Attorney General William Barr is defending his actions related to the release of the Mueller report, saying that he felt that the rules were being changed to hurt President Trump. Barr said that his handling of the report and its aftermath is rooted in a desire to defend the power of the executive branch rather than personal support for President Trump.
“I felt the rules were being changed to hurt Trump, and I thought it was damaging for the presidency over the long haul,” Barr told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday. He made the statement in El Salvador, where he traveled last week to boost support for Trump’s policies toward the violent street gang MS-13.
“At every grave juncture the presidency has done what it is supposed to do, which is to provide leadership and direction,” Barr added. “If you destroy the presidency and make it an errand boy for Congress, we’re going to be a much weaker and more divided nation.”
Despite Barr’s Claims, Dems Accuse Him of Stonewalling
Despite Barr’s claims in defense of his actions, Democrats have accused Barr and Trump of trying to stonewall and obstruct Congress’ oversight duties; a charge that was repeated Monday after Trump directed former White House Counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. That committee voted earlier this month to hold Barr in contempt after he defied a subpoena for an unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian activities during the 2016 presidential campaign.
In an interview with Fox News’ Bill Hemmer last week, Barr described that vote as “part of the usual political circus that’s being played out. It doesn’t surprise me.”
Barr has taken the criticism of him in stride, going so far as to approach House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at a Capitol Hill event last week and ask her if she had brought her handcuffs.
Barr Launch’s Investigation
Barr has also launched an investigation into the origins of the Mueller probe, telling Fox News that he ordered the investigation because many of the answers he had gotten were “inadequate.”
“People have to find out what the government was doing during that period,” he told “America’s Newsroom” host Bill Hemmer. “If we’re worried about foreign influence, for the very same reason we should be worried about whether government officials abused their power and put their thumb on the scale. I’m not saying that happened but its something we have to look at.”
Barr does not need to defend his actions. Our Constitution clearly defines the separation of powers which MUST be maintained. Barr has already gone far beyond the requirements when dealing with the Mueller report. The truth appears to be that Mueller knew there was no collusion when he started, yet stretched his investigation out for 2 years and $35M just to leverage the Democrats in the 2018 House elections and delay the investigation of the truly corrupt actions of the FBI and our Intelligence organizations during the Obama Administration!
The Congress of these United States is doing more to damage this country than any foreign invader. They have shown no interest in serving the citizens of this country.
They have one agenda that overrides everything else including personal rights and safety.
Their primary goal is to gain access and control of the private lives of all of the citizens and the Current President is standing squarely in their path! They are not content with waiting until he leaves office and I believe it is because they fear that he may be reelected.
His attempts to keep the citizens safe by blocking mass illegal immigration puts him squarely in their crosshairs accusing him of being callous and insensitive to their needs.
They, themselves have no regard for the care and safety of either the immigrants or the citizens.they only want to secure their votes by making them legal voters. ( does anyone see an oxymoron here?) legal votes from illegal citizens? To a reasonable person this sounds absurd, because it is! Statistics show that the first time “new” citizens vote, they vote democratic. If the multitudes of people crowding our borders are allowed to cross over the democrats will be guaranteed control of elections for the next 40 years. This gives them two primary goals, one is to remove the largest obstacle (President Trump) to their entry into the country, and the other is to give these people the right to vote! This will put the final nail in the coffin of Liberty, freedom and financial security for our country. The present congress does not care. They know full well that this country, like Venzuela, cannot support socialism or communism.. In order to survive under socialism a country has to have the majority of it’s people working and paying taxes.
Here are some economic facts that would seriously impact Americas ability to support socialism. Only 53% of Americam citizens pay income tax. 47% pay no income tax.
Claims that 1/2 of all illegal immigrants pay Federal Income Taxes is not true. Data shows that while some illegals file a tax return it is for the purpose of claiming refundable tax credits, which are in the form of cash welfare. In other words they file to collect money fron U.S. Citizens. When you add the millions of illegal immigrants to the 47% of citizens not paying taxes what you get a serious imbalance between those who pay, those who do not pay, and those who abtain refunds. That imbalance makes socialism an improbable system for this country. WE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD IT!
Democrats are taking us down a path similar to the one that crippled Vensuzela and they do not care because their end goal is POLITICAL POWER not social welfare.
IG Barr is right in challenging the contrived Mueller report that was prepared by a bunch. Of dem Lawyers that were out to get President Trump. IG Barr is going to set the record straight without the political slant that the Dems are pushing for. Barr has a ton more of records that will prove Who is fibbing, who is leaking false Information, In the end we, the American public, will confirm what we know was the truth. It makes no difference because the Dems will all be wearing jump suits.
This do nothing Congress should go back to sitting on their thumbs, they’ve gotten very good at doing nothing. Hopefully the next Congress will be more focused on representing We the People, who elected them, since we are their employers.