The Barr
Con
One day the owner of a local pawn shop entered his favorite bar and
ordered a drink. He was really happy
because he made what he believed was a whopper of a sale. Some guy had come into his shop needing some fast
money. He offered in exchange his
grandmother’s diamond necklace, worth at least $250,000, along with a certificate
of authenticity. The pawn shop owner
paid him the $2500 he was asking for and he was on his way. He still had the necklace and the letter in
his hand to prove it.
At this point a couple of other people at the bar came over to him. One was a bank manager, who said he loaned
that same man $25,000 last week, and he had used that same necklace as
collateral. He even produced the same
certificate of authenticity to vouch for its value. He had it on him because he was talking to the
other man, who was an insurance adjuster.
The adjustor was upset because his company signed a million-dollar policy
on that necklace the previous week, and he had a copy of that same letter on
him because that same man just filed a claim that day saying the necklace was
stolen. The bartender then pulled out
his copy of that same document, saying he was asked to set of a bar tab for
that man just a few days ago. Another
man came up to the group and said he was a jeweler and he asked to look at the diamond
on the necklace.
“Gentlemen,” he said after a minute.
“You’ve all been had. This diamond
is a fake.”
In the world of confidence
players, the certificate of authenticity that was used in this hypothetical
story would be known as a “telling
document”. It’s used to advance the
con and give the illusion of authenticity.
Counterfeit collectables like baseball cards or bobbleheads or action
figures can come with a supposed “certificate” to validate their supposed “value”. It’s easy to do. Anyone with a computer and a printer can make
one.
Well, my friends, we just witnessed a con game from the Department of
Justice.
Robert Mueller, former director of the FBI and now special council,
released his report on the investigation of possible criminal activities
concerning Narcissist President Donald Trump and his associates and family
members on March 22nd. Within
days, newly-sworn Attorney General William Barr released a
supposed “summary letter” to Congress, proclaiming that Narcissist Trump
was, in effect, clear of any wrongdoing.
Narcissist Trump, of course, proclaimed himself that he is “vindicated”.
The media, in the greatest betrayals of their own responsibilities, further
spread the lie that this “vindication” came from Mueller’s report, which it
didn’t. The Associated Press, ABC, CBS,
NBC, they all claimed that Mueller’s report clears Narcissist Trump, when in
fact they were quoting Barr’s letter.
That’s called misrepresentation, folks.
Also known as fraud.
But now we are finding out that Barr’s letter really wasn’t telling the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about Mueller’s report. Members
of Mueller’s own staff are reportedly speaking out against the Barr letter,
saying the yet-to-be-released-if-ever report is far more damning on Narcissist
Trump. They even claim that Mueller had
presented his own summaries that were designed for public release that the
Attorney General then decided to reject so he could submit his own version. Barr
himself has now said that his “summary” was not really a comprehensive conclusion
of the nearly-400-page document, even though that is what he sold it as just
two weeks ago. Barr has said he will
make the “full” report available... but only after he does some redacting.
Of course it does not help that Barr’s “summary letter” looks
a lot like the work he published just months before he became Attorney
General. It certainly does not appear
that the Attorney General is an honest broker in this matter. In fact, one may even speculate that this is
precisely the reason why Narcissist Trump tapped Barr to be the new Attorney General. He needed a new “fixer”.
But, of course, we don’t know what the report says. Most of us will never know. The only people who do know as of this column’s
posting are Mueller, his staff, and AG Barr and maybe his staff who are busy
with the black Sharpie redaction markers.
It will take a literal act of Congress for more people to know what it really
says.
Let’s get brutally honest here... Attorney General Barr just staged a con
on the American people, and a good percentage of us bought it like the suckers
we are!
Barr’s summary letter is nothing more than just another telling document
to spread the con that his boss is somehow innocent of the things he may or may
not be guilty of. It’s the con man using
a fake letter to pass off a fake diamond as something it is not.
Of course Mueller’s report – if we ever get to see it – will not proclaim
Narcissist Trump or his people to be guilty of anything. That’s not Mueller’s job. That has never been Mueller’s job, any more
than it was the job of Kenneth Starr to proclaim President Bill Clinton guilty
of anything twenty years ago. The
special prosecutor or special council is there to collect information and
evidence and present that for possible charges.
Not being indicted does not mean that you are innocent, any more than being
indicted means that you are guilty. That’s
basic civics. You would think that
people would learn that in school.
To quote comedian
Bill Maher: “the pregnancy test came back negative, but
that doesn’t mean you’re a virgin.”
No, the task of actually charging Narcissist Trump goes to Congress...
and with a House of Representatives that has to bring up and pass articles of
impeachment. Something that House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi has
already said – and
has a documented history of saying – that she won’t bring up. And for the rest of Narcissist Trump’s gang,
charging them with possible crimes is the job of the same Attorney General who
was seemingly brought in to prevent.
By the way, it goes without saying that if the Mueller report really did exonerate
Narcissist Trump as he and his cohorts are claiming, then the GOP and AG Barr
and all the rest would not be trying to keep it a secret. They wouldn’t be trying
to prevent its release if it truly cleared their boss. They’d be racing each other trying to get it
to the public, unredacted, just like they did with
the Starr Report twenty years ago in all of its sickening stained detail.
So once again, it looks like this commentator will
be right on the mark about what will happen with Narcissist Trump. Even if the Mueller report is released unredacted
– which will not happen – it will be up to Congress to do their part. And they won’t. And a redacted report made public will not
solve anything. There will always be a
question of whether or not the Attorney General further committed the crime of
obstructing justice because of his documented personal belief that his boss is
beyond accountability that negates any pretense of impartiality and objectivity.
When Narcissist Trump proclaims that we are in a “rigged system”, he’s
not saying it as a complaint. He’s telegraphing. We really are in a rigged system, with biased
people in positions of power further rigging the game so that a narcissist
confidence man can get away with screwing over the nation.
Enjoy your fake diamond, America.
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