When asked by Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., attorney general William Barr agreed that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election and said "we have to assume" that they will attempt to interfere in the 2020 election. Aired on 07/28/2020.
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Barr: 'We Have To Assume' Russia Is Attempting To Interfere In The 2020 Election | MSNBC
So what is barr going to do about russian interference?
Barr is going to step aside because he has sadly been compromised.
what did Obama do about the Russian interference? besides Falsely Accusing Trump of Colluding with Russians
@tanon I love how you guys pretend the entire Mueller investigation never happened. You must have heard about it at least once… for crying out loud it’s all Rachel Maddow screeched about for three years straight.
@Cartoonishly Inept You mean the Mueller investigation that concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election on Trump’s behalf, just like the GOP-controlled Senate Intelligence committed concluded the same thing?
He is going to help them. Barr needs a third mansion, a boat and an escape route when orange turd goes down. Do you really think he will come here out unscathed? I cant believe that this moron think that there will be no reckoning. Does he really think that when his orange turd loses that he can go back to his old life? He will be investigated till his death and there will be so much dirt uncovered that will be neck deep in his mess. It would not surprise me at all that it turns out that many of the republicans are planted agents of the old Soviet union. It only explains some their odd behavior.
We have to assume that Trump is already colluding with Russia and China and Ukraine and Saudi Arabia and Turkey… because he is
*Democrats will*
Depress the Economy
Depress the Stock Market
Depress the Jobs Market
– that’s called SABOTAGE
@William H so what?
@Sam Andersson Good one Sam! 😆
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@Josef Josef man stupid.
@Neotuck Please support your argument because it’s not in Muller’s report.
What ever Barr says is just more lies and BS. He did forget to add that in order for Russia to be effective in assisting Trumps reelection Mr. Barr will have to support their interference. Either through the lack of funding given to agencies that are supposed to defend our nation from it or just by direct lack of action from his own agency. Barr is simply a POS.
@Walt Schmidt Reading comprehension weak with you? I mentioned the sanctions in my comment. All the details of what Russia did was not available until after the election. The only thing else Obama could have done was go public with what he knew at the time (the hacking of DNC emails by Russian Military Intelligence) If he would have gone public, Clinton would have won because of what Obama did. Would that have made you happy? Get a clue whiner.
@Walt Schmidt About what? Russian interference? He let CIA investigate and that led them to Trump’s Tower. But the election ended before the investigation could be complete and Trump has interfered with it for 4 years running
*Democrats will*
Depress the Economy
Depress the Stock Market
Depress the Jobs Market
– that’s called SABOTAGE
@Keith Johnson – Shelby GT500 And yet 20,000 fewer jobs per month under Trump than under Obama. Larger percentage increase in the stock market under Obama than Trump . You need to quit just parroting talking points and consider actual historical facts.
@Walt Schmidt He initiated investigations of Trump’s corrupt campaign, you Moron !
SO THEN WHY IS MOSCOW MITCH IGNORING VOTER REFORMS?????
@Øbi I’m at my job, and I’m paying my employees
@Todd Jenkins ahahahaha yeah ok 😂
@Øbi 👈💩💨
@Todd Jenkins almost at 2000 comments! keep it going, soon enough you’ll have wrote a book 😂 that’s just on this channel. Put that same effort into finding a job and you’re all set! 😁
@Todd Jenkins cyber stalking? I clicked on your profile picture and it shows your profile card and all the comments you make on this page. Get to work “doctor” you clearly have alot to learn 😂also thinking for one second i would believe that thats you linked in profile. Clearly your smarter than to give out your real information on the internet? 😉
When you “Drain the Swamp”, it’s people like William Barr that come slithering out. 🙂
William H go back to your modular home
J you clearly are uneducated and don’t realize the essence of BLM. Go back to elementary school
Barr is the Third in Trumps Devils triangle team with Ivanka 😲😲😲
Haha. Like the green oooozz that he is
Jan 20th 2021, noonish, Bill Barr may need to go through some things. It will be interesting to see how the new AG will handle “things”.
Now listen Barr saids he has no reason to believe that it will be rigged.. when referring to Russia However if you bring up mail in ballots he’ll say yeah.. there’s rigging involved.. this corrupted clown Barr is admitting to doing Trump bidding!!
Mail in ballots have been PROVEN to be corrupt you clown.
Walt Schmidt listen you moron obviously their has been.. ok and all by republicans senate only.. but those were isolated areas.. there’s no evidence of large accountability!! So there you go you trump supporter and that in itself is considered a very big insult!! Inbred!
@Walt Schmidt BULL SCHMIDT !!
@RicOshayed1 LOL. That’s a good one…i can handle it bro.
He’s admitting it because Trump is going to insist that Russia interfered to defeat him.
Yep – its over. Trump is done! Remember, It starts with us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Johl8h1oFQ
@J Did you miss it, Barr confirmed the Russian interference. It wasn’t a hoax.
@roger rives By selling the lefties a bunch of min-information? In that case then sure they “interfered” but if you invoked it then why is it right?… No Russian wants Trump in office for the same reason as you – they need handouts and dems give the best handouts lol.
@J Your comment is based on either ignorance or brainwashing. The Republican controlled Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed the interference and that it was done on Trump’s behalf. Putin himself said he preferred Trump to Clinton and said he would be happy to help Trump again in 2020. Remember Helsinki.
@J Blