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John Oliver makes the case

impeachment against ‘dang
Bill Barr if Trump wins
Published 2 hours ago on November 2, 2020
By Sarah K. Burris
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 John Oliver did an extensive story on the coronavirus

pandemic and how President Donald Trump has
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mismanaged the crisis. However, he wanted Americans
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to see another top report before the election on
 Tuesday, this time about Attorney General William
Barr.
Referring to him as the “constipated Charmin Bear,”

Oliver said that Barr came into of ce with the thought
that he would be “the adult in the room,” but he’s since
turned into one of the most frightening Trump shills in
history.
“Since becoming AG, Barr has been in the news
constantly and almost never for good reasons,” said the
host. “In just the past few months, he has, among other
things, sown distrust in mail-in-voting, and also
dismissed public health measures in the middle of a
pandemic in the grossest possible way.”
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Oliver then played a clip of Barr calling national

lockdowns almost as bad as slavery.
After a description of Barr’s history of being a kiss-ass

in college, Oliver explained that some kids are
“assh*les” but “some adults are assh*les and Barr is 
one of them.”
Oliver played a clip of former President George H. W.

Bush mocking Barr for being “a little narc who devoted
himself to an unhealthy obsession with authorities
instead of cultivating any meaningful relationships.”
He then pointed out that under Bush, “Barr made a

name for himself as a hard-liner on immigration,
signed off on a massive surveillance program, and had a
view of criminal justice that is perhaps best summed up
by a memo that the DOJ produced titled, ‘The Case for
More Incarceration.'”
Oliver explained that Barr also helped wage war against
the separation of powers and checks-and-balances and
helped cover up Bush’s effort to fund massives weapons
to send to Saddam Hussein without congressional
authorization. As AG, Barr refused to appoint a special
prosecutor to investigate. The reason for that goes to
his long-held belief that the executive branch is a
dictator, with a president who has supreme authority to
do whatever he wants.
The Unitary Executive Theory, which Oliver explained,

is a legitimate legal issue, despite Barr mocking it as
something that “scares” liberals. It holds that Trump
would have full executive power and that the three co-
equal branches of government are “wrong.” The theory 
explains that each branch of government can have its
authority over itself. Barr takes that even further with
his belief that the only checks on the presidency are
through impeachment and elections.
Even Bush refused to implement his philosophy at the

time, saying that they should be more prudent. Barr
also supported the pardons of those in the Iran-Contra
scandal. Oliver explained that the nickname of “the
cover-up attorney general” is an apt description given
his long history of doing precisely that.
When Barr wrote his “audition” memo to Trump about
the Russia investigation by Robert Mueller, he made
the argument that Article II gives Trump all the power
that he desires, which is probably why Trump began
parroting the talking point. Unfortunately for Trump,
he didn’t even know what was in Article II and couldn’t
have a legal conversation with a reporter, much less a
legal scholar, about the topic.
When he was questioned about it, Barr used his favorite

tactic, rambling on about nothing to bore everyone
before dodging the question entirely. During his
con rmation hearing, Barr ignored Sen. Diane
Feinstein’s (D-CA) question about the word “corruptly,”
which he lectured meant “to in uence in a way that is 
something that is good and t to something that is
bad.” He said it was a 19th-century de nition of the
word. It remains unclear why Barr doesn’t believe in
the 21st-century de nition of “corrupt,” which is a
“willingness to act dishonestly.” It’s all in efforts “to
justify his belief that the president can be a tyrant,”
said Oliver.
Barr is so outdated that it isn’t just 19th-century

verbiage he prefers, he also thinks that all of America’s
problems stem from the family’s moral decay. The
antiquated philosophy boasts issues like crime comes
from single mothers and leads to the downfall of
society.
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ahead of the election, but Barr did many things to try
and cover-up for Trump.
“He famously provided an exculpatory summary of

Mueller’s report” that proved to be an outright
mischaracterization of Mueller’s ndings. “Since then,
his DOJ has suggested a lighter sentence for Roger
Stone, drop the charges against Michale Flynn, who,
you remember, had pled guilty. Removed an attorney
from of ce who was investigating a Trump associate,
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sued John Bolton to try and stop the release of his
book, and at one point, tried to have the U.S.
government represent Trump as the defendant in a
defamation suit arising from a Trump statement that a
woman who’d accused him of rape was ‘not my type,”
Oliver closed. He explained it de nitely was not what
the framers had in mind when they were talking about
Article II.
It’s for this reason that Barr is Trump’s dream AG. He

backs up Trump at every possible course.
In the end, Oliver listed out a whole slew of issues that
he didn’t even have time to touch on, all of which
would be perfect examples for an impeachment
investigation if Trump is reelected on Tuesday.
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John Oliver makes the case

 John Oliver did an extensive story on the coronavirus

Referring to him as the “constipated Charmin Bear,”

LISTEN: Mark Cuban Joins The New Raw Story

Oliver then played a clip of Barr calling national

After a description of Barr’s history of being a kiss-ass

Oliver played a clip of former President George H. W.

He then pointed out that under Bush, “Barr made a

The Unitary Executive Theory, which Oliver explained,

Even Bush refused to implement his philosophy at the

When he was questioned about it, Barr used his favorite

Barr is so outdated that it isn’t just 19th-century

President Barack Obama or Vice President Joe Biden

“He famously provided an exculpatory summary of

It’s for this reason that Barr is Trump’s dream AG. He

See the video below:

The case to impeach bill barr

Report typos and corrections to: corrections@rawstory.com.

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