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Trump has something on Barr. Needing an AG who would keep him in power, he made a call, Barr wrote his paper, and Trump had his man.

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Dec 13, 2019Liked by Greg Olear

Thank you for this. I've been amazed at how many reporters can write about Jeffrey Epstein and William Barr, even in the same same sentence, without making the "Epstein-Barr" reference that I was hoping for. :)

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I didn't make that up...and it IS apt, for sure. These people are a virus that breaks out at the worst possible times and has no known cure.

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Appreciate the (Simon) Barr Sinister ref. .takes me back a few years. 😌☺

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Great piece.

At the risk of sounding tedious, wth was Robert Mueller thinking if Barr and he were friends all those years? By a person's words and actions, we know them.

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From what I understand, it was more their wives are friends.

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still?

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'...Bill Barr, by contrast, does not seem to care about the underlying motives of the president. In his view, the president is an Augustus, above the law. ...'(article)

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By Greg Olear, article)

Note: I have quoted liberally from Frank Snepp’s excellent 1992 Village Voice article, “Bill Barr: The ‘Cover-Up General.’” I encourage you to read every word of it.

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