Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

McConnell, top Republicans support Barr's remarks on Trump tweets. Critics are suspicious.
greenwichtime.com ^ | 2/14/20 | Fred Barbash and Allyson Chiu

Posted on 02/14/2020 8:46:18 AM PST by a little elbow grease

WASHINGTON - There were two views Thursday night on Attorney General William Barr's complaints about President Donald Trump's tweets targeting the Justice Department and they couldn't have been more distinct: Supporters of the Trump administration took Barr at face value and praised him. Critics thought he was faking it.

"The attorney general says it's getting in the way of doing his job," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News anchor Bret Baier. "Maybe the president should listen to the attorney general."

"Barr doesn't care where it takes him," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said to Fox's Sean Hannity. "He just looks for justice."

Barr's detractors didn't think the attorney general was looking for justice. Rather, many thought he objected to Trump's tweets because they expose the administration's true motives.

"I have no doubt that when the president tweets, he is causing problems for the Attorney General," Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., who served as a manager in Trump's impeachment proceedings, said in a tweet late Thursday.

"But he's not making it harder for Barr to do the right thing, he's making it harder for him to get away with doing the wrong thing."

On CNN, Demings also speculated that Barr and Trump were "in cahoots."


(Excerpt) Read more at greenwichtime.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barr; mcconnell; stone; tweets
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-36 last
To: faithhopecharity

Trump has the final power - he can pardon the people who have been wronged.

The sooner this is wrapped up, the sooner Trump can pardon them. And yeah, liberal heads will explode, but isn’t that part of the fun?

So, Trump needs to allow his people to do their jobs... Barr’s a good man. He needs space? Sure, let’s give him that... We have other fish to fry. Lots of things for our President to do, look at, change, appoint, deregulate, protect and/or drain...


21 posted on 02/14/2020 9:49:49 AM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: a little elbow grease

The article left out a third view held by many, including Lou Dobbs (and myself):

Barr is either deep state are is not capable (or unwilling) to fix the mess at DOJ.

A few facts (not in any particular order):
1)Barr started his career at the CIA,
2)was part of the Bush Administration,
3) close to Kelly,
4) has not begun to clean house at DOJ,
5) has not accomplished anything meaningful in prosecuting crimes committed by the left (all the way from Hillary, to sanctuary cities for illegal immigration, to out of control prosecutors, to voting irregularities, to antifa),
6) Epstein (yes, ultimately he was responsible for allowing his apparent assassination, either by design or incompetency),
7) organized attorneys to defend the FBI in the Ruby Ridge debacle,
8) has taken no action to stop the defacing of our national monuments,
9) Barr works for the President, and should be doing everything possible in his aid, not the other way around,
10) Bottom line, he is either incapable or unwilling to manage DOJ, and prosecute crimes committed by the left.
Some of us have lost patience, just like we did with Sessions.


22 posted on 02/14/2020 9:53:08 AM PST by Swirl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Swirl

add one more:

11) Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media disclosure, McCabe’s legal team said Friday.

The decision resolves a criminal investigation that spanned more than a year and began with a referral from the Justice Department’s inspector general, which said McCabe repeatedly lied about having authorized a subordinate to share information with a newspaper reporter for a 2016 article about an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3816516/posts


23 posted on 02/14/2020 10:04:50 AM PST by Swirl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Colo9250
Maybe a few low level scalps as an "offering" plus Comey, sorry, needed to add that.

Comey is looking like the designated fall guy who will probably squeal like a pig, however, the former director would be signing his death warrant if he did. Take the medicine and do a long prison sentence.
24 posted on 02/14/2020 10:12:26 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: faithhopecharity
"I support PDJT not tweeting about criminal cases in trial"

I'll offer a different perspective.

Instead of saying that Trump is making it impossible to do his job, Barr could have said, "Since the Constitution states that he [the President] shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States,, I shall leave it to the President to decide how to exercise that awesome authority."

25 posted on 02/14/2020 10:58:27 AM PST by William Tell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: a little elbow grease

What has he done? He needs a swift kick on his backside.


26 posted on 02/14/2020 11:14:41 AM PST by mulligan (n bbnnEeThe)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Swirl
"organized attorneys to defend the FBI in the Ruby Ridge debacle"

___________

Your whole summation is telling, but that one really sucks.

27 posted on 02/14/2020 11:59:51 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child
"In order to protect everyone both legally and politically, both President Trump and AG Barr are best served if they can maintain a posture where they can always truthfully state -- both now and at any time in the future -- that they have had no conversations about active DOJ cases."

_______

Oh yes. I completely forgot that angle.

(Lucky I'm out here in a greenhouse with only plants and soil.)

;-)

28 posted on 02/14/2020 12:05:01 PM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: a little elbow grease
But, I have no idea how D.C. works.

Wut? DC works?

29 posted on 02/14/2020 12:06:03 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Trump forced the Democrats to attend a Medal of Freedom ceremony for Rush Limbaugh.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: mulligan
What has he done? He needs a swift kick on his backside.

______________

The consensus here is with your sentiment. I'm beginning to agree.

30 posted on 02/14/2020 12:07:10 PM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: faithhopecharity

i support PDJT not tweeting about criminal cases in trial ...
********
A lawyerly thing to say, but it plays into the hands of those who are trying to stir-up up a fight between Trump and Barr. Anyway, Trump can tweet all he wants by pardoning Stone.


31 posted on 02/14/2020 1:12:01 PM PST by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: faithhopecharity
i support PDJT not tweeting about criminal cases in trial

In Roger Stone's case, the trial is over. This is the sentencing phase and the suggested sentence by the lawfare prosecutors was extremely disproportionate.

The President can comment on the case without influencing the outcome. It is the enemedia that blows everything out of proportion and takes everything out of context.

32 posted on 02/14/2020 1:54:10 PM PST by ELS
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Lurkinanloomin
Thinking he would clean house was wishful thinking as evidenced by the dearth of housecleaning at the DOJ and FBIAS.

Thanks for correcting the turd polishers, older and wiser Freepers have said he would do nothing from the start well unless you count prosecuting Stone.

33 posted on 02/14/2020 4:57:20 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: rollo tomasi
Republicans should start separating business from personnel relationships, they are public servants, not a country club.
34 posted on 02/14/2020 4:58:59 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: a little elbow grease

Trump is going to be Trump. If he never tweeted during the election, he would have lost. Barr has to just deal with it. It is part of Trump for better or worse, usually better and sometimes much worse. It is a big net positive. Barr and everyone else is stuck with it. Tough.


35 posted on 02/16/2020 11:03:37 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: a little elbow grease

They all talk too effing much

People talk too much don’t really want to fight

Why comment ever supporting media narrative ..


36 posted on 02/16/2020 11:04:48 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-36 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson