WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s attacks on prosecutors, the judge and jurors in the trial of a longtime adviser undermined the Justice Department’s work, adding he would not be “bullied” by anyone.
“I’m not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody ... whether it’s Congress, a newspaper editorial board or the president,” Barr said. Seth Cousins, who served as a juror in Stone’s trial, told Reuters he was “appalled” by Trump’s remarks.“I think it is appalling for the president of the United States to be attacking American citizens for patriotically fulfilling their duties,” he said.The Twitter attacks started on Tuesday when Trump criticized U.S. prosecutors in the case stemming from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation detailing Russian interference in the 2016 election to benefit Trump’s candidacy.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump’s comments on the Stone case amounted to interference in the workings of the U.S. government’s judicial branch. The jurors have kept in touch since the trial and followed developments, Cousins said, adding they all “echo the sense of being appalled. Maybe a little bit betrayed.”
They were in communication before tweets, make no mistake, Barrs lips are firmly placed on trumps ass.
SHAM! CHARADE!
Come on Reuters! Read AG Barr’s words again. Barr isn’t pushing back against Pres Trump. Barr is telling the President his tweeting is making Barr’s job of covering for the President harder. Barr’s not saying he’s independent, he saying stop reminding everyone I’m your lap dog.
anyone who actually believes that …
Trump has the right to give his opinion 🇺🇸
This was a PR stunt
The Barr push back to IMPOTUS is just smoke and mirrors. Trump would be all over him like a dirty shirt if it were actually true. You can't trust anything out of Trump or Barr. If their lips are moving, it is a lie.
The same Bill Barr who blatantly lied in his summary of Mueller's report? That Bill Barr? This is horseshit...or bullshit, as PoTUS would say. Bill Barr just wants Trump to stop tweeting about their criming.
Haha no he doesn’t. Trump isn’t tweeting insults about Barr. Neither is to be trusted. Trump just admitted to what he denied about Rudy getting dirt on political opponents. Plus he quid pro quo’d again on Twitter. Shame on GOP Senators for a sham trial. RemoveTrump RemoveBarr
'Smoke'...meet 'Mirrors'
Barr isn't pushing back on Trump, if anything he's pushing back on the federal prosecutors. It the same old story with this administration. What they say and do are two different things.
Now this is actually fake news. Manufactured by Trump amd Barr, only believable by the most gullible
Nonsense. Trump has never had such a wonderful lap dog. One who bites those who cause his master problems. Trump is unfazed by Barr's CYA move for that very reason. Most people see it for what it is.
FAKE NEWS. Barr was talking about the Democrats
Yeah right🤡
This was an act to appear independent from trump. Barr is many crappy things but he's not a good actor
POTUS would do best to avoid commenting publicly but instead summon individual(s) to WH for a meeting. He is creating his own bad press and unnecessary problems, issues.
Don’t fall for it. It’s a carefully orchestrated show in order to stop the bleeding at DOJ.
Not real pushback, just something to bait the media and show off the Power of the Supreme King.
Was it really a push back? Haven't many in the gop been worried about Trump's 1st amendment right to speak freely? The DOJ has never been a bipartisan agency. Look what Obama did for Holder who faced serious criminal charges for gun running.
The media is full of fools
This is a great comedy sketch written by two of the most corrupt people in the Administration. Damage is already done. A preplanned cover-up.
Barr has to play game a little better, this time doesn't even fly with middle school kids! Lol
That's not pushing back. He's just bitching that the prez is openly bragging about what he thought he was doing in secret.
Too little too late. Just more strategic propaganda & attempts to deceive before he goes to Congress where he'll stonewall real issues.
Be careful could all be a show
It’s an act people .. don’t fall for the bs he fed you all .. He works for Trump and not the American People !!
Barr just said stop tweeting so I can continue to do corrupt work on your behalf without a spotlight
Barr, with the aid of Republicans in the House and Senate created FrankenTrump and now that their monster is turning on them, they complain? Sorry too late. VoteThemAllOut
A pushover can also fight?
'pushes back'
Trump: “Bill, go tell the gullible press you’re mad at me” Barr: “Yes my master”
He pushed back against multiple things not just the president. Don’t let those facts get in the way of your agenda though.
Choreographed “pushback”.
hmmm... realDonaldTrump hasn't written a tweet since yesterday afternoon, despite by BeratedByBarr is he cowering? did he learn his lesson?! or did atherosclerosis finally catch up with him after years of kfc & McDonalds?! TrumpStroke2020 IsTrumpIncompacitated?!
Didn’t we go over this yesterday?
There's no pushback. Barr sees the DOJ blowing up because of his abuses and wanted to change the subject so he can carry on avenging Trump.
I’d be more impressed if he stood up for his people and not just himself. I felt like he was only trying to salvage what little reputation he has left.
