NOW he tells us? William Barr: "It was all bullshit."

[kpete]

“My attitude was: It was put-up or shut-up time. If there was evidence of fraud, I had no motive to suppress it. But my suspicion all the way along was that there was nothing there. It was all bullshit.”

— Former Attorney General William Barr, quoted by The Atlantic, on former President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

With Barr admitting he thought the ex-president's claims were "bullshit," he also revealed that Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) implored him to get it through to Trump that there was no fraud and that he needed to drop it.

According to the report, McConnell knew that Trump's claims that the election was rigged would impact the Republicans' ability to hang onto Georgia's two Senate seats -- which they subsequently lost.

According to Karl's report, McConnell told Barr, "Look, we need the president in Georgia, and so we cannot be frontally attacking him right now. But you're in a better position to inject some reality into this situation. You are really the only one who can do it."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/06/william-barrs-trump-administration-attorney-general/619298/

[spanone]

1. History will rate him at the bottom of the barrel of AG's

[malaise]

7. Way below any

BAR

[spanone]

9. Bwahahahaa

[Mr. Evil]

23. He will be that moldy,

perpetually damp ooze that resides under the barrel.

[spanone]

41. 👍🏼

[empedocles]

2. Better late than never

[niyad]

3. Trying to rehabilitate his reputation?

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Barr's version of bothsiderism.

Shoveling shit for Trump, and now that it's over he's saying, That man was cray.

Congratulations, Barr. Your entire life has been about setting up a Monarch/Dictator in America, protecting them from the oversight even allowed by our Constitution, and now you find out that you were combing the public hairs of a madman.

[OnDoutside]

5. We must believe AG Barr.

No, we don't. Fuck you and rot in whatever hell is out there. Despicable lying asswipe.

[Scrivener7]

6. But don't miss the side fact: this is the third toady this week to disavow tfg. That's a good sign.

[tinrobot]

19. Exactly. I was surprised Pence turned. The dam is leaking.

TFG is definitely not gaining support.

[Scrivener7]

29. The NYT didn't say anything about the numbers at last nights cracker jamboree, but they said

the numbers of his supporters are dwindling, and people were leaving all through his speech.

Or it might have been the W Post.

[tinrobot]

31. Perhaps the orange walrus is jumping the shark

He's just not getting the ratings anymore.

[Scrivener7]

33. I've thought he must have jumped a million times over these last 6 years, and it hasn't happened.

I really hope he has, and I am watching for signs, but I'll believe it when I see it.

[MustLoveBeagles]

43. Really?

Pence turned? I didn't think that would happen. I thought that while he wouldn't defend him publicly he wouldn't say anything against him either.

[sir pball]

34. There's definite wavering going on over at Free Republic

I have a very strong stomach, so I skim them a couple times a day to keep my opposition intel up to date - nobody is outright sour on him, but there's a clear and growing tone that maybe, just maybe, he can't always produce everything he promises.

Of course, they're chalking it up to the Eeeeevil Satanic Child Eaters wearing Him (yes, some of them capitalize) down, or His realizing that he's not getting any younger and He would be better off as an elder statesman, or He thought government was more like business but it turns out He can't just fire people at will, or or or....but loyalty is no longer absolutely unquestionable, the first tiny cracks of doubt have appeared...

[Scrivener7]

35. Thank you for your bravery. This is good to hear.

[bottomofthehill]

8. Good, bring him to the select committee and let him say it out loud

To all of us

[KentuckyWoman]

10. I don't believe Barr. At all. On anything.

If Barr stood under a blue sky right in front of me and said the sky is blue I'd have to look up to confirm.

Barr is full of it and will say anything he thinks is expedient in the moment.

[Chainfire]

36. When a liar retracts

You have to ask yourself was he lying then or is he lying now. Barr not be rehabilitated. Once a liar, cheat and fraud, always a liar cheat and fraud.

[Paladin]

11. Better get busy, Barr. You've got a huge ass to cover.

Thanks for the spectacle.

[Lovie777]

12. Watch for a talking point from the GOP's . . . .

hint: USA Constitution.

Read two so far: General Milley and former VP Pence.

[agingdem]

13. so now it's Barr who saved us from the worst of Trump

and he did this by enabling and giving cover to a depraved, delusional sociopath..."allowing" him to decimate the constitution, make putrid every government department and agency, vengefully destroy lives and reputations of career government officials replacing them with know-nothing loyal suck-ups, validate nazis and racists, tear families apart, cage babies, ban muslims, diminish and disappear the Mueller Report, ignore congressional subpoenas, lie to congress...and only when he personally would take a hit, threaten to resign...and he was the good guy, am I right??...and so now Barr's Wash the Trump Stink Off Tour begins...we were there, you craven asshole zealot...we were there!

[Biophilic]

16. Yes, exactly. We were there! Do they think the rest of us are as dumb as their base?

We were there and we remember.

[MyOwnPeace]

22. Remember...........

THIS is the man that buried the Mueller Report....

[agingdem]

37. and he had help...

Rosenstein was more than willing to curb Mueller's reach and to stand behind Barr as Barr spouted his abridged version of "nothing to see here, folks...Trump is innocent" Mueller Report...Barr is not a victim..he's a catalyst and the worst kind of enabler..

[MyOwnPeace]

38. Oh, yes!!!!!!

Where as Kenneth Starr had unlimited access and permission to investigate ANYTHING and EVERYTHING related to Bill Clinton, from high school dates, Arkansas campaigns for governor, etc., these TRUMP stooges did everything they could to handcuff Mueller - and it is sad that Mueller allowed them to do it.....
NO HONOR in any of them.

[tanyev]

14. Injecting reality into Donald Trump is just as effective as injecting disinfectant for Covid.

[oldsoftie]

15. It was certainly Trump who lost the GOP Senate

He & his idiot minions convinced thousands & thousands of GOP voters to stay home for the runoff, because "its rigged anyway".
So then the MAGAs are pissed about the Senate, they should be pissed at who is really responsible for it; TRUMP

[Politicub]

17. Barr is garbage. Opportunistic garbage.

He saw the writing on the wall about Trump losing the election and went into survivor mode. Everyone affiliated with Trump is a grifter in some way. There is no honor among thieves.

[stopdiggin]

18. The implicit message here is that Barr was

thoroughly partisan - and perceived by everyone as such - even while serving as AG. When people (McConnell) are going to the AG of the U.S. - openly asking for favors to the benefit of "our side" - there can be little doubt of the partisan capture (and lasting damage) to the Dept.

Barr was a partisan hack hand picked to replace another partisan hack that turned out to have a smidgen too much respect for Justice and democratic norms. He can never be rehabilitated because he was not only party to but also instrumental and purposeful in the degradation of his office.

[NCjack]

20. Bill Barr wears the badge of Trump's Enabler. AG Merrick must pin it on him.

[SergeStorms]

21. That one, single quote....

should be inscribed in his tombstone. "IT WAS ALL BULLSHIT."

That's all Barr's entire career added up to. Bullshit.

[MyOwnPeace]

24. Serge.........

AGAIN you come up with a GOOD ONE!!!!!

I can see people walking past the grave site JUST to see the tombstone!

[lastlib]

25. Make him say it under oath......

...so we can lock his ass away for perjury.

[FakeNoose]

26. I'll believe him (maybe)

... after he's convicted and sitting in prison. Until then, he has no reason to tell us the truth.

[Pinback]

27. "I'm trying to understand the meaning of the word 'bullshit.'"

[moose65]

28. Geez

Reminds me of Meryl Streep's line in "Death Becomes Her," right after she drank the potion to live forever:

"NOW a warning?!?!?!"

[lindysalsagal]

30. I'm all for this mcTurtle/asshat war-by-proxy. If Barr is the toadie, great.

There seems to be an endless supply of idiots, haters and wanna-be's who will take on the powers that be for this mongrel. As Miranda wrote: "Even my dog speaks more eloquently, but the mange is the same."

[turbinetree]

32. They should have hats that say yes its true we are full of Bullshit....JFC

[Xoan]

39. I'll admit it ...

Bill Barr is a cowardly lying POS.

[UTUSN]

40. K&R

[spanone]

42. 'it's STILL bullshit'

[Cha]

44. No shite Sherlock.. we knew.