I don’t believe blackmail was necessary. Barr is a natural autocrat, all he needed was permission.
He believes in unfettered power of the office of the President - Republican, of course.
Exactly I do believe he petitioned for the job and made some promises to get it
here's a copy of it for those who may have missed it. blackmail definitely NOT needed! https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/549-june-2018-barr-memo-to-doj-mue/b4c05e39318dd2d136b3/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
No blackmail needed--agreed. But I think he leveraged power more than permission, though he got both. To me, he is scarier in our current political context than many other would-be autocrats because he's a trained and highly committed theocrat.
Your correct Tom. Believing himself to be God’s warrior makes him terrifying.
Surely a natural talent.
Wow-what a sobering consideration.
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I don’t believe blackmail was necessary. Barr is a natural autocrat, all he needed was permission.
He believes in unfettered power of the office of the President - Republican, of course.
Exactly I do believe he petitioned for the job and made some promises to get it
here's a copy of it for those who may have missed it. blackmail definitely NOT needed! https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/549-june-2018-barr-memo-to-doj-mue/b4c05e39318dd2d136b3/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
No blackmail needed--agreed. But I think he leveraged power more than permission, though he got both. To me, he is scarier in our current political context than many other would-be autocrats because he's a trained and highly committed theocrat.
Your correct Tom. Believing himself to be God’s warrior makes him terrifying.
Surely a natural talent.
Wow-what a sobering consideration.