Former Attorney General William Barr Says Trump Is Toast If Even Half The Indictment Is True
Former Attorney General William Barr said that if even half of what is in the DOJ’s indictment is true, Trump is toast.
Former Attorney General William Barr said that if even half of what is in the DOJ’s indictment is true, Trump is toast.
When one starts to put two and two together, it starts to sound like this kind of “anti-socialist” ideology is the problem, trying to fool Americans into being afraid of real political and economic democracy.
Trump’s former attorney general William Barr sat down with the 1/6 Committee to answer questions.
We must recognize the authoritarian threat directly and clearly, and highlight the continuities between Putin’s anti-LGBTQ politics and those in Republican America.
Now, that it is time to sell books former Attorney General Willliam Barr said that he told Trump that his big lie is BS.
By the end of Donald Trump’s term, all of the people considered to be the “adults in the room” had quit. John Kelly, Rex Tillerson and James Mattis were all long gone. William Barr became Attorney General because of his loyalty to Donald Trump. He had practically auditioned for the role by writing an pro-Trump…
Former Attorney General William Barr has denounced President Donald Trump after rioters, spurred by the president’s incendiary language and baseless claims of election fraud, stormed Capitol Hill yesterday in a bid to overturn the election results. In a statement to The Associated Press, Barr said Trump’s conduct amounts to a “betrayal of his office and…
Donald Trump and his administration are on an execution spree, rushing to expedite as many state-sponsored murders of federal prisoners as they can before his term ends on January 20. Between last December 10 and the end of his term, Trump has scheduled five executions, bringing his total since last July to 13. Since Trump…
Being a Republican in this day and age requires complete fealty to Donald Trump. To maintain the president and his supporter’s backing, one must fully aid in all of Trump’s fights no matter how ridiculous. And to not back Trump is to immediately be attacked. Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch drew the…
On Monday, Attorney General William Barr announced that he will be stepping down from his position shortly before Christmas. His replacement will be Jeff Rosen, who is currently serving as Barr’s number 2. Rosen, of course, won’t be holding his position for very long. Joe Biden will be taking over as President on January 20th…
Ironically, Fox News made the most impactful media call of the presidential race when they called Arizona for Joe Biden on election night. This thwarted Donald Trump’s hopes of falsely claiming victory on election night. And while it has been a long couple of weeks, it seems that all of the network’s stars are willing…
According to a source within the Justice Department who did not go on the record, President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr had a “contentious” meeting after the president summoned Barr to the White House following the Justice Department’s announcement that it did not find evidence to support the president’s claims that the 2020…
For much of the year, polling showed Donald Trump trailing Joe Biden. It may have taken a while, but Biden has won the election and it’s not particularly close. As votes slowly trickle in, it looks like the former Vice President will prevail by more than 7 million votes. Trump was expected to lose, but…
For months now, the Trump administration has known that it was going to have a hard time winning the election. While it was closer than Democrats hoped, Joe Biden prevailed by a significant margin. The Republicans had multiple contingency plans in place following Biden’s win. There have been lawsuits filed in a number of states….
There are some at Fox News that think it is time for Donald Trump to move on and accept that he has lost the election. This was clear today when Neil Cavuto shut off Kayleigh McEnany’s press conference after she made baseless accusations of voter fraud. That does not mean, however, that all the hosts…
Last Monday the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear a case brought by Kim Davis, a former country clerk who, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case legalizing same-sex marriage, who refused to issue certificates for such marriages because of her religious objections to…
Hundreds of attorneys and judges have signed an open letter offering support to any Trump administration officials opposed to “political misuse” of the Department of Justice. “We, the undersigned, are attorneys from across the political spectrum and across the country. We write to express support for Department of Justice (“DOJ”) professionals who may face difficult…
Attorney General William Barr has removed a long-standing prohibition against the DOJ interfering in elections.
