You shouldn't admit in public that you don't know how the Swamp works, nwrep.
20 years on Free Republic, and you didn't learn a thing.
Only how to parrot your IPhone. 
Posted on 06/20/2023 8:51:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former Attorney General Bill Barr says he’d be willing to testify against former President Donald Trump in the ongoing case related to Trump’s handling of classified documents as president.
Trump is accused of mishandling an array of classified documents, including documents classified as “top secret,” the highest level of classification. Trump has dismissed the investigation, led by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice, as “partisan” and a “witch hunt.”
Now Barr, who has already been critical of his former boss, said he’d be willing to testify against Trump if asked by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the federal action against Trump.
“If they called me in as a witness, of course I would testify,” Barr said during a June 18 appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” adding that he doesn’t expect to be called in for any such testimony.
Barr, a former Trump ally who served as his attorney general, has increasingly sought to distance himself from Trump since the end of the 2020 election. The former attorney general now says he’s “adamantly against” another Trump presidency.
Barr rejected Trump’s claims that widespread voter fraud had tainted the election result in several key swing states, as he testified to the now-defunct House Select Committee on Jan. 6. Barr has said that Trump was “responsible in the broad sense” for the Capitol breach.
Barr also rejected Trump’s position during his appearance on CBS, criticizing his former commander in chief of having brought it on himself.
“This is this is not a circumstance where [Trump is] the victim or this was government overreach,” Barr said. “He provoked this whole problem himself. Yes, he’s been the victim of unfair witch hunts in the past, but that doesn’t obviate the fact that he’s also a fundamentally flawed person who engages in reckless conduct.
“And that leads to calamitous situations like this, which are very disruptive and hurt any political causes he’s associated with.
“This was a case entirely of his own making,” Barr added.
Barr said that Trump had “no legal right” to the documents, and applauded the government for its efforts to get the documents back “quietly and with respect,” which Barr said was “essential” to the case.
Trump has argued that his conduct was protected under the Presidential Records Act, a bill governing presidential management of documents taken from the White House upon leaving office. However, rather than the Presidential Records Act, Special Counsel Smith is seeking charges under the Espionage Act; World War 1 legislation that has been substantially amended and expanded over the years.
Barr argued against Trump’s position that the president outlined on CBS.
“The legal theory by which he gets to take battle plans and sensitive national security information, as his personal papers is absurd,” Barr said.
“The whole purpose of the statute … was to stop presidents from taking official documents out of the White House—it was passed after Watergate. … It restricted what a President can take,” Barr said, citing the law’s standard of “purely private” papers, meaning papers “that had nothing to do with the deliberations of government policy.
“Obviously, these documents are not purely private,” he said. “They’re not even arguing that it’s purely private. What they’re saying is the President just has sweeping discretion to say they are [purely private] even though they squarely don’t fall within the definition. It’s an absurd argument.”
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Mic drop. “I hired the best people”.
freeper kiryandil says he’d be willing to never vote for a greasy piece of Repukelicking dogsqueeze ever again - after voting for the backstabbing sellouts for 30 some years.
Where’s the bagpipes?
He may as well have put a “Will work for Deep State” placard around his neck.
Another phenomenal pick by Trump. At least here he has to deal with the consequences.
You shouldn't admit in public that you don't know how the Swamp works, nwrep.
20 years on Free Republic, and you didn't learn a thing.
Only how to parrot your IPhone.
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Rand Paul was on TV today, and he said they believe Fauci is still working for the Govt.
Same with Barr.
You know Barr could care less about the Law because he skirted it and now champions protecting the nine Biden’s - and Hillary, and her entire staff.
Barr is like Jussie Smollett lecturing on how cities are overrun with Fake Crimes.
Hey Bill. The statute you are talking about, the PRA, is civil! Open up your big fat mouth and say that.
Please Bill, a flat tire in rural Virginia some day. Please. The Walmart stinking public will get you right on your way. To the bottom of a ravine most likely.
In his latest interview, Trump said he gave Barr the choice, so Barr resigned.
Best people RINO's? Best people traitors? Best people corruptocrats?
Mic drop.
Misconstrued open ended statement
are not the fault of the speaker.
/fortune cookie
If you want to know someone give them power for a short time and see how they handle it.
Then you can expose them for what they are if they're corrupt.
Abraham Lincoln, a lecture by Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899
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Barr’s words are pure fantasy.
He’s pretending the prevailing ruling doesn’t exist.
Clinton had, among other things recordings with World Leaders, some discussing tense military operations.
That’s not “purely Private” - yet a Judge ruled that he can decide, destroy, declassify - at will.
Barr is clearly disregarding the Prevailing Ruling that was not appealed.
No one challenges him on his lies, by design.
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“I did not know him until recently when I went through the process of looking at people and he was my first choice from day one, respected by Republicans and respected by Democrats.” Donald Trump 12/07/2018
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You think that looks more damaging to Trump or to BARR?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
So you believe Trump actually fired Barr, after reading that tweet? I think it’s pretty clear Trump is lying with his only very recent claims he fired Barr. He didn’t fire Wray either, and Barr did much more for Trump than Wray did.
Actually, Barr has been somewhat fair to Trump. He got Trump out of the Mueller fiasco, He has long said Trump was unfairly targeted, including his testimony in Congress that Trump was “spied” on. He”s called the Bragg case in NY a complete joke. Just like he’s called Trump’s claims the Presidential Records Act protects Trump a complete joke.
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