“The Department of Justice is not acting to weaponize the department by proceeding against the president for a conspiracy to subvert the electoral process,” former Attorney General Bill Barr said.
“‘The Department of Justice is not acting to weaponize the department by proceeding against the [former] president for a conspiracy to subvert the electoral process.’”
“I think that it’s not an abuse,” Barr said in an interview with CNN Wednesday night. “The Department of Justice is not acting to weaponize the department by proceeding against the [former] president for a conspiracy to subvert the electoral process,” he added. The former attorney general’s statements run counter to those of many elected Republicans and candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.
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