The Right-Cheek Ass Clown for February, 2020

Yes, it's that time again ... a new month and a vast army of ass clowns clamoring for attention. But this time, there's absolutely no competition - the runaway choice for

The Right Cheek Ass Clown for February, 2020

is the second award* for the most well-qualified individual in ages,

United States Attorney General

William Barr

Attorney General Barr has set new standards for the politicization of the Justice Department and for slavish devotion to Der Furor. Consider:

After a hectoring tweetstorm from Der Furor, Barr's Justice Department reversed its sentencing recommendation in the case of Der Furor's friend and confidant Roger Stone - a blatant kowtow to political pressure that resulted in all four federal prosecutors who worked on the case removing themselves, and one of them quitting the Justice Department altogether. Der Furor reacted to this move by tweeting his praise of Barr for "taking charge" of the case, but piously denied having intervened in the case himself.

Barr also recently announced that he would be the sole decision maker on federal investigations of presidential candidates. While this might be viewed as a useful filter to ensure that investigations are justified, Barr's record as a devoted follower of Der Furor leads to obvious conclusions about which campaigns will be okayed for investigation ... hint: Der Furor needn't worry. 

And he also announced that the Justice Department was establishing an "intake process" for the receipt of political dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his family gathered and submitted by Der Furor's lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

There are many terrifying aspects to the administration of Der Furor, whose default setting seems to be "automatic autocratic"**, but the shameless perversion of the Department of Justice is probably the worst. That craven Republican members of Congress simply salute and fall in line with it is every bit as horrifying.

In a fairly transparent attempt to protect his image and control the damage, Barr told a reporter in an ABC News interview on Thursday that he wants Der Furor to "stop tweeting" and that his comments make it "impossible" to do his job as the head of federal law enforcement. Barr also maintained that
Der Furor has never asked him to intervene in a criminal case (blatant imagery to the contrary), but piously intoned that Der Furor's comments surrounding the recommended sentence for convicted felon Roger Stone have damaged the image of the Justice Department, which is supposed to be completely impartial in the administration of justice. Barr also gravely noted that “I’m not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody ... whether it’s Congress, a newspaper editorial board, or the president.”

Methinks the tool doth protest too much.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the Right-Cheek Ass Clown for February is Attorney General William Barr - a man who has become one of the best reasons to vote to flush the pipes in November.

Have a good day and a great weekend, and be sure you're registered to vote. More thoughts tomorrow, on Cartoon Saturday.

Bilbo

* Read the first award here.

** Thanks to CNN's Chris Cuomo for this expression.