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There's a big difference between a "lay person" publicly commenting on DOJ cases and a political figure with legal authority over the DOJ publicly commenting on them. I'm kind of surprised you don't see the difference.

I think Barr should be commended for his restraint here. If he was really looking to send a message to President Trump, he could have just said: "I wish the President would just get off everyone's ass about this case. He can pardon Roger Stone tomorrow, and within 30 minutes I would sign all the paperwork to shut his case down. But for some reason Mr. Trump just wants to complain about other people instead of doing sh!t himself to fix the problems he seems to be having."

Donald Trump is not a politician. He's a man who has no experience in politics. He's had to deal with corrupt politicians, corrupt media, and corrupt government workers trying to take him down for well over three years. The President may have "legal authority," but doesn't claim that in any of his Tweets. His comments are on current news stories, not how Barr should perform his job. Barr seems to be worried more about how he's perceived by everyone else, than he is about what the President says on Twitter. If anyone sounds like a baby, it's Barr who is crying that his job is hard enough without the President commenting on the news of the day.

I'm sure that the President's legal advisors are giving him far better advice than anyone here on FR could offer. It's possible they're telling him it would be better to wait until Stone's trial is over, or after his reelection before he contemplates any pardon...especially in light of what this country has gone through with the Mueller investigation, and impeachment. Democrats are still in power in the House, and are looking for anything to investigate. Now they're looking into how much the Secret Service pays for staying at Trump resorts. They failed in their emoluments case, and are now looking elsewhere.

None of us know whether Barr went to President Trump first before he went whining to the liberal media. If he didn't, then why respect a person who does that?