This is a short diary because I really just want to pose this question and hope that someone will respond to help me understand what I think is such an important issue.
For the past almost three years now, individuals in Trump's administration have been breaking laws, policies and norms with absolutely no negative consequences. The checks and balances in our system are supposed to not just say that's bad, but do something about it, right? Aren't there codified restrictions and penalties somewhere in the annals of administrative or Congressional practice and policy? For example, I believe I'm correct in stating that to refuse to honor a subpoena, you can be dragged off to jail or find each day you refused to comply.
So are there no similar consequences for when someone steps well beyond the limits of his or her position? Barr lied about the Mueller report, but nothing but a very muted "bad, bad boy" kind of response came out of Congress. had there been a full-throated response, wouldn't that have informed the people better than what the media just chose to discuss about it, would seem to be very little?
And now not only is he flirting around the world trying to dig up dirt, but he's also opened an inquiry that may very well be an abuse of power. The origins of the Russian investigation? again, please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Russian investigation begin with Republicans paying for Fusion GPS's investigation into Trump? Wasn't John McCain who brought that material forward to Congress?
Please, please someone tell me why this isn't being repeated over and over and over and over again out there? Who the heck is in charge of the DNC messaging? don't you think that the obvious response to what bar is doing now is to bring up the history of the Steele Dossier and Republicans relationship to it?
Again, I really just want to understand why what seems obvious to me seems impossible to the powers-that-be!