And he is invested in that outcome. That is what Donald John Trump is great at, compromising those that are "loyal" to him. We saw it with Michael Cohen. When Cohen went to work for Donald John Trump he never intended to break the law, quite the contrary, he wanted to protect his boss.
By Dan Berman and Paul LeBlanc
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (click here) on Wednesday said a report that Attorney General William Barr suggested prosecutors consider filing charges against her is "chilling and the latest abuse of power from the Trump administration."
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (click here) on Wednesday said a report that Attorney General William Barr suggested prosecutors consider filing charges against her is "chilling and the latest abuse of power from the Trump administration."
Barr, The New York Times reported, asked prosecutors in the Justice Department's civil rights division to investigate if they could charge Durkan as a result of protests this summer, when some protesters established a police-free zone in downtown Seattle.
"The Department of Justice cannot become a political weapon operated at the behest of the President to target those who have spoken out against this administration's actions," Durkan, a former US attorney, said in a statement. "That is an act of tyranny, not of democracy."...
If Barr can't find facts to back up his allegations, he will manufacture them. It is my understanding that the protesters were not accompanied by police. Barr had no leverage. He can only send in federal troops if asked. With the police not attending a demonstration, Barr could not insist on the local, county, and state police call for federal backup.
If the police found no reason to attend a demonstration, it means there is on dangerous behaviors that indicate the public is in danger.
Mayor Durkin is correct in her concern for the words of Bill Barr. Barr is overreaching the authority of the federal government and thinks nothing of it. His tenure as Attorney General is at stake and if he is sitting in the AG office, nothing can happen to him, hence, Trump.
Can my free speech be restricted (click here) because of what I say—even if it is
controversial?
No. The First Amendment prohibits restrictions based on the content of speech.
However, this does not mean that the Constitution completely protects all types
of free speech activity in every circumstance. Police and government officials are
allowed to place certain nondiscriminatory and narrowly drawn "time, place and
manner" restrictions on the exercise of First Amendment rights. Any such
restrictions must apply to all speech regardless of its point of view....
There is an enormous difference between demonstration and sedition. Sedition intends to remove the sovereign state of the USA. Trump and Barr are more seditionists than any American demanding equality and civil rights.
