Some Democratic Senators Aren’t Buying Barr’s Criticism of Trump
Attorney General William Barr offered a rare criticism of President Donald Trump this week during an interview with ABC News in which he said that Trump’s tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job.” Barr also said…
Attorney General William Barr offered a rare criticism of President Donald Trump this week during an interview with ABC News in which he said that Trump’s tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job.”
Barr also said in the interview, “I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases.”
Trump previously weighed in on a Department of Justice (DOJ) case against his former aide Roger Stone, calling it a “horrible and very unfair situation” after prosecutors recommended up to nine years for Stone.
The White House did not seem upset with Barr as White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement, “The President wasn’t bothered by the comments at all, and he has the right, just like any American citizen, to publicly offer his opinions.”
But some Democratic senators aren’t buying Barr’s criticism of the president.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in a CNN interview, “What the attorney general is really saying is, ‘I know what President Trump wants, I’m going to do exactly what Trump wants, I just wish he wouldn’t tweet about it, because it is so embarrassing.'”