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Joe Conason: Bill Barr Ordered the Little Rock FBI Office to ‘Concoct’ a Criminal Investigation of the Clintons By Oct. 16th
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AM Joy

Name: AM Joy

URL: http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy

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Joy Ann Reid

Name: Joy Ann Reid

Employment: MSNBC

Position: National Correspondent

, Joe Conason

Name: Joe Conason

Employment: The National Memo

Position: Founder & Editor-in-Chief

, Barbara McQuade

Name: Barbara McQuade

Employment: University of Michigan Law School

Position: Professor of Law

, Elliot Williams

Name: Elliot Williams

Employment: The Raben Group

Position: Principal

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New York, N.Y.

Name: New York, N.Y.

URL: http://nyc.gov

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>> Well and speaking of ░░░░░░░░ speaking of the fact ░░░░░░░░ he did the job ░░░░░░░░ long time ago when ░░░░░░░░ were quiet different Rachel ░░░░░░░░ our wonderful colleague here ░░░░░░░░ MSNBC did a really ░░░░░░░░ piece this past week ░░░░░░░░ about his involvement in ░░░░░░░░ Iran contra scandal and ░░░░░░░░ involvement in engineering the ░░░░░░░░ that essentially shut down ░░░░░░░░ scandal before George Herbert ░░░░░░░░ bush s own conduct ░░░░░░░░ potential involvement could be ░░░░░░░░ You unveiled another aspect ░░░░░░░░ his former conduct Something ░░░░░░░░ he did even before ░░░░░░░░ Talk about that just ░░░░░░░░ little because this is ░░░░░░░░ the 1992 presidential election ░░░░░░░░ did Barr do In ░░░░░░░░ joy a partisan employ ░░░░░░░░ the resolution trust corporation ░░░░░░░░ oversaw the dissolution of ░░░░░░░░ savings and loans concocted ░░░░░░░░ was called a criminal ░░░░░░░░ about bill and Hillary ░░░░░░░░ in order to influence ░░░░░░░░ 1992 elections and pestered ░░░░░░░░ U S Little Rock ░░░░░░░░ about this for a ░░░░░░░░ She became very notorious ░░░░░░░░ name was Jeanne Lewis ░░░░░░░░ this found its way ░░░░░░░░ Washington The FBI and ░░░░░░░░ U S Attorney in ░░░░░░░░ Rock thought this was ░░░░░░░░ which it was This ░░░░░░░░ an early version of ░░░░░░░░ water But it found ░░░░░░░░ way to Washington and ░░░░░░░░ the desk of William ░░░░░░░░ And Barr in October ░░░░░░░░ weeks before the election ░░░░░░░░ s before the election ░░░░░░░░ the Little Rock FBI ░░░░░░░░ to create a basically ░░░░░░░░ concoct a criminal investigation ░░░░░░░░ the Clintons by October ░░░░░░░░ This enraged the U ░░░░░░░░ Attorney there a very ░░░░░░░░ Republican named Chuck banks ░░░░░░░░ sent a letter to ░░░░░░░░ FBI saying I won ░░░░░░░░ participate in this I ░░░░░░░░ t have anything to ░░░░░░░░ with this This is ░░░░░░░░ violation of the northeast ░░░░░░░░ principles of the Justice ░░░░░░░░ And if anybody from ░░░░░░░░ press asks me about ░░░░░░░░ which inevitably will happen ░░░░░░░░ you do this I ░░░░░░░░ send them to the ░░░░░░░░ general William Barr because ░░░░░░░░ is coming out of ░░░░░░░░ office This information was ░░░░░░░░ your first book This ░░░░░░░░ in The hunting of ░░░░░░░░ president That s correct ░░░░░░░░ is information that in ░░░░░░░░ should be asked about ░░░░░░░░ goes to his partisanship ░░░░░░░░ I would think somebody ░░░░░░░░ the Senate Judiciary Committee ░░░░░░░░ ask him whether given ░░░░░░░░ past record of partisan ░░░░░░░░ as attorney general which ░░░░░░░░ supposedly very squeaky queen ░░░░░░░░ was not would he ░░░░░░░░ the same thing is ░░░░░░░░ same basically partisan hack ░░░░░░░░ he showed himself to ░░░░░░░░ in 1992 Because all ░░░░░░░░ this information is on ░░░░░░░░ public record This is ░░░░░░░░ the reports of the ░░░░░░░░ white water committee The ░░░░░░░░ from Chuck banks is ░░░░░░░░ that report That s ░░░░░░░░ we found it for ░░░░░░░░ book This is these ░░░░░░░░ questions that ought to ░░░░░░░░ asked For all I ░░░░░░░░ there is videotape of ░░░░░░░░ of the testimony of ░░░░░░░░ officials who are involved ░░░░░░░░ this who testified before ░░░░░░░░ white water committee But ░░░░░░░░ it s all on ░░░░░░░░ public record And I ░░░░░░░░ the timeline there Of ░░░░░░░░ he was involved in ░░░░░░░░ the Iran contra probe ░░░░░░░░ months before that I ░░░░░░░░ that too He s ░░░░░░░░ in that and then ░░░░░░░░ turns around and sort ░░░░░░░░ foments an election just ░░░░░░░░ the election of George ░░░░░░░░ Walker bush s successor ░░░░░░░░ tried to do that ░░░░░░░░ luckily the professionals in ░░░░░░░░ FBI and in the ░░░░░░░░ S Attorney s office ░░░░░░░░ Little Rock but the ░░░░░░░░ on it They stopped ░░░░░░░░ But not because he ░░░░░░░░ t try Not because ░░░░░░░░ Well hopefully this will ░░░░░░░░ asked about at those ░░░░░░░░ Joe conason thank you ░░░░░░░░ much.
>> Thank you.
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