bush administration to today says a lot. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Durham_(lawyer)#:~:text=Durham%20had%20been%20an%20Assistant,2005%20CIA%20interrogation%20tapes%20destruction.
What he chooses to accomplish is up to him.. but a highlight of racketeering is suggested as a concern by his history. The news corporations also have a distinctive involvement is belittling the information they weren’t able to aquire suggesting no evidence based on nothing. Interesting read ? but nothing is written in stone as of now. His interest suggest a few things.
Testing the new rig here.
I tried commenting on another post, but was sent to moderation both times. Maybe it doesn’t like Twitter info, which has been my default commenter ID for years, for good reasons. So I’ll use my own blog site info this time. I just want to see if I can avoid moderation:
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Comment take 2: I saw on TV that AG Barr says there was no evidence of vote fraud that would change the election, then came right here to see what was up. I watched Sidney Powell and Lou Dobbs above, which was reassuring, as i agree with Lou that the President has to take drastic action to bring all the traitors to America to justice (and before one of the biggest of them is sworn in as President). I’m particularly glad Lou Dobbs didn’t recommend a Special Counsel; that is not drastic enough now. We need a conference of Special Forces (Delta, SEALs, etc) and loyal warriors.
And personally, I would arrest all the ringleaders right now…whatever it takes to do that, know what I mean? (Oh, yes you do.)
But I’m not holding my breath this comment will see the light of day, as the first try didn’t.
…no, looks like it’s “moderation” all the way down…
Seems to be working.
If the Biden regime tries to cancel out the Durham investigation couldn’t the R’s go after Biden for obstruction of justice?
C’mon. What Republicans?
Mitch McConnell? Lindsey Graham? Kevin McCarthy?
These people are all bought and paid for.
The is except for a very few, the uniparty of traitors to our great country.
But they shall not succeed.
It would appear that Mr. Barr has also been bought.
I don’t think the biden regime will become a regime. If somehow they did, I doubt they will shut down durham because he will (likely it seems) deliver the results they seek. Nothing to see here. All good in the DS.
it will not be Biden regime for long, it will become the Harris regime very soon.
aannnd … Harris will appoint The Hildabeast as her VP.
After that … well, Harris has probably not been “read in” on the unfortunate accident once the new VP takes over.
Therein lies the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
Republicans are far more craven and spineless than Democrats. They don’t really care or believe in anything other than money so they will never be effective at anything. Where are all the big-mouth heavy hitters on the Republican side now? Are they howling for blood at an obviously stolen election?
No…Why would they?
The algos treated the RINOs quite well, didn’t they?
Didn’t They?????
So why would they rock the boat? And if that fact doesn’t tell you all you need to know, I don’t know what else to say. It would have been just as easy to mark down ballot names, just takes a second.
Think about it for a second.
Your question was, “If the Biden regime tries to cancel out the Durham investigation couldn’t the R’s go after Biden for obstruction of justice?”
My answer, because this ain’t about justice. It’s about trying to destroy president Trump and make it all look legal.
Gandhi clearly. It takes great courage to protest in the manner of Ghandhi. As long as President Trump is in power he methods employed by Ghandhi, who applied Christ’s principles, is the only reasonable and easily most affective protest. Those that followed his method, and some stood there and died without retort, were incredibly effective in gathering massive support. Ahimsa, as taught by Ghandhi is a very demanding subject.
These ‘Ruling class’ people are all beyond disappointing! Cold stone Righteous anger. I prefer to stand with such Deplorables as those who stepped up to testify in Michigan yesterday! WE are the right arm of God and anything is possible when we trust Him and stand up together. FREEDOMMMM!
Right on!!!!!
If hidden before, why inform now?
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We know Sundance handed all the information to Durham’s guy on a silver platter and has thus far done nothing with it. Now that Durham is Special Counsel, does this make the platter servable and its contents more easily digested by the “no politically stained” info Barr DoJ? Asking for 70+ Million friends
A USA Military Tribunal is required.
https://www.mc.mil
“After the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, Congress adopted a joint resolution authorizing the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against the nations, organizations or persons that planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks.
On November 13, 2001, the President issued an order governing the detention, treatment and trial of certain non-citizens in the war against terrorism. The order provided for trial by military commission of any noncitizen for whom there was “reason to believe” that the person was a member of al Qaeda or had engaged or participated in terrorist activities aimed at or harmful to the United States.”
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I didn’t see Hilary, Biden or Obama’s name there. I’ll check back later.
SO happy to have everyone back together!
