(No this is not a reference to the physique of the Attorney General)
For those of you that do not remember, the “Battle of the Bulge” refers to a last stand offensive by Hitler in December of 1944 in the Ardennes. By that point in the war the Allies were pushing the Germans back and had momentum in prosecuting the war. Hitler massed his forces and made one last great offensive push to split Allied lines. The attempt was not ultimately successful, but it was initially successful and resulted in tremendous Allied casualties before finally being beaten back.
Bill Barr has weaponized the DOJ…and my gut tells me that as the walls of impeachment close in on Trumpism, there will almost certainly be a last ditch scorched earth type of counter offensive on the rule of law led ironically enough by our own Attorney General. Barr has made no secret of flying around the globe attempting to find any kind of conspiracy theory half-baked evidence that could serve to discredit the foundations of the Mueller investigation. That “Investigation” is going to be used to launch a counter offensive against Democrats and indeed anyone that insists on the apparently crazy idea that the President is not above the law.
We already know that Trump’s best defense is a ruthless offense. His conduct in the Ukraine affair (as in SO many other things) is literally indefensible. That is why he has not even attempted to mount any defense other than to complain long and loud about how unfair it is to expect him to obey the rule of law. That tactic, however, is not working, and I have very little doubt that his next move will be to sow further confusion and fear by mounting a last ditch offensive attack on the very foundations of our law enforcement system.
I fully expect Barr to drop a boatload of accusations and even criminal charges about “Improper conduct” at the FBI and DOJ regarding the Mueller investigation and quite possibly the US court system itself, since those agencies pursued and approved the FISA warrants that led to information used by Mueller. Those charges will be AMPLIFIED endlessly by Fox and the Trump propaganda machine with the general fuzzy logic that “Those guys always hated Trump and cheated to try to get him. That Mueller effort was a total fake and so is this Ukraine Witch Hunt”. The charges may well end up being dropped before any kind of trial, but that is not the point. The end game they are playing is to provide sufficient distracting bullshit noise for cowardly Republican Senators to hide behind when it comes time to defend the rule of law and vote to impeach during the Senate trial.
Logic and reason inform us that even if the absurd accusations about the origins of the Mueller report were true, that they are utterly irrelevant to the current Ukraine scandal for which he is facing impeachment. However, the last 3 years have taught us that logic and reason count for very little to Proven Liar Donald Trump or his enabling base. Trump correctly surmises that as long as his base can somehow claim “Victimhood” that somehow that de-legitimizes any questioning of his rightful place as King of the United States. (Don’t laugh..that is not an exaggeration. )
I don’t pretend to know what to do about this, but I am telling you…I can see this coming.