Posted on 02/13/2020 5:54:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The Trump administration responded to criticisms from Attorney General William Barr on Thursday after Barr told ABC News that the president was making it “impossible” to do his job by constantly tweeting about the Department of Justice.
CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge reported that White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham made the following statement in response to Barr’s criticisms: “The President wasn’t bothered by the comments..he has the right, just like any American citizen, to publicly offer his opinions. #POTUS uses social media very effectively to fight for the American people…(and) has full faith and confidence in AG Barr.”
BREAKING: WH @PressSec “The President wasn’t bothered by the comments..he has the right, just like any American citizen, to publicly offer his opinions. #POTUS uses social media very effectively to fight for the American people…(and) has full faith and confidence in AG Barr.”
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) February 13, 2020
The remarks from the White House came in response to an interview that Barr gave to ABC News on Thursday where he said, “I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases.”
Barr said, “Public statements and tweets made about the department, about our people in the department, our men and women, about cases pending in the department, and about judges before whom we have cases, make it impossible for me to do my job and to assure the courts and the prosecutors in the department that we’re doing our work with integrity.”
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““Public statements and tweets made about the department, about our people in the department, our men and women, about cases pending in the department, and about judges before whom we have cases, make it impossible for me to do my job...”
Either a resignation is coming or Trump will stop tweeting. I wonder which one it will be.
For the propaganda organs, Barr just went from being a vile lackey of Trump to a beloved maverick patriot, ala Pierre Delecto.
Optics for the liberals.
Why is Trump tweeting about the DOJ a mortal sin, but the Rats threatening to impeach the AG if he goes against their desires perfectly fine?
Barr is on his way out. Every President expresses "full faith and confidence" in the person they're about to get rid of.
Very good point.
O, my gosh. I'm out.
The dreaded “Vote of Confidence.”
Trump is going to have a much better 2nd term, getting rid of these Establishment types. Barr hasn’t done anything to clean of the DOJ
Problem is Barr, the DOJ is very, very corrupt as is the FBI
Sticks and stones will break Barr’s bones but tweets will never hurt him.
We learned that in school.
Memo to Barr: Nip it. Nip- it in the bud.
This. The tail should not be wagging the dog.
Don’t stop tweeting, Mr. President. If you did not, most of the injustice would never have seen the light of day...
Exactly right.
Because the doj has worked with such integrity in the past pre PresidentTrump and before all the tweets about the multi tiered legal system they run at the DOJ. I hope this these two are punking the deep state otherwise it seems like Barr is acting like a big baby which seems out of character
“who believe this was a coordinated effort between Trump and Barr”
Exactly where I am. AG Barr does not come out saying things randomly on the national media. This has to be part of a strategy.
Don’t worry. Be happy.
Yup, he declined to prosecute Comey when the Inspector General sent the referral to him. Now I am hearing this garbage about Barr & Trump playing 4 D chess, just like Trump played 4 D chess with Sessions for the longest time. Some people never learn.
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