As far as Barr is concerned, is it if import that the AP story only includes a few actual quotes with absolutely no context? I’m very skeptical of our AG but I must admit to a little flicker of hope that the SC appointment will allow the Durham/Aldenberg investigations to continue. To what end, I have no clue.
Two polar possibilities
Either Biden/Deep State et al are being set up for a big sting in the election coup fraud
OR
We are being slow walked into a “Biden” administration, some big Reset-IMF/UN/USSA, and Us toward the cattle cars…
It’s like watching the Chicxulub KT asteroid coming in over several months.
I’m still trying to navigate CTH 2.0
The home page is stuck on 6 comments even though there are more comments showing up. I know it might take a day or two to settle own.
So now the world knows……..
“Well, as I said in my confirmation hearing, one of the reasons I came back is because I was concerned that people were feeling there were two standards of justice in this country. And that the political and that the justice, or the law enforcement process was being used to play political games. And I wanted to make sure that we restore confidence in the system. There’s only one standard of justice.”
This was all just empty words and BS!
Exactly, Bogey.
Sundance pegged him as Bondo almost two years ago.
In Barr’s elitist world, keeping the little voters like us up to speed about events that might impact our decisions, such as whole sale corruption in DOJ, FBI, and CIA, is less important than making sure you cover up the misdeeds of your Washington swell pals.
And now we know, thanks to SD, once again , that his appointment may be illegal, and given Barr’s dubious track record re the Coup, that is likely intentionally so.
Larda$$ is the greatest attorney general since Jeff Sessions, no doubt about that!
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On my iPhone X I can barely read the TCT postings, the letters are so small!
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Are there any known developments in regard to Simon Parkes’ claims?
I, like many others expected much more from Barr..something not quite like a Prosecutor at the an Inquisition – to more like the Prosecutors at the Nuremburg trials.
A Perry Mason-type. What we seem to have now is Caspar Milquetoast.
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Who knows the motives driving any of these decisions? We can speculate and give opinions that is about all. By naming him as a special prosecutor, perhaps, it keeps the evidence he has more secure from prying eyes. It also might make it more difficult for a Democrat administration to fire him.
How long will AG Barr remain in his position following Biden’s crowning? Biden has the option of firing him and naming another AG, which I suspect he already has planned. Perhaps that is why Barr is placing himself in opposition to President Trump in order to buy himself more time. Again, all speculation.
The “Biden” admininstration will flush Barr like we flush the toilet daily unless Barr was an instrumental coup player.
Wow just wow. I’m glad that I pray for POTUS everyday, because there are a lot of evil forces against him.
I’m with you. We had the vote to throw the bums out when they crossed us, now we have nothing.
Funny thing, leftists celebrating the blatant fixing of a presidential election fail to understand that the “establishment” doesn’t need their votes either now.
They used to need to jerk people off for their vote, now liberal or conservative, they don’t have to worry about that.
Pollsters will run phony polls, media lap dogs will run whatever mockingbird news stories are on the teleprompter that morning and social media will censor any stragglers that remain outside the approved narrative.
It’s over folks, they have wrested complete control of the country from us, they don’t need your “approval” any longer, they just tweak the algo in the voting machines and run full steam ahead.
This is not a democrat vs. republican thing, that is soooooo 1980’s. This is a CFR, Tri-Lateral Commission, Ford Foundation, Pilgrim Society, United Nations, World Health Organization thing. Elites now sit firmly in control.
Excellent point Diving Engineer
Not to depress you but this very smart Yugoslavian woman lays it all out clearer than a bell….
I also think the forces of evil (many) will not survive.
Strange that they think this would extend Durham’s “work” beyond the inauguration should Trump lose. A new AG will be appointed, and Durham will either be fired outright or they will issue him a new “scope memo” that narrows his field to irrelevancy.
Among other things, that’s why Trump had to pardon Flynn. If he were to lose, the Dems would appoint a new AG who would recommend 10 years in prison for Flynn, and when accused of playing politics, Judge Sullivan would respond, “Seems legit. Sure you don’t want to recommend more?”
Or, they would redirect Durham to go after ex-President Trump and everyone who ever supported him.
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Oh wow! It worked! Hi everyone!
I don’t know what to think about the storm that’s brewing. I know things are never as they seem to the naked eye. It’s just so confusing. The stuff regarding B2, at least to me, is not what I would call, “definitive.” I’m just not thrilled about his history; I’m sure you all know what I mean without my going into the gory details.
Keep praying for our country and our great POTUSDJT!!!! At least once a day, if not more frequently!
Nice to be back.
More fraud …………….. when will it end?
Well played Sundance …………… we no longer have to log into Workpress to comment. That in itself is worth a lot. Thanks!
