Barr blasts Trump's tweets on Stone case: 'Impossible for me to do my job': ABC News Exclusive

[Dennis Donovan]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barr-blasts-trumps-tweets-stone-case-impossible-job/story?id=68963276

The attorney general spoke with ABC News Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas.

By Anne Flaherty

February 13, 2020, 4:00 PM

In an exclusive interview, Attorney General Bill Barr told ABC News on Thursday that President Donald Trump "has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case” but should stop tweeting about the Justice Department because his tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job.”

Barr’s comments are a rare break with a president who the attorney general has aligned himself with and fiercely defended. But it also puts Barr in line with many of Trump’s supporters on Capitol Hill who say they support the president but wish he’d cut back on his tweets.

“I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,” Barr told ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas.

When asked if he was prepared for the consequences of criticizing the president – his boss – Barr said “of course” because his job is to run the Justice Department and make decisions on “what I think is the right thing to do.”

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Oh, just fuck him. WTF is he trying to pull here?

...or, better yet, RESIGN! You won't be missed.

[Iliyah]

1. Liar . . .

[irisblue]

2. I'm not believing Barr here.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. Billy Barr you are a lying stack of shit. You're only pissed he did it in public.

[Raven]

4. In other words, "Donald, just call me, your twits are too public."

[VOX]

5. Trump's Roy Cohn is chafing a bit.

Too goddamn bad, asshole. You hitched your wagon to the Toxic Snowflake, live with it.

[Lindsay]

6. I can hear it now -

Barr in conversation with Trump.

"We both know you're right about everything, Sir, but just to make things look good to the dummies out there, I'm going to say you should cut back on your tweeting a little bit. You know I don't really mean that. Okay, Sir?"

[Sneederbunk]

7. Poor attempt at damage control.

[Rider3]

8. Doing his job?

If he were doing his job, Trump wouldn't be running rough-shod over everything.

[OliverQ]

19. His job is to cover up crimes and to make America a dictatorship.

Trump is making that harder for him since he keeps tweeting out their sinister plans.

[pwb]

9. Right.Trump had someone else tell Barr to do it.

The President did not ask you. He had his goons ask you, and you did.

[hlthe2b]

10. meh... I'd bet $$ he was "pre-approved" by Trump to say this

Sounds like a hatched "solution" they'd come up with to take the heat off Barr from within DOJ and others.

[spanone]

28. Exactly.

[Xipe Totec]

11. Yea, I buy that...

[gratuitous]

12. "Stop the tweeting"

I know how you want me to rig the system already! You put it out there in public like that, well . . . Let's just say a nod is as good as a wink to me, Sir. (Trump really likes it when people call him "Sir." )

[Dennis Donovan]

15. If he were truly nonplussed, he could always resign.

This is some sort of Kabuki theater shit happening. Not quite sure what he's up to yet.

[spanone]

30. That's the first thing an honorable AG would do.

[ooky]

13. Using Trump's tweets to deflect from his real issue.

Prosecutors resigning.

[ChiTownDenny]

33. +1. DING, DING, DING.

They're not resigning because Trump tweets.

[PA Democrat]

14. Yeah Trump! Just let your consigliere do your dirty work

in the shadows.

Bill Barr seems a little sensitive at being exposed for the scumbag he is.

[mfcorey1]

16. Do not believe a word he is saying. He is creating an excuse for his actions in case

he is being disbarred. Liar ! Liar! Liar! Liar!

[MFGsunny]

17. Classic Barr CYA. He may be corrupt or waaaay overboard on Unitary Executive ...

... but he isn't stupid. He might actually care about not being disbarred.
He's looking for plausible deniability.

[EndlessWire]

18. Something going on

Odd time for Barr to publicly criticise the pRes. I'll bet tRump is already looking for Barr's replacement.

Trump is outta control, and Barr seems to be trying to pull him back. But, how does this prevent Barr from doing his job?

Total strangeness.

[EleanorR]

20. Launching the propaganda to try to calm the populace

Impeach him.

[Mike Nelson]

21. I think this is gaslighting...

... Barr is all in... he just needs to throw this out there to protect the Trump gang.

[Dennis Donovan]

22. Me too

This is 💩

[ecstatic]

23. lying, criminal traitor thug. Who is the target audience

for this bullshit? Brain dead republicans like Collins?

[Hassler]

24. More lying from dis-Barr Bill.

[Ms. Toad]

25. Cover is what he's trying to pull here.

Trump admitted interfering (speaking to Geraldo Rivera: “What am I going to do, let a man go to jail for nine years when murderers aren’t going to jail!” he fumed. “You have some of the most serious, horrible rapists and everything else, they don’t go to jail for nine years!”

So Barr is trying to cover his ass by denying it.

[blm]

26. CYA statement. Utter horseshyt.

[empedocles]

27. May be useful at some point.

[Mars and Minerva]

29. Bill Barr.."I am pretending that Trump is making it hard for me to do my job of destroying the DOJ"

What a joke!!!

[nolabear]

31. Hah! Y'all do not disappoint.

I came here when my first thought was “And we’re suddenly supposed to believe this bullshit?”

Riiiiiiiight.

[madamesilverspurs]

32. My late father had a comment for such stuff.

He'd roll his eyes while saying, "Oh, I believe you where THOUSANDS wouldn't." Then he'd lower the boom.


.

[Midnightwalk]

34. The tweets are completely unhelpful

Barr gets his marching orders directly from trump.

The tweets are completely unnecessary.

I suppose barr could argue that any oversight is unnecessary because the tweets make it obvious. Yeah that’s the ticket.

[Nikki28]

35. yeah right

Bar Barr mobster. Noway you will ever gaslight those with brains again. Just resign and go back and take those you paid to work in Trump government with you and retire in a rest home somewhere. Can't stand this man.

[blueinredohio]

36. He's trying yo say stop telling all the crimes I'm committing if you want them done.

[dalton99a]

37. 100% fake drama bullshit. Written, produced and directed by Donald Trump

[helpisontheway]

38. Fake..fake..fake..Barr is a lying @sshole!nt

[C_U_L8R]

39. Barr is feeling the heat.

Clearly he doesn’t want to be disbarred and this whole ‘admission’ is nothing but a cheap diversion. Let the calls to resign resume.

[Dennis Donovan]

40. Greg Sargent calls bullshit

Link to tweet

Greg Sargent ✔@ThePlumLineGS

Oh, please. Bill Barr pretending to be upset by Trump issuing public commands for interference in investigations is just a transparently unconvincing way of denying that he's taking those orders directly from Trump.

Greg Sargent ✔@ThePlumLineGS

This is sobering.

GOP Senators are now claiming there's *no evidence* Trump directly interfered in the DOJ/Roger Stone matter.

So Trump can now *openly* direct Barr to interfere, and Rs can say it never happened, because it didn't happen *secretly.*https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/12/trump-openly-corrupts-doj-former-insider-sounds-alarm/ …

5:40 PM - Feb 13, 2020