.MaddowBlog: AG Barr's message on Obama isn't quite what Trump wanted to hear
President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr arrive to present the Medal of Valor and Heroic Commendations to officers and civilians who responded to mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, in the East Room of the White House ion Sept. 9, 2019.Steve Benen
Donald Trump doesn't know why Barack Obama and Joe Biden should be prosecuted, or what they'd be prosecuted for, but the incumbent president doesn't seem to care about such details. The Republican simply wants his predecessor and possible successor brought up on charges related to ...Attorney General Bill Barr apparently doesn't intend to go along.
"As to President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don't expect Mr. Durham's work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man," Barr said. "Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others." The attorney general added that he's concerned about"increasing attempts to use the criminal justice system as a political weapon," adding,"The legal tactic has been to gin up allegations of criminality by one's political opponents based on the flimsiest of legal theories. This is not good for political life, and it's not good for the criminal justice system.
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