Source: The Intercept
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Ziphuphu ndi ndale za Dipatimenti Yachilungamo pansi pa William Barr tsopano zatha. Zidzatengera mbadwo wina kuti ukhazikitsenso kukhulupirika kwake ndi kudziimira.
Pansi pa Barr, Unduna wa Zachilungamo uli ndi zolinga ziwiri: kupondereza kufufuza kulikonse kwa Purezidenti Trump ndi anzawo, komanso kutsata mwaukali kufufuza kwa omwe amapikisana nawo pandale. Woyimira milandu wamkulu wasintha Dipatimenti Yachilungamo kukhala kampani yazamalamulo yokhala ndi kasitomala m'modzi: a Donald Trump. Barr samabisanso zolinga zake.
M'mwezi wa Meyi, Barr atasuntha kuti achotse milandu yomwe a Michael Flynn, mlangizi wakale wa chitetezo cha dziko la Trump - ngakhale Flynn atavomera kuti adanamiza FBI - Barr adateteza zomwe adachita pamlanduwo ponena kuti "mbiri idalembedwa ndi opambana. โ Uwu ndi mtundu wa mawu omwe angayembekezere kuchokera kwa akuluakulu a boma m'boma la apolisi m'malo mwa wamkulu wazamalamulo ku United States.
Kusuntha kwaposachedwa kwa Barr kuteteza Trump kunabwera kumapeto kwa sabata, pomwe iye athamangitsidwa Geoffrey Berman, loya waku US ku Southern District ku New York. M'modzi mwa oyimira milandu ofunikira kwambiri mdziko muno, Berman wakhala akufufuza mozama za anzawo a Trump. Berman adatsutsa a Michael Cohen, a Trump yemwe anali loya waumwini, ndipo wazenga mlandu anzake awiri a Rudy Giuliani, yemwe ndi loya wina wa a Trump. Berman nayenso anaimba mlandu banki ya boma la Turkey pamlandu womwe pulezidenti wadziko la Turkey adapempha thandizo kwa Trump.
Barr ankaganiza momveka bwino kuti Berman akuyambitsa mavuto ambiri kwa Trump - kotero adaganiza zochotsa Berman ndikuyika Wapampando wa Securities and Exchange Commission Jay Clayton. Bwenzi la gofu la Trump wopanda luso ngati wozenga milandu, paudindowu. Barr anayesa kukankhira Berman kunja Lachisanu usiku, mosakayikira akuganiza kuti dziko lomwe lasokonekera ndi mliri komanso zionetsero sizingazindikire.
Koma Berman anakana kupita mwakachetechete. Adawona mwachangu kusuntha kwa Barr momwe zinalili: kuyesa koyipa kuti aletse kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi a Trump. Berman adalengeza kuti akukana kuchoka, zomwe zidayambitsa kusamvana kwakukulu.
Pamene standoff idapitilira Loweruka, zomwe Barr adachita zidadzetsa mkwiyo pakati pa akatswiri azamalamulo ndi atsogoleri andale. Sen. Mark Warner, wa Virginia Democrat yemwe ali membala wa Senate Intelligence Committee, adapita pamtima pa nkhaniyi mwachidule. "Bill Barr adalembedwa ntchito kuti ateteze Purezidenti," Warner anati.
Pamene kusamvana kunkafika Loweruka, Barr anaphethira. Adachotsa Berman, koma m'malo moyesa kuyika mnzake wa Trump, Clayton, Barr adati wachiwiri kwa Berman, Audrey Strauss, atenga udindo ngati loya waku US. Kusamuka kumeneku kunasangalatsa Berman, yemwe anavomera kuchoka.
Barr mwina adakakamizika kunyengerera atazindikira kuti alibe thandizo la Senate Republican. Atha kuwerenga zisankho zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti thandizo la Trump likugwa, ndipo atsogoleri akuluakulu adawonetsa kuti sakufuna kutsatira zomwe Barr adachita poteteza Trump ku malamulo.
Mawu ofunikira kwambiri adachokera kwa Sen. Lindsey Graham, waku South Carolina Republican komanso wapampando wa Senate Judiciary Committee, yemwe. anati Loweruka kuti atsatira miyambo yakale ya Senate ndikungosuntha kuti atsimikizire loya watsopano waku US kuchigawo chakumwera kwa New York ngati maseneta awiri aku New York avomereza wosankhidwayo. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Graham akupereka veto pa chiwembu cha Barr kwa a Democrats.
Kusuntha kwa Barr kudabwera nthawi yomwe ingakhale nthawi yovuta pakufufuza kokhudzana ndi a Trump komwe ofesi ya Berman yakhala ikuchita.
Mu Okutobala 2019, ozenga mlandu a Berman adaimba mlandu amuna awiri, Lev Parnas ndi Igor Fruman, mu chiwembu chovuta chophwanya malamulo azachuma. Parnas ndi Fruman adathandizira a Trump ndi Giuliani pantchito yawo yayitali yoti akuluakulu aku Ukraine apite kupanga zambiri za phungu wa pulezidenti wa Democratic Joe Biden ndi mwana wake Hunter - chiwembu chomwechi chomwe chidapangitsa Otsutsa a Trumpt. The New York Times inanena chaka chatha kuti ofesi ya Berman ikufufuzanso Giuliani mwiniwake, kuti adziwe ngati adaphwanya malamulo okakamiza boma poyesa kusonkhanitsa dothi ku Biden ku Ukraine.
Mu Januware, Parnas adasweka poyera ndi Giuliani ndi Trump, ndi loya wake adanena The Times kuti anali wokonzeka kugwirizana ndi omwe akutsutsa ku New York akufufuza za Giuliani ndi chiwembu chake cha ku Ukraine. Parnas adalankhula monga momwe milandu yoyimitsira a Trump yokhudzana ndi zomwezi inali mkati. Zikuoneka kuti wakhala akulankhula ndi ozenga milandu ku ofesi ya Berman kuyambira pamenepo, kuwauza zomwe akudziwa zokhudza ziwembu za Giuliani za ku Ukraine zothandizira kusankhanso Trump.
Ngati Giuliani akuimbidwa mlandu wokhudzana ndi chiwembu chotsutsana ndi Biden Ukraine, izi zitha kutsitsimutsanso kutsutsidwa kwa Trump ngati nkhani yayikulu pa kampeni yapurezidenti. Ndipo izi zitha kufotokoza chifukwa chake Barr adasamukira ku Berman tsopano.
Kuyambira pomwe adakhala loya wamkulu wa U.S. chaka chatha, kampeni ya Barr yoteteza a Donald Trump ndikulanga adani ake yamupangitsa kuti azinyoza miyambo ndi miyambo ya Unduna wa Zachilungamo zomwe nthawi zambiri zaletsa kuti isagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chida chotetezera purezidenti. Chosokoneza kwambiri ndi chiyembekezo choti Barr tsopano akupereka mapu amsewu kuti loya wamkulu wamtsogolo achite zomwezo.
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