US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president's tweets were making his job at the Justice Department"impossible."
Barr has been in the eye of the storm over allegations that he decided -- allegedly under pressure from Trump -- to overrule his own prosecutors and seek a lighter prison sentence for Stone. That message was amplified by Trump's National Security Advisor who insisted the president has"tremendous confidence" in Barr.
"President Trump uses social media very effectively to fight for the American people against injustices in our country, including the fake news," she said. Stone was convicted in November last year of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into the Russia 2016 election affair.
"I'm happy to say that in fact the president has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case," said Barr, who is due to testify next month to Congress where Democrats have voiced deep concerns about his conduct in legal matters involving the president.
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