Barr was/is a Bush dynasty ‘fixer’
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Thank you Sundance for the new website! 🙂
Bill Barr is O’Brien
In a case of any large significance, if the Attorney General wishes to appoint a special counsel, it is prudent for an Attorney General not to rely on the Special Counsel Regulation but rather appoint an already-appointed US Attorney to act as Special Counsel.
This is because a special counsel of the magnitude of, say, Robert Mueller’s case, needs to be confirmed by the Senate to be legal. He has the same powers, or more, than a US Attorney, for example, who must be Senate-confirmed.
The Special Counsel Regulation is flawed because it calls for giving a huge amount of power to someone who is not even a government employee much less a Senate-confirmed government official. Robert Mueller was challenged on this basis and the court in a risible opinion worthy of our Chief Justice twisted itself in knots to justify his authority in a blatant act of sophistry.
There are other legal flaws in the Special Counsel Regulation which was written by liberal law professor Neal Katyal and others under the supervision of Janet Reno, but the lack of Senate confirmation for a Special Counsel under the regulation is the reason AG Barr did not rely on it in appointing John Durham to special counsel duties.
You are demoralized, and that is part of the strategy of the communists. They are not omnipotent. Eventually, their systems collapse, they attack each other, they don’t create wealth. Have faith.
It’s good to see CTH back safe and sound.
Where’s Waldo…I mean Durham.
Yes, it is a con job. There is no excuse for John Brennan, James Clapper, Peter Strzok and his paramour Lisa Page and Weissman et al running around free. They should have had military tribunals for treason by now.
I have been calling for Barr/Durham to hand over their investigative research and then fire them.
I knew from the jump that these two were doing a big stall job.
They too got the memo that Trump was toast because of the planned fraud.
Fire him (Durham) TONIGHT! Then declassify all the documents under extraordinary conditions. Stakeholder s must within ONE day give cogent arguments why certain things are not to be declassified. Reviewed by the President within ONE day. Released on Friday.
God help us.
barr is protecting the deep state and his own hide. This will keep Trump from declassifying documents, stuff that will never been seen if Trump is gone in Janauary
The Republic is forked
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For the record:
1. Congrats on move and responding up CTH!
2. We are at war and war is not “normal conditions”. Analysis, intelligence gathering, and intelligence dissemination under current conditions (PsyOp combat, Political combat, Legal combat, and kinetic combat) all are changed from “normal” and radically so Deception and subterfuge are everywhere. So is actual truth also everywhere.
Barr’s agenda and full scope of activities is far from revealed or clear.
Trump’s agenda and full scope of activities is far from revealed or clear.
Options that Treepers and Sundance would have evaluated as “not reasonable” are clearly front and center decision points:
– Insurrection act
– call out of militia
– refusal of seating of electors
– delay inauguration date
– military activity in gathering evidence
**for Civil trials
**for Criminal trials in civilian courts
**for treason trials in military tribunals
– Arrests under enemy combatant conditions
– Revealing of massive crimes BY GOVERNMENT agency and agency leaders
– Revealing of Crimes against humanity
– Revealing of deception operations that will deeply challenge individual and cultural stability
Get comfy with unknowns — and I would only
Testing. Bill Barr, the great AG, should know by now not to date a memo using “20” instead of “2020”, as the date could be altered to “2019”, for example.
Thanks to Sundance and all the folks that made CTH2.0 mission successful. Now we must hold the line.
Does anyone else wonder what the hell is really going on with the DC Swamp? Are they nuts? Do any of them really think they will be working as so called ‘Civil Servants’ after they support the undermining and overthrowing of our Republic on behalf of a bunch of Communists? Does the stupidity factor have to be reviewed again? Do they really think they will get rewarded for helping an enemy power take over our country without having to fire a shot? Do any of them understand exactly who the Communists think are the ‘useful idiots’?
Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerburg, Jack Dorsey, Bill Gates, George Soros and many other mega billionaires will literally lose a lot more than the rest of us once this deed is done. It is like this tiny crowd believes that destroying the working population will somehow translate into increased riches for them. How so? In a Communist system, there are only two classes of people, those in control and those being controlled.
I just don’t get the point of destroying a good President in order to put a clueless weakling in the office and who will capitulate to the Communist Chinese without even knowing what he has done. We either overturn this election or our destiny with serfdom will be assured by our moronic ‘useful idiot’ bureaucrats.
When we can’t make sense of what is going on, we have to follow the money. In that light, it becomes clear that we are being undermined by losers who can’t see the future beyond their own noses which, by the way, are way up in here messing with our Freedom while trying to save themselves from the same abject poverty of serfdom. This would be funny but for the freight train emerging from the tunnel.
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