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Former AG William Barr Skeptical of Trump Declassification Claim; Trump Responds
Epoch Times ^ | 09/03/2022 | Zachary Steiber

Posted on 09/03/2022 10:30:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

The claim by former President Donald Trump that he declassified the documents with classified markings found at Mar-a-Lago was challenged Sept. 2 as “highly improbable” by former Attorney General William Barr.

“I can’t think of a legitimate reason why they could be taken out of the government, away from the government, if they’re classified,” who was attorney general during the Trump and George H.W. Bush administrations, said during an appearance on Fox News.

“I frankly am skeptical of this claim that ‘I declassified everything,’ because, frankly, I think it’s highly improbable and second, if in fact, he stood over scores of boxes not really knowing what was in them, and said ‘I hereby declassify everything in here,’ that would be such an abuse, and show such recklessness that it’s almost worse than taking the documents.”

Trump publicly ordered in October 2020 the “total declassification” of “any and all documents” related to the U.S. investigation into alleged Russia-Trump collusion, as well as all documents related to the use of a private email server by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

However, then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said in a sworn declaration filed in court shortly after that the order did not “require the declassification or release of any particular documents” and that Trump delegated the declassification to Barr, whose department ran the shoddy Russia-Trump investigation. The Department of Justice also said it was told as much by the White House. Trump recently pointed to a Jan. 19, 2021, memorandum he issued declassifying other documents.

Other former Trump administration officials, such as Kash Patel, now an EpochTV host, have said that Trump declassified a number of documents, supporting Trump’s claim.

Trump Responds

Barr was known as a staunch Trump defender after becoming attorney general in 2019 but towards the end of the administration, he publicly diverged from Trump on a number of issues, including alleged election fraud.

In a statement on his Truth Social network after Barr’s comments, Trump said that the former attorney general is a Republican in name only, or a RINO, “who was so afraid of being Impeached that he became a captive to the Radical Left Democrats.”

“Barr never fought the way he should have for Election Integrity, and so much else. He started off OK as A.G., but faded fast—Didn’t have courage or stamina. People like that will never Make America Great Again!” Trump added.

Trump also said that Barr acted too slowly on the report from former special counsel Robert Mueller, which found no coordination or cooperation between Trump or his campaign and Russia, and knocked Barr for not releasing the laptop computer once owned by Hunter Biden before the 2020 election.

“The Laptop information should have been released BEFORE the Rigged Election, not after it, for the VOTERS TO SEE,” Trump said.

Barr has defended not making public the existence of a federal investigation into Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, before the election, saying that it would have affected the outcome.

On the Raid

On Fox, Barr also said the raid appeared to be justified, after reviewing the search warrant and other documents that have been made public.

“People say this was unprecedented, but it’s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club,” Barr said. “How long is the government going to try to get that back?”

According to the unredacted portions of the search warrant affidavit, authored by an FBI agent, Trump’s team handed over documents in June after agreeing to the transfer of others months earlier. After the June transfer, a Trump lawyer was said to have signed a sworn declaration stating that Mar-a-Lago was searched thoroughly for any other materials with classified markings.

The government came to believe Mar-a-Lago still housed other such documents, though, leading to the request for a warrant, which was executed on Aug. 8 after being approved by U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart.

“The facts are starting to show that they were being jerked around,” Barr said. “And so, how long do they wait?”



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barrf; billbarr; coupaccomplice; creepstate; declassification; deepstate; policestate; raid; singlepartystate; trump; williambarr
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1 posted on 09/03/2022 10:30:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I think Barr has some sort of “Vested Interest” in making sure Trump is never elected president again and that level of interest is rather substantial.
He’s over doing the Concern Trolling, even by RINO standards.


2 posted on 09/03/2022 10:36:38 PM PDT by lee martell ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

Barr is a human Turd


3 posted on 09/03/2022 10:37:06 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

bargain bin bill still trying to sell books


4 posted on 09/03/2022 10:38:20 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: SeekAndFind

It was reported in the news in 2019 and 2020 that trump declassified these documents. Trump announced it on televised news


5 posted on 09/03/2022 10:38:34 PM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: SeekAndFind

Barr talks about Bureaucrats being ‘jerked around’! What a crock of crap! They ‘jerked around’ a duly elected POTUS for his entire admin and tried to frame him! These people are criminals and should be serving time! Bill Barr is corrupt and should be charged as well!


