All posts tagged "Bill Barr"

Reacting to a bombshell report from the Washington Post that Department of Justice investigators were looking into an attempt by the government of Egypt to funnel $10 million in cash into Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the panel members on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" were flabbergasted by former attorney general Bill Barr running interference for his former boss.

During an appearance on MSNBC on Friday morning, the Post's Carol Leonnig highlighted major portions of her reporting with colleague Aaron Davis and stunned the MSNBC regulars with a mention of National Bank of Egypt employees "busy placing bundles of $100 bills into two large bags."

According to the Post's reporting, "Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a manager at a bank branch in Cairo received an unusual letter from an organization linked to the Egyptian intelligence service. It asked the bank to 'kindly withdraw' nearly $10 million from the organization’s account — all in cash."...

The Department of Justice Inspector General released a report Wednesday that cleared Donald Trump and his staff from any wrongdoing in the sentencing of far-right firebrand Roger Stone. The information it gives about the part played by the officie of Trump's Attorney General William Barr, however, was described by one national security expert as "extraordinary — but not illegal."

Commentator and writer Marcy Wheeler sorted through the 85-page report into how Stone's sentencing drew questions.

Stone, who was a political consultant and Trump ally, was sentenced in 2020 after being convicted the year before of obstruction and witness tampering during the U.S. Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election...

Former Attorney General Bill Barr laughed out loud after Fox News host Neil Cavuto reminded him that Steve Bannon surrendered to prison that day.

During a Monday interview, Cavuto wondered how Donald Trump would handle a second term after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he would have criminal immunity for official acts.

"Donald Trump will, at 78, just turned 78, he would be 82 leaving office," Cavuto noted. "Some have cynically said, you know, he will have full bore power."...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is raising alarms over the quality of staffers the Republican Party is vetting in preparation for a second Donald Trump administration.

“He's just going to have a bunch of creepy weirdos working in the White House that are intent on destroying government from the inside and pursuing their super creepy, weird political agendas,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told Raw Story.

Murphy’s not alone. In response to the far-right Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 — a sweeping blueprint for a future Republican president to upend the federal workforce as we know it — a handful of House Democrats have formed a working group to combat the sweeping changes for which conservatives are calling....

Former Attorney General Bill Barr remains ever a Donald Trump disciple.

During his Friday sit-down with CNN's Kaitlan Collins the lifelong Republican who served as Trump's second attorney general from 2019 to 2020 characterized President Joe Biden as a greater threat to American democracy and, even though he resigned over the 45th president's 2020 election interference claims — still wants to see a second Trump term given the binary choice between his former boss and the incumbent president.

And all of this despite being openly mocked by the 45th president very recently....

Donald Trump recently got the endorsement of his former Attorney General Bill Barr, but that didn't stop the ex-president from lashing out at his own appointee Wednesday evening.

Barr, a lifelong Republican, served as Trump's second attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Barr then resigned over disagreements surrounding the former president's 2020 election interference claims.

But about a week ago, he confirmed he would be voting "for the Republican ticket" despite Trump being the nominee....