CrusaderFrank
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Let it go, George. The white hats are in charge now.Bill Barr has a few previous employers who are connected to key subjects in the Mueller Report, and these facts didn't get much attention during Barr's confirmation hearing.
Should William Barr recuse himself from Mueller report? Legal experts say AG's ties to Russia are troubling
“The legal standard is really clear about these issues.
"'It’s not about actual conflict, it’s about the appearance of a conflict, about the appearance of bias,' Jed Shugerman, a professor at Fordham University’s School of Law and an expert on judicial and government ethics, tells Newsweek . 'The problem is that we have so many flagrant conflicts that are so obvious, we get distracted from what the legal standard is.'
"This much is known: On Barr’s public financial disclosure report, he admits to working for a law firm that represented Russia’s Alfa Bank and for a company whose co-founders allegedly have long-standing business ties to Russia.
"What’s more, he received dividends from Vector Group, a holding company with deep financial ties to Russia."
Perhaps the House Judiciary Committee should hit Barr with another subpoena?Is this one of those white hats, Hossfly?Let it go, George. The white hats are in charge now.
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"Prominent Russian nationals and members of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) continue to build bridges with American right-wing politicians and may be influencing policy.
"Despite being sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury and the European Union for crimes in Ukraine, the same Russians under investigation for meeting with National Rifle Association (NRA) members are using Christian fundamentalist groups as a conduit to influence lawmakers.
"Russians continue to skirt around sanctions by penetrating American churches and 'family values' nonprofit organizations, and by manipulating IRS 501(c) loopholes, which do not require these groups to disclose their donations.
"This is similar to the way members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle infiltrated the NRA."
Russia’s Lasting Grip on Christian Conservatives - WhoWhatWhy
We'll handle it, George. Russia is not the one to worry about.What do you consider the biggest threat to this country?We'll handle it, George. Russia is not the one to worry about
Soros and his legion of mindless zombies