Update: This story was more of WaPo’s fake news. AG Barr has no intention of resigning. His spokesperson Kerri Kupec tweeted out the news.
Addressing Beltway rumors: The Attorney General has no plans to resign.
— KerriKupecDOJ (@KerriKupecDOJ) February 19, 2020
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Attorney General Bill Barr told people close to him that he’s considering stepping down over President Trump’s tweets., multiple reports said Tuesday, days after Barr admitted that Trump’s tweeting made it “impossible for me to do my job.”
Barr said in an interview with ABC News last week that Trump’s tweets and statements on the Justice Department’s work were making his job impossible. But Trump backed his attorney general in comments on Tuesday.
“I have total confidence in my attorney general,” he told reporters before departing Washington for California. “I think he’s doing an excellent job. He’s a strong guy.”
Trump conceded, however, that he was making Barr’s job more difficult.
“I do make his job harder,” Trump said. “I do agree with that. I think that’s true.”
Barr was at the White House Tuesday for a previously scheduled lunch with White House counsel Pat Cipollone, according to a Justice Department official and a source familiar with the matter.
The Washington Post was first to report that Barr considered resigning.
The DOJ has not responded yet so we don’t know what is true and what is not true.
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Why is it that no one points out the criticism and accusations that Barr has endured during his entire tenure, way before the Stone issues. The media is sowing these seeds of discord in another attempt to portray the administration as in a stat of disarray. They must discredit Barr before he prosecutes the conspirators in the Russian hoax and other areas.
Considering the Barr / Rosenstein relationship this revelation doesn’t speak well to Barr’s involvement in cleaning up the DOJ.
https://twitter.com/JudicialWatch/status/1229910968689397760
It’s apparent to people such as you who are paying attention. Barr’s actions, inactions, words, connections and history are consistent.
Be careful. You may be sent to…. The Village.
Trump’s tweet was entirely accurate, Barr’s inaction in the Stone case was entirely irresponsible.
I hope for Barr to quit. We need someone to serve the nation, not appear on ABC to whine.
Simple answer if it is political in the Washington Post there is little or no truth involved, they are well known for their far left reporting and living in the DNC’s pocket.
But the DOJ has been an equally unreliable source, do they not work together?
Could it be that Barr took a lesson from Rosenstein and the 25th Amendment story. It was much later that we found out the total truth and it was worse than originally thought.
That could be. Barr’s behavior on TV was outrageous, as if he joined the resistance.