You know you have bottomed out when you are protecting Roger Stone.... TheJusticeDept
Lying liars who lie
Accuracy matters Reuters! Your headline isn’t factual. Based on Bill Barr’s previous examples of corruption in Trumps favor a better headline would be “US Attorney General Bill Barr APPEARS TO push back...” You guys can do better!
Barr didn’t “push back”. This was a coordinated, scripted performance. You know how we can tell? Because the bloated orange narcissist didn’t have a meltdown on Twitter. Barr has no problem breaking the law. He just doesn’t want Trump to tell everyone about it until it’s done.
Barr lies and so does realDonaldTrump
And then goes on to set a personal best flapjack eating record at IHOP....
That was all a show.
Looks like people are starting to wake up and “read between the lines” of MSM “news”.
He said this after he did what trump asked. It might have meant something if he didn't do 45s bidding.
Barr doesn’t want to end up in jail for Trump.
It’s all staged and was talked about before hand
Really?
Oh please
Uh...yeah right! 😕🖕🏼💯
Barr is not pushing back. He is just asking 45 to be quiet about their corruption.
Barr did undercut DOJ lawyers by withdrawing their recommendation and given a reduced sentence recommendation. He’s just posturing.
Oh please. This is show and pathetic drama for cover. 🙄
just trying to look impartial
OMG it’s not real, he’s just pissed that his corruption for Trump is exposed😡
Oh puhleeze - you’d have to be pretty gullible to believe that act. Barr is a terrible liar - you can see right through him.
AG Barr did get personally involved in reducing the sentence of Roger Stone, who lied to Congress and law enforcement many times so...
Yes it is but there is nothing that can be done. They did it they won and now he can do anything. Democracy is lost.
The Republicans have given him the green light to say and do whatever he wishes.
When will she stop!
Abuse of power. 😂
These people are obsessed - ILL
Impeach again! We love watching you lose over and over and over...
Roger stone what a demonic weirdo
Uh oh, Shloppy Nanshy is getting ready to order custom pens again.
Let the people decide in November. Dems should focus on preparing strong candidate not relying on weak ones
She is a drunk who needs to be expelled from congress for corruption at the highest level!!
That dingbat says EVERYTHING Trump does is an abuse of power.
Impeach !!! 😂😂
Ffs get a life pelosi
SpeakerPelosi It’s called FreedomOfSpeech
I don’t remember her criticism of Attorney General Eric Holder, who referred to himself as Obama’s “wingman”. She’s a total hypocrite.
Or comments are Freedom of Speech. Comments are words.
Nancy Pelosi is a hate filled woman
🤪🤪🤪🤪
Nancy’s opinion that Trump says what he thinks is an ‘abuse of power’. Isn’t her saying what she thinks about Trump an ‘abuse of power’ by that same measurement? What is sad is all the uneducated people on here that agree. Lol. You are all akin to a ignorant lynch mob.
And?
Survey says no. A tweet is not a channel to ask the DoJ for this. The President has a right to voice his opinion, and Nancy has gone nuts blinded by her hatred of Trump. Nothing Trump did has not been done by Obama, Bush or Clinton
Stupid woman jumping in before checking the facts. Watch the Barr interview Trumps tweet came after Barr had discussed the time frame with his folks but your great fake media don’t tell you that
Impeach again!
SpeakerPelosi needs to wait before opening her mouth. The new revelations about the jury foreperson, the other jurors who exhibited extreme bias... the whole case may be thrown out and retried. A prudent person would reserve judgment. But Pelosi isn't a prudent person.
Stand with Nancy.Trump must resign.
Trump having an opinion is an “abuse of power” 😂
SpeakerPelosi saying things is an abuse of the public’s ears
Trump is Commander in Chief .. HEAD of DOJ .. commenting is part of the job! Get over it Nancy!
impeachamybermanjackson
They're part of his on going pressure campaign to manipulate laws rather than ABIDE by them.
Nancy Pelosi and her gang of misfits are the most crooked people in Washington.
Trump blinking is an abuse of power. Lock him up!! Democrats are just awful. They have no solutions and have done absolutely nothing for the American Worker. Their only success has been to make themselves look ridiculous.
Trump is already committing more crimes he needs to be impeached again . He needs to resign . Nowwwwww
He needs to be impeached again.
According to Petty Pelosi, any thing the President says is an abuse of power. Give it up Nancy - we are sick of your BS! Keep America Great!!
Impeach again.
true dat
Doctor says those warts on your anus are 'not really very good'. What's the FIX, doctor?
IMPEACH THAT MFER AGAIN!
Nancy abuses booze 🍸
Maybe she should impeach him. 😆🤣😂
Here we go again..
Yeah, yeah, yeah, put your teeth back in. Trump flushing the toilet is an abuse of power....
They are.
