Barr on Trump: ‘I Don’t Even Know What He Tweets’
Critics of President Donald Trump say he uses his Twitter feed in “ mob-like ways ” to deliver orders to those who work in the Executive Branch. However, Attorney General William Barr says he is not paying attention to…
Critics of President Donald Trump say he uses his Twitter feed in “mob-like ways” to deliver orders to those who work in the Executive Branch.
However, Attorney General William Barr says he is not paying attention to Trump’s comments on Twitter.
“I don’t pay any attention. I don’t even know what he tweets,” Barr said in an interview with The New York Times published on Monday.
That portion of the interview took place days before the Justice Department filed a motion in court to drop its prosecution of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
Barr had previously said Trump’s tweets about the Justice Department and make it “impossible to do my job,” as IJR reported.
When asked about Trump’s tweets about Flynn and if those were the sort of tweets that make his job hard, Barr responded, “I haven’t seen any of his tweets about Flynn, so I’m not sure what he’s saying.”
Barr was shown a tweet from late-April where Trump said, “ doesn’t want to speak about their persecution of General