William Barr tells people he might quit over Trump tweets

[William Seger]

Source: LA Times

Atty. Gen. William Barr has told people close to him that he’s considering quitting his post after President Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told the Associated Press.

The revelation came days after Barr took a public swipe at the president, saying in a television interview that Trump’s tweets about Justice Department cases and staffers made it “impossible” for him to do his job. The next day, Trump ignored Barr’s request and insisted that he has the “legal right” to intervene in criminal cases and sidestep the Justice Department’s historical independence.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-02-18/ap-source-barr-tells-people-he-might-quit-over-trump-tweets

[apcalc]

1. I call BS on Barr's statement.

[sdfernando]

48. Yep total BS

I was LOLing when I read that!...just a bunch of kabuki theater.

[mahina]

57. I think he's using the news to communicate to Trump's foreign bosses.

Possibly Barr’s are the same.

I wonder what Malcom Nance thinks.

/realize this sounds unusual
//here we are

[apcalc]

59. Interesting point

[turbinetree]

2. Bullshit.................and more bullshit......................

Impeach this asshole...........................

[blueinredohio]

28. Agreed 1000 percent!!!

[lagomorph777]

36. Hilariously non-credible.

Like every fucking thing Barr has ever said.

[Dan]

3. It's too late for Barr to be concerned

About his virginity.

[magicarpet]

8. billy barr has syphilis, gonorrhea, pubic crabs, head lice...

....and recently bed bugs from trDump's place.

billy ain't no virgin,... not by a long shot.

[Drum]

4. Um

[denem]

5. Liar, liar, asshole on fire.

Go subpoena yourself Billy.

[alwaysinasnit]

6. Quite obviously Barr thinks most of us are not very bright.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. So what's holding you back, Bill?

The only problem is that Trump would find someone even worse, if that's imaginable.

[magicarpet]

11. Worse like this,...

He is such a good crime fighter, he was an incredible NY Mayor,... he is trDump's personal Mafia attorney,... our next US Attorney General.

[Midnight Writer]

14. Rudy should need a Pardon for this alone.

[MontanaMama]

9. Barr is no master thespian.

[delisen]

10. Signal that Barr has completed main part of mission

He has never been there to protect Trump the person.

He arrived to protect the Imperial Presidency, the Republican " aristocracy" and the secrets of the. Reagan and Bush administrations.

With those secrets safe and victories they have racked up in three years of Trump he is of little concern to them.

[Scarsdale]

27. Barr got this job by

writing a lengthy letter, praising tRump and declaring that presidents have no limits. Barr thinks presidents (unless they are democratic presidents) are above all laws. tRump liked that, so now he is declaring himself the chief law enforcement officer. Thanks, Billy Low Barr. tRump is correct this time, he IS the chief law enforcement officer, since Barr is not doing his job.

[thinkingagain]

12. I hope the door hits His rear end

On the way out

[lagomorph777]

37. I think that happens every time he walks through a door.

Really can't be helped.

[Midnight Writer]

13. In for a penny, in for a pound. Sorry, Mr. Attorney General. You asked to be on the team.

Even after seeing the first two years and the treatment of Jeff Sessions you said "Hey, I want to get in on this. I want that guys job!"

[yaesu]

15. oooooooh suuuuure he will, didn't he just say at his interview that

"I don't care what people think of me after I'm dead because I'd be dead"

[Hulk]

16. bowl sheet

I don't usually play into conspiracies....but I sure as hell smell one here. All "drama"...distraction. This pudgy tool isn't going anywhere. He has no where to go.

[LaMouffette]

17. We all know the real reason he's considering quitting (if he really is considering it)

is because la merde is really starting to hit the fan now and he realizes he's been busted—big time. The gig is up, and he knows it. More and more people are getting more and more vocal, calling for his resignation and impeachment and even imprisonment. I think he's going to resign and try to pull a Lev-and-Igor maneuver and buy a one-way ticket to some country that no one can extradite him from. Sorry, Bill Barr. You can hide, but you can't run. ('Cause you're fat.)

[William Seger]

18. I think you're right

I think he's just trying to pretend that he has integrity and courage, but if he quits, it's actually because he's afraid of testifying to Congress next month about his rampant malfeasance.

[lagomorph777]

38. If he quits, it's easier to force him to testify.

So he's not quitting.

[sueh]

19. I'll believe it when I see it, Billy-boy.

[lagomorph777]

39. That's hilarious. Barr's not in the legal profession.

He's in the world's oldest profession.

[duforsure]

23. Or Rudy Giuliani

Maybe why he had him start looking into Ukraine , or Deven Nunes. Both loyal toadies with absolutely no morals or ethics.

[Scarsdale]

29. Chris Christie is still

hovering around, hoping for something from tRump He is corrupt enough to fill the vacancy.

[olddad65]

22. He can't quit, unless he is ordered to, he is in way over his head

With the wrong guys. He is as fucked as this nation is.

[truthisfreedom]

24. Too weak to pull up his own urine-soaked pants.

[duforsure]

25. This is more BS from Bill Barr

He's too compromised from everything he's involved in to do this, and its all another act from bill barr. He's no AG for the American people. He's a compromised puppet for trump and putin to use now, with no where to do but down for his crimes, and just a matter of time before barr's looking at consequences . I'd bet he's not sleeping much from worry. He knows whats coming along with rudy , justice, then they'll b pleading for mercy when they get sentenced.