The legal team for journalist E. Jean Carroll, who last year accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s, has moved to block the Justice Department’s attempt to intervene and replace the President’s private lawyers. “There is not a single person in the United States — not the President and not anyone…
Walking down Main Street, couples, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, cannot be legally denied the right to hold hands, share a hug, or kiss–if Main Street is part of the public square, that is. Move Main Street onto private property, in our America that as a general rule gives precedence to property rights…
A 19th-century German philosopher once asserted that the educators must be educated, the point being what was passing for knowledge and learning in the world seemed, based on the state of the world and its lack of universal well-being, perhaps more than arguably was not serving us well. If we were to stop and reflect…
Attorney General William Barr said in a statement that New York City, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon are jurisdictions “permitting violence and destruction of property” and are subject to funding cuts per an executive order from President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of cities “permitting anarchy.” The news release cites the decision by New York…
The United States has had over 6 million COVID-19 cases. The death count from those cases is nearing 200,000 and the country is regularly seeing over 1,000 deaths a day. Americans have also been waiting on a decision about expanded unemployment benefits since the end of July. Since Republicans in the House seemingly have nothing…
Criticism of William Barr has rumbled on this week and the latest voice to join the chorus of condemnation was Claire McCaskill, the former senator from Missouri. McCaskill, a Democrat, spoke to MSNBC on Friday about how the Attorney General isn’t focusing on the Russian threat to the November election, as FBI Director Chris Wray…
James Clyburn has slammed William Barr for contrasting Coronavirus lockdown measures to slavery. The third most senior Democrat in the House is the latest person to join growing criticism of the Attorney General. Congressman Clyburn, who is the House Majority Whip, spoke to CNN on Thursday about Barr’s remarks. The AG had said lockdowns were…
Mark Meadows responded to William Barr’s criticism of Coronavirus lockdowns on Thursday by hinting that hyperbolic comparisons are inappropriate. The White House chief of staff spoke to a gaggle of reporters and was asked about the Attorney General’s remarks. Barr has caused some outrage by contrasting COVID-19 measures with slavery. “Other than slavery, which was…
Ted Lieu joined the criticism of William Barr, weighing in on the Attorney General’s remarks about the FBI. Barr is already facing backlash over comments about sedition . The Democratic congressman responded to Barr’s characterization of FBI agents within the chain of command, suggesting that they gain their legitimacy from the Attorney General. “Dear Bill…
The Mayor of Seattle has hit out at William Barr following reports that he considered charging her for allowing protesters to create an autonomous zone in the city. Reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday claimed that the Attorney General suggested bringing sedition charges against arrested protesters. Mayor Jenny Durkan responded to Barr…
The Attorney General of the United States, William Barr, compared lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.
Donald Trump knew who William Barr was before he appointed him to be his Attorney General. Writing an op-ed in the Washington Post, Barr clearly signaled to Trump that he was more than willing to do his dirty work. Since then, Barr has repeatedly acted in the President’s best interest and has made not attempt…
Vice President Joe Biden called out Attorney General William Barr for lying about Russia not being the biggest threat to the election.
Writing in a Washington Post op-ed, former FBI director James Comey says President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr have “damaged” the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), leaving a “legacy of damage to a vital American institution.” “Trump’s presidency represents a continuing frontal assault on the truth — on the very idea that ‘truth’…
President Donald Trump attacked Christopher Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during an interview he gave earlier this morning on Fox Business. “We know that the FBI lied to the Senate in February of 2018. Christopher Wray was running the FBI. Mr. President, is Christopher Wray hiding all of this stuff…
When the Democrats took back the House in 2018, they promised that they would hold the Trump administration accountable for their actions. This promise was on full display on Tuesday when the House Judiciary Committee called William Barr to testify. The Attorney General spent much of his time squirming. He was rude and combative and…
William Barr makes a lot of controversial decisions, but he is not frequently challenged on them. The Attorney General, like others in the Trump administration, tends to appear mostly on friendly news channels like Fox News. That changed on Tuesday when Barr was called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. The Attorney General faced…
Barr admitted that he discusses Trump’s reelection campaign with the president, and wouldn’t say if he discussed with Trump the invasion of US cities.
Jerry Nadler accused William Barr of being a threat to the United States on Tuesday as the Attorney General was set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Nadler, chairman of the committee and a Democrat, excoriated Barr for protecting President Donald Trump and undermining the rule of law in the nation. “Your tenure has…
William Barr has branded protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death “extreme” as protests continue throughout the country and federal agents teargas civilians. The Attorney General won almost instant scorn for his remarks on Thursday, including from one conservative critic opposed to President Donald Trump. He did acknowledge the tragedy of Floyd’s death, however….
Four former presidents of the D.C. Bar Association have called for the body to investigate Attorney General William Barr. They accuse him of unethical behavior and violating his oath to uphold the Constitution. In a lengthy complaint published on Wednesday, the signatories point to Barr’s actions on the Special Counsel’s Russia probe, the clearing of…
Attorney General William Barr is claiming that he recommended against clemency for Roger Stone and the DOJ had nothing to do with it.
In closed-door House Judiciary Committee testimony, Geoffrey Berman is laying out how Attorney General Barr pressed and pushed him out of the SDNY.
According to a memo obtained by The Washington Post, Attorney General William Barr has created a task force to take on “anti-government extremists” who have “engaged in indefensible acts of violence designed to undermine public order,” a response to “the violence that has sometimes marked nationwide protests against police brutality and racism.” “Among other lawless…
Attorney General William Barr was pressed for evidence to back up his claims of potential mail-in ballot fraud and he had nothing.
