AG Barr needs to testify before the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow! Please see my op-Ed with @RWPUSA
Claire Finkelstein
2,486 posts
Claire Finkelstein
@COFinkelstein
Algernon Biddle Professor of Law & Professor of Philosophy; Faculty Director, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Joined December 2011
- I’m a law professor who has studied presidential power for years and I filed an amicus brief in this case. Good enough for you?Replying to @Forbes and @COFinkelsteinWhat are her credentials to be speaking on this issue?
- It will take many years for us to tell the full story of the Trump Administration. When all is said and done, the role of Bill Barr will not be a pretty one. propublica.org/article/inside…
- Barr’s Friday night massacre of Geoff Berman at the S.D.N.Y. must not stand. Barr is the head of DOJ, true, but if his purpose in this firing is to obstruct an official investigation, he is risking charges for obstruction of justice. apple.news/AgK07rO5yTDGto…
- This is a total outrage. Jared Kushner commissioned and then abandoned a rational plan for dealing with #COVID19 because it would only affect blue states! Or so they thought. Jared Kushner should resign.BREAKING: My latest @VanityFair story, a detailed investigation into how the White House secretly drafted, then abandoned, a plan to nationalize America's broken #COVID19 diagnostic testing system. vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/h… /1
- Trump will likely be indicted after leaving office for financial crimes in New York. But he should also be investigated by the new Department of Justice for obstruction. nytimes.com/2020/11/13/nyr…
- Roger Stone's commutation is a profoundly concerning act of obstruction. But in the wake of #SCOTUS's clear indication in Vance that @realDonaldTrump is not above the law and can now be criminally investigated, #POTUS may be getting desperate. washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump…
- 1/2 Wednesday’s protests were in part organized by the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA). Senator Hawley was himself a member of RAGA apparently.
- Yesterday I filed a Hatch Act Complaint with @RWPUSA asking for an investigation into Secretary Pompeo's speech at the RNC. I am pleased that the media has picked up this important story.
- This conduct should disqualify @realDonaldTrump from finishing his term. @SpeakerPelosi, now that your position is secure, let's make sure Donald Trump cannot run again in 2024!This is criminal conduct under state and federal law. @realDonaldTrump should be impeached again NOW and tried and convicted after he leaves office so he can never hold public office again. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
- This looks right to me, but even without the 28 U.S.C. 546(d) factor, Barr simply cannot fire Berman if the purpose is to put a stop to an ongoing investigation.Berman is the Acting U.S. Attorney by dint of a *judicial* appointment. There’s a pretty good argument that, per the plain language of 28 U.S.C. § 546(d), he gets to keep serving in that post until the *vacancy* is filled (through Senate confirmation of a permanent successor).
- It's worse than that. It looks as though Graham is proposing using the confirmation powers of the Senate to obstruct justice!Lindsey Graham is threatening the Senate won’t confirm any AG who might prosecute Trump. So to be clear, he’s personally setting preconditions for what laws the nation’s chief law enforcement officer can enforce?
- This is highly disturbing and shows @LindseyGrahamSC in the corrupt light that has been shining brighter on him every day for the last four years.Lindsey Graham Says Senate Will NOT Confirm Any Biden AG Nominee Who Will Investigate/Prosecute Trump. There’s a legal term for this: ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. 18 US Code Sec. 3. Details here . . . Because #JusticeMatters youtu.be/2EnN3MlFrdI via @YouTube
- Our democracy barely survived its corrupt leadership and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was up there with the worst of them. Moreover USPS is still not functioning well. @BillPascrell is right.Today I am calling on President Biden to fire the entire Postal Board of Governors for their silence and complicity in trump and dejoy’s attempts to subvert the election and destroy the Post Office.
