**Breaking** Trump wanted Barr to hold news conference saying he broke no laws in call w Ukrainian

[hlthe2b]

Trump wanted Barr to hold news conference saying the president broke no laws in call with Ukrainian leader

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-wanted-barr-to-hold-news-conference-saying-the-president-broke-no-laws-in-call-with-ukrainian-leader/2019/11/06/16d541ec-ff55-11e9-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html

President Trump wanted Attorney General William P. Barr to hold a news conference declaring the commander in chief had broken no laws during a phone call in which he pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate a political rival, though Barr ultimately declined to do so, people familiar with the matter said.

The request from Trump traveled from the president, to other White House officials, and eventually to the Justice Department. The president has mentioned Barr’s declination to associates in recent weeks, saying he wished Barr would have held the news conference, Trump advisers say.

In recent weeks, the Justice Department has sought some distance from the White House, particularly on matters relating to the burgeoning controversy over Trump’s dealings on Ukraine and the impeachment inquiry they sparked.

People close to the administration say Barr and Trump remain on good terms. A senior administration official said Trump praised the attorney general publicly and privately Wednesday, and White House spokesman Hogan Gidely said, “The President has nothing but respect for AG Barr and greatly appreciates the work he’s done on behalf of the country — and no amount of shady sources with clear intent to divide, smear, and slander will change that.”

[democratisphere]

1. The base will eat it up and the rest of US will add it to the liar's count.

[NewJeffCT]

19. The media will eat it up as well

most of them will cover it non stop for a week and it will be mission accomplished before the story starts falling apart

[democratisphere]

20. The MSM sure ain't helping the cause for truth.

THEY are hoping this sh'tshow goes on forever.

[drray23]

2. I guess he figured if it worked for the Mueller report

Why not try it again for Ukraine? The sad thing is that given how dumb a significant part of America is, it probably would have worked.

[dewsgirl]

6. With him trotting across the globe trying to cook whatever

conspiracy theories he can, he has burned up what little credibility he may have once had. People fell for his crap with the Mueller report, because we weren't prepared. Now we are onto him.

[madaboutharry]

3. Another day, more abuse of power.

Seeking to use the DOJ for his own personal need to lie some more was even too much for Barr. This is the problem: Trump has a criminal mind.

[uponit7771]

4. Didn't Red Don want UKR prez to work through Barr? Of course Barr wants to run away from Red Don...

... cause Barr doesn't want to go to jail.

Red Don is a walking diarrhea hose

[malaise]

5. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Looks like this was too below the bar for even the Barr

[yellowcanine]

7. Barr is not stupid. He is keeping his powder dry. He will not let Trump drag him behind the bus.

That doesn't mean he won't try to polish the turd with some fake investigation reports, etc. But he is going to be careful as a lawyer can be about walking up to the line of illegality but not crossing it.

[EleanorR]

8. Instead Barr will release some bullshit report, probably over thanksgiving while congress is out

He's as dirty as they come.

Justice Department officials are trying to release in the coming weeks a potentially explosive inspector general report about the FBI’s investigation into President Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to multiple people familiar with the effort.

One person involved in the discussions said the target date for the report’s release has been Nov. 20, but another indicated that the Justice Department is unlikely to deliver it by then and that it is more likely to come after Thanksgiving because of the complicated and contentious mix of legal, classification and political issues at play.

The report’s findings will mark a major public test of Attorney General William P. Barr’s credibility, given his past suggestions of significant problems with the investigative decisions made by former FBI leaders involved in the case.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-dept-trying-to-finish-report-on-russia-probe-before-thanksgiving/2019/11/05/b28e5b78-0018-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html

[hlthe2b]

9. Yes. I only hope the intelligence community (US and overseas) is acting to block a BS report

[EleanorR]

14. Who knows what sort of arm twisting Barr has been doing overseas, as well as at home

And of course we know he's not above simply lying through his teeth like he did about the Mueller Report. But I hope you're right, and some effort is being made to impede whatever it is he has planned.

[Grasswire2]

12. ugh nt

[dflprincess]

10. I'm surprised Barr didn't do it.

I wonder if he's being haunted by John Mitchell and realizing that, yes, AGs can go to prison.

[UniteFightBack]

11. Well ain't this some shit. nt

[BKDem]

13. There's a line Barr won't cross?

I’m shocked, and Roy Cohn must be riling over in his shallow grave.

[Doreen]

15. OMG!!!

I heard Maddow right. The asshole told the asshole no!!

[EleanorR]

16. Ryan Goodman adds a caveat to the story

Link to tweet

No "thing of value".

[yaesu]

17. That news was leaked out earlier today as Barr planned on coming out with a statement

supporting tRump, maybe tRump leaked it thinking Barr would be do it.

[Kaiserguy]

18. Whatever Barr comes up with

will be nothing but 100% BS

[Roland99]

21. Odds of his recusal?

I think I have better odds becoming the first man to walk on Mars.

[OnDoutside]

22. What are the odds that this is a leaked CYA story from Barr's minions ?

[hlthe2b]

23. very high IMO... n/t

[Johonny]

24. What Barr has to say doesn't matter to Congress anymore. Impeachment is their baby

sorry Don the Con