William Barr is trying to illegally overturn a judicial appointment and oust the US Attorney who is investigating Rudy Giuliani.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) announced that two whistleblowers would be testifying against William Barr.
The Justice Department has issued a report showing no link to Antifa, an organization that doesn’t exist, at protests following the killing of George Floyd. After NPR reviewed court documents for 51 individuals who are facing federal charges related to the demonstrations, they found none with any connections to the Antifa––or antifascist––movement. Of those 51…
Attorney General William Barr confirmed that Donald Trump went to the White House bunker to hide from protesters.
Joe Biden wouldn’t pardon Donald Trump for any crimes relating to his presidency. The presumptive Democratic nominee has dismissed the idea out of hand. The former Vice President spoke to NBC News on Thursday. Asked about pardoning Trump in the same way former President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, Biden was firm a “no”. Biden…
Despite Trump’s best efforts to assume privilege from laws and icky peasant illnesses like COVID-19, the pesky features of democracy penetrate his walls. In two days, three people within Trump’s inner circle tested positive for COVID-19. News broke late Friday night that his daughter Ivanka’s personal assistant tested positive. Also testing positive is Trump’s valet,…
Nancy Pelosi has accused the Department of Justice of covering up for President Donald Trump. She was responding to the decision to drop the case against Michael Flynn. The Speaker of the House issued a statement criticizing the DOJ’s move on Flynn. The retired Lieutenant General had plead guilty to lying to the FBI in…
Attorney General William Barr is threatening governors who keep stay at home orders in place with legal action if they don’t open their economies.
House Intelligence and Judiciary Committee Chairmen Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler have requested an Inspector General investigation into William Barr.
Attorney General William Barr criticized measures taken to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, calling them “draconian” and recommending they should be reevaluated by May. In an interview with Fox News, Barr said the United States should ascertain whether measures being “adopted are fully justified, and there are not alternative ways of protecting people”…
Attorney General William Barr has ordered the DOJ to investigate scammers who are taking advantage of people during the coronavirus epidemic.
Trump has asked Attorney General William Barr to launch a Department of Justice investigation into the media’s coronavirus coverage.
Arguing to center LGBTQ people in contemporary discussions about, and activism for, civil rights, certainly risks igniting an inflammatory comparative oppressions debate about which groups are most marginalized and under assault in U.S. society. Racism is alive and well in America. Voter suppression efforts, particularly against African Americans, are just the tip of the iceberg…
1,100 former federal prosecutors and DOJ officials, both Republicans and Democrats, have come together to call on Attorney General William Barr to resign.
Barr issued some fake criticism of Trump’s tweets, which was designed to deceive the American people while he engages in corrupt activities.
Attorney General William Barr will testify before the House Judiciary Committee and Democrats are more than ready for him.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has requested an IG investigation into Donald Trump and William Barr’s abuse of power at the DOJ.
A new report confirms that William Barr is acting as Trump’s personal attorney as he has taken over all DOJ legal matters that Trump is interested in.
All four of the prosecutors on Roger Stone’s case have quit or asked to be removed, in a move the highlights the corruption of Trump and Barr.
Two of the federal prosecutors who prosecuted Roger Stone after resigned after Donald Trump and William Barr intervened and changed Stone’s sentencing recommendation.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Trump and Barr interfering in Roger Stone’s sentencing is a clear abuse of power.
Attorney General William Barr ran off the stage after one question when asked about his process for investigating Giuliani’s Ukraine dirt.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that a process had been set up where Rudy Giuliani gives his Biden conspiracy dirt directly to Attorney General Barr.
In his State of the Union Address, Trump took a swipe at what he called “failing government schools.” Most of us use the term “public school” or talk about “public education,” as we refer to institutions set up by, for, and of the people. Trump, of course, is talking about public schools, but his choice…
The Ukraine plot did encompass virtually every top person in the Trump administration as William Barr was caught meeting with Rudy Giuliani.
Lev Parnas said that Donald Trump and William Barr are trying to scare him into not talking and staying silent.
Lost among impeachment and Trump’s threats to Iran is a growing chorus calling for the resignation of Attorney General William Barr.
The Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case that corporations merited certain rights of personhood. The decision in this case became crystallized in the notorious phrase, “Corporations are people.” This year’s events insistently raise the question of which Americans enjoy the basic rights of personhood in America. How are we doing when it comes…
Attorney General William Barr claimed that the Obama administration and the FBI were spying on Trump and were more of a threat than Russia.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff shredded Attorney General William Barr after the AG attacked the FBI.