6 posted on 09/03/2022 10:40:23 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: SeekAndFind

Barr’s dad was OSS /CIA. He wrote a “fiction” novel about child molestation called “Space Relations”. He gave Epstein his first teaching job despite no teaching credentials. Then Barr was CIA and FBI. He wrote the rules at Ruby Ridge that any adult carrying a gun could be shot on sight. He is in favor of assault rifle bans.

He’s trash and was placed there by McConnell after Sessions to monitor Trump.

Total Bushie intel community trash.


7 posted on 09/03/2022 10:49:48 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: SeekAndFind

Up your big govt ass, Bill.


8 posted on 09/03/2022 11:25:39 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: SeekAndFind
“I can’t think of a legitimate reason why they could be taken out of the government, away from the government, if they’re classified,”

Maybe they were declassified.

“I frankly am skeptical of this claim that ‘I declassified everything,’ because, frankly, I think it’s highly improbable and second, if in fact, he stood over scores of boxes not really knowing what was in them, and said ‘I hereby declassify everything in here,’ that would be such an abuse, and show such recklessness that it’s almost worse than taking the documents.”

Because you don't believe it does not mean it is not true. As for the other sentence, your opinion is your opinion only. It does not make it an abuse. You were fired for cause and deserved it.

9 posted on 09/03/2022 11:47:30 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: SeekAndFind

Barr to Gitmo,
Roberts to ADX Florence supermax
and HerrrDoktor FauxiMengeleGates to a gurney at TerreHaute.


10 posted on 09/03/2022 11:50:15 PM PDT by A strike (LGBFJRoberts)
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To: SeekAndFind

Barr could have been a “contender” but ended up a coward over the Hunter Biden computer contents.

Who did he think he was, a Comey clone?


11 posted on 09/04/2022 12:10:11 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: A strike; All

None of this is ever going to happen. Washington still thinks the imprisonment of Albert Bacon Fall was a BAD THING, At most their careers will be ended and Barr won’t be considered to be a Federal Appeals Court judge.

This happened in Texas about 1970, The ‘highly respected’ state insurance commissioner was caught in the middle of big multi=layer corruption scandle in his department. He was clever enough to keep his hands technically clean through a number of cut outs. However, his career was over and he had been seen as a future senior state and then federal judge. There was much booo-hooing over this ‘fine man’s’ great ‘legacy’ being tarnished. Barr being good and tarnished so he will always have an mental asterisk after his name is as good as it gets.


12 posted on 09/04/2022 12:26:07 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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Re: "Barr was placed there by McConnell (after AG Sessions) to monitor Trump."

That's a relief.

For a moment there, I thought you were going to claim that Trump nominated Barr and Sessions!

13 posted on 09/04/2022 12:26:25 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: lee martell

Barr is a Bush family CIA operative from way back.


14 posted on 09/04/2022 12:54:07 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: rdcbn1

There’s a link to it in the article as well.


15 posted on 09/04/2022 1:49:43 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: SeekAndFind

Barr helped cover up the election steal. It was his FBI that covered up the Hunter Biden laptop story. He had the gall to go on Fox back in March (only after the story was proven to be true) and admit there was a conspiracy with the Bidens, Big Tech and the media and that this had an impact on the election.

If he knew this, what did he do about it? NOTHING.


16 posted on 09/04/2022 2:00:53 AM PDT by gattaca
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To: lee martell

I was thinking the same thing. This more than just oppositional commentary due to dislike of Pres. Trump or even stupidity. It’s intentional use (and he has to know otherwise he is stupid and reckless) of the (probably willing) news organizations to spread untruths designed to obscure the truth and defame Pres. Trump. I know people who believe everything he says because he is a “conservative” AG. In my mind, he is worse than the Dems. An evil man. I guess he learned how to treat people at his father’s knee—maybe the Jeffery Epstein thing is why he’s trying shive Trump.


17 posted on 09/04/2022 2:08:08 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: SeekAndFind

Barr’s criticism of Trump and praise for the FBI, like Hillary and Susan Rice’s “the video caused the Benghazi 9/11,” is so stupid and disingenuous that it will never be forgotten.

It sounds like Barr is angling to get his own show where “big money” will pay him to say anti-Trump / pro-globalist bullcrap.


18 posted on 09/04/2022 2:10:38 AM PDT by Prolixus (In all seriousness:)
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To: SeekAndFind

When they file similar charges against Hillary and 0bama then maybe I’ll listen. Until then, it’s just partisan hackery


19 posted on 09/04/2022 2:25:09 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: SeekAndFind
President Trump reads the "Snake Poem" at his rally in North Carolina
20 posted on 09/04/2022 2:33:27 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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