[gademocrat7]

26. Barr needs to be disbarred.

He is a saboteur. The Justice Department is in crisis. The Orange buffoon is interfering in federal criminal cases. Barr does nothing to uphold the laws of this country.

[NurseJackie]

30. No he's not. It's just theater.

[catbyte]

31. ...

[samplegirl]

32. Go do not pass Go

It’s just hype! He’s not going anywhere!

[greenjar_01]

33. Honestly, why are the papers running with this PR job? Literally nobody believes it

It's ridiculous that the Washington Post would publish an obvious public relations stunt. They know it's not fucking true, and all their readers know it's not fucking true.

[OneBlueDotBama]

34. 60's Toronto Band, Gaslight

[marble falls]

35. Welcome to the WWE version of a GOP administration. All we need is Vince McMahon.

[gembaby1]

40. Blah, blah, blah

Sure you will.

[karin_sj]

41. Yeah, right...

Anyone who believes this is either an idiot or complicit.

[keithbvadu2]

42. Next, Donald will bring in Roy Cohn as his AG.

Next, Donald will bring in Roy Cohn as his AG.

Dead, you say?

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[Rebl2]

43. I don't believe it

for a minute

[Bayard]

44. Justice Dept put out a statement last night

Lawrence read it on his show--Barr's not going anywhere.

[dalton99a]

45. .

[left-of-center2012]

46. I got some ocean front property in Arizona

"I got some ocean front property in Arizona
From my front porch you can see the sea
I got some ocean front property in Arizona
If you'll buy that, I'll throw the golden gate in free"

[BlueIdaho]

47. Next up Rudy?

Nah, I think Billy is looking to take the heat off.

[abakan]

49. Just more Kabuki theater

They will keep dragging out this supposed rift between the dipshit and his dog until enough people bite.
It is not real, Barr is just trying slow down his critics by showing a make believe difference with his master.
I don't for a minute believe it and will be totally stunned if he quits.

[RealityChik]

50. DISTRACTION ALERT!

So that Trump can send SWAT teams into sanctuary cities to terrorize psych therapists into surrendering confidential patient records in order to seek out stressed Latinos and deport them and their families.

[samplegirl]

51. Just blowing smoke

He’s not going anywhere!

[Doreen]

52. Typical words from

the lying sack of steaming shit.

[FoxNewsSucks]

53. Barr is a liar.

[wryter2000]

54. Trump's tweets

Are hurting Barr's ability to eff with our federal courts on Trump's behalf. My guess is this is a last-ditch effort to get Trump to stop. Trump will have a hard time finding a replacement to continue Barr's blatantly illegal maneuvers.

My guess is Trump is unable to control his own behavior. The tweets will continue. We'll see if Barr will make good on his threat to quit.

[BlueJac]

55. Bullshit!

Never, he begged for the job!

[Under The Radar]

56. Why not tell trump directly instead of playing the Media like a fiddle?

[mahina]

58. Because the message is for Trump's bosses

Who may also be Barr’s.

Repeating my response above, sorry for the redundancy.

[Under The Radar]

61. Most likely Barr's bosses who are (is) Trump puppet Master(s)

Because Barr certainly is the source of Trumps Power.
Without Barr Trump goes to jail, and that is great leverage for Barr to throw Trumps phone in the toilet whenever he wants.

[mahina]

62. Agreed, potato potahto.

[Paladin]

60. Talk is cheap, Barr.

Why don't you surprise the fuck out of everybody---and fucking quit?

[drmeow]

63. Oh, please do you fucker nt

[EndlessWire]

64. Another thing to consider

We all know that people in his administration don't last all that long. Trump has some psychological need to pick fights that he can win. So, he often fires people after just a short while.

It looks very bad when four prosecutors quit all at once (almost.) It looks bad when 1100 former government attorneys take the time to pen a damning letter against both Trump AND Barr. Now, attorneys are beginning to demand Barr's resignation. They don't like the interference and they don't like a federal judge being negatively tweeted about and pressured. And, I think that Barr setting up a private, direct route for Giuliani to report to Barr himself looks very, very bad, especially when the talk is that Giuliani is in even more trouble.

So, now it seems that Barr isn't just defending Trump, but Barr is having to at least notice that legal professionals are now calling him out to resign. It appears that Trump and Barr are at odds in some way, and I think that all this recent pressure is really troubling Barr. That's not to say that I disagree with those that say that Barr will never quit. He strikes me as a lowly guy who suddenly rose to immense power, and won't give it up.

But, I think that Barr is in jeopardy of being FIRED by Trump, for some perception by the mentally ill Trump that Barr has failed (and also because, you know, it's time to kick one of Trump's friends to the curb.) Barr may be setting up an outside excuse for not being able to do whatever Trump wants him to do, so when he gets fired, it will not look like he did something wrong, but just a result of a nut job in the WH. I think this is a preemptive defensive strike. Especially when the public would like to see Barr impeached by the House. Bet he didn't count on that, ever.