The prosecutor that Attorney General Barr handpicked to investigate the intel community’s Russia investigation rejects Trump’s conspiracy theory.
Judge Jackson denied the request from William Barr’s DOJ that her order for Don McGahn to testify be stayed while under appeal.
The House Oversight Committee has sued Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for refusing to turn over documents to the committee.
Speaking before the Ohio Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia in February of 1950, Wisconsin Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy waved a piece of paper before his audience’s eyes, insisting he had a list of over 200 communists working in the state department. He had, of course, no such list. His anti-communist crusade is now…
It’s not just Trump who’s in deep trouble after bombshell testimony on Wednesday. Rudy Giuliani, AG Bill Barr, and Secretary Pompeo are going down as well.
British government officials were described as stunned by the request from Trump and Barr for them to do a hatchet job on the US intelligence community.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding that Attorney General William Barr recuse himself on all matters relating to Ukraine.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday accused U.S. Attorney General William Barr of going “rogue” in the Justice Department’s handling of a whistleblower report that President Donald Trump solicited a political favor from Ukraine’s president that could help him get re-elected.
Democrats are hoping that Mueller’s testimony on Wednesday will show us all the ways you can say there was “collusion” and there was obstruction. In reality, there was evidence to show that Donald Trump’s campaign conspired with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. Since then, Donald Trump has done everything imaginable and beyond that…
In the early moments of the American republic, the nation’s sovereignty and security presented no small worry to the founders. In the 1790s, independence was in its fragile infancy, a nascent experiment threatened by the former mother country; and the French Revolution created anxiety those violent passions would spill overseas, inspiring more upheaval in the…
The Attorney General of the United States told reporters that prosecuting criminals in the Trump administration is not his”real work.”
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff has subpoenaed AG Barr for all documents and evidence related to the Mueller report.
With a contempt vote looming, Attorney General William Barr made an offer to House Judiciary Democrats to provide slightly more access to the Mueller report.
Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement where they laid out the dark connection between Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and William Barr.
During her weekly press conference, Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said AG Barr committed a crime when he lied to Congress.
Hillary Clinton warned that William Barr’s attitude on executive power puts the country down the road to tyranny.
Sen. Maize Hirono (D-HI) said that the investigation is not over, even if Lindsey Graham wants it to be over, as she called for Mueller to testify. Sen. Hirono said on MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes, “Obviously it’s not over. Lindsey wants it to be over, but it’s not. For example, during his testimony,…
House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) will hold a vote on allowing lawyers to question Attorney General Barr on Thursday.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough opened his show today with a blistering attack on Donald Trump and how his 2016 campaign was manipulated by Vladimir Putin and Russian intelligence agents. Speaking with a great deal of anger and passion, the Morning Joe co-host pointed out how Attorney General William Barr had let down the American people by…
The House Judiciary Committee just completed a vote that authorized its chairman to use a subpoena to force the Justice Department to give Congress a full copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s report and all of his underlying evidence. BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee votes to authorize a subpoena of the full Mueller report, setting up…
Editor’s Note: Other news sources report that Trump will be allowed to assert executive privilege but hasn’t said that he will. Executive privilege is not typical with special counsel investigations. By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to issue a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s nearly 400-page…
For wacky conspiracy theories you can’t beat Fox & Friends , Donald Trump’s favorite morning television show. Earlier this year they said that lower tax refunds this year were the fault of the American taxpayers instead of the Trump administration. And today they said that Former CIA Director John Brennan was behind the Mueller investigation,…
Donald Trump thinks that his Attorney General, William Barr, has cleared him of all charges of collusion from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. It doesn’t matter that Barr is serving as Trump’s personal lawyer instead of serving the people of the United States — Trump has claimed victory, and almost immediately started gloating. He also…
Now that the Mueller probe has ended, and Bill Barr sent his summary letter to Congress, Donald Trump and his allies believe they have a winning issue for the 2020 election. But that may not be true. As the Washington Post reported last night: “President Trump’s defiant mantra — “no collusion!”– became a rallying cry…
Now that Bob Mueller has delivered his report to William Barr, the fight against Donald Trump and his criminal family and businesses will move to the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). Not coincidentally, the SDNY has just made a major new hire, bringing in one of the top lawyers…
Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig said on CNN this morning that the statement by Robert Mueller that he is too busy to comply with a request to unseal redacted documents has revealed something big is in the works at the special counsel’s office. Special Counsel Robert Mueller included a mysterious note in a court filing…
Under guidelines set out by the Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Robert Mueller must submit a report on his findings of criminal conduct to Attorney General William Barr . He may or may not release the so-called “criminal report” to Congress and to the public. But former federal prosecutor Nelson Cunningham wrote for The…