So now the president merely SPEAKING is an 'abuse of power'? This woman has lost her mind, but then again she's a Democrat so that goes without saying.
His entire presidency is an abuse of power.
SOS, DD.
No, it was simply free speech, Nancy. Go tear up something else.
These idiots never stop ..... embarrassing
Pelosi has lost control of the House. She's dancing to AOC's tune & desperately trying to remain relevant. DOJ had made it's sentencing recommendation prior to Trump's input. Hey Nancy, my shredder broke. I've got a job for you. Try to show some decorum with Trump's SOTU in 2021!
This is the party that thought that there was nothing wrong with the Attorney General secretly meeting with the husband of the subject of a criminal investigation on a tarmac and then a week later the FBI announced they weren't going to pursue charges.
Well we heard from the man himself, Barr that he did it without Trump and even slammed Trump for his tweet so this is not true then Ms.Pelosi.
This is typical of a unbalanced mind. Trying to influence federal judicial precedent, which he doesn't even understand. Please do not tolerate this abuse of his authority to influence the judicial executive. Rid our society of a madman.
People that are not a physical or emotional threat to society should not be in jail if they agree to just be stripped of a very huge part of their assets and left slightly above the poverty line. Society can make money instead of paying money to keep them doing nothing is a cage.
And she's right
Executive Power Of The Pardon.
Clinton pardoned his brother convicted on drug charges. Better not hear a peep from these hypocrites if Trump pardons Stone. Look up Susan McDougal.
Nancy is ok
Pack of lies from Trump. As Adam Shiff said: “He will become more emboldened in violation of the Constitution & oath of office and answer to no one. Not even his own Republican sheep party.”
Whadddddya ya mean”trying”?
CNN ABC NYTIMES WASHINGTONPOST MSNBC CBSNEWS FOXNEWS AP BBCWorld Trying! He already told Barr what he better do. And congratulated him for doing what he said! Senate Republicans said Trump can do what ever he wants! He is above the law.
How does she continue to be elected?
Reuters,get your act together if you want to be taken seriously as a news organization. The vast majority of Americans don't care what Polosi says, she is obviously deranged, and therefore untrustworthy, and totally irrelevant to everyone's lives here.
Tweeting to ongoing cases is a no-go.
I don't think he needs pointers on how to abuse the justice system but if he does PM Justin Trudeau could offer lots of pointers.
You do know he could just pardon him............ (as other presidents have in similar cases) ....... Dig Deeper! QAnon
I frankly don't care what Nasty Nancy has to say!
'Nancy Pelosi says...'? Isn't that clear enough for everyone to see?
Bwahahahahaha Have you heard about the jury foreperson? And some of the other juror bias that was ignored during selection? Sham railroading of a trial.
Time for deranged Democrats sweating bullets over loosing the 2020 election shut up and sit down.
Um, duh, Nance.
Impeach him again... Lol
Maybe Bloomberg can float her a check so she can buy back a bit of her soul. MikeBloomberg - Retuning Integrity to the DNC $150 at a time!
What’s she gonna do? Pres Trump was acquitted already
Any plans to put an equal amount of energy into your reporting on the jury in Roger Stone's trial being led by a woman who was openly hostile to Trump and Stone before she was on the jury? Or do you only report on fake stories? Actual bias not enough of a challenge for you?
Well anyone working for the president would have gotten sweetheart plea deals, and did so in the past? So the only thing that changed is an ideal of what the bad man’s friend should get?
San Fran Nan is insufferable.
DEMOCRAT NANCYPELOSI IS A 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Another distraction : DOJ needs to indict Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe just for starters. Allof them lied to Congress under oath.
Why do I have a feeling of deja vu.
Strange because it's well known women like bad boys
what will she do when he pardons him? try to impeach him again? are democrats waking up yet? or are democrats just that afflicted with TDS? orange man bad, right?
These people seriously need to be taken out of the halls of Co great by their ears and whooped. Get some damn work done.
The rule of law speakerpelosi speaks of would be her & RepAdamSchiff holdong a secret bunker basement hearing where no due process for POTUS or allowing him or his lawyers to question democratic witnesses.. congboyle SenBobCasey SenSchumer
Since when is speakers job to undermine everything with a political bias with such relentless character smear ... sad
Pelosi is correct. To let Trump go on as he is, without calling him out, would be detrimental to the U.S. rule of law.
Climatecollapse
Republican cowards. dumpgop
Yep where’s that going to get them ? Nowhere.
She’s right. Trump’s interfering with justice to help his friends get lighter sentences. He’s committing abuse of power in broad tweet light and knows the GOP won’t do or say anything. He’s going to get worse. His revenge consumes him. His acquittal unleashed his ruthlessness.
Dose anybody take this woman seriously anymore Nutsy PELOSI
Esa Pelosi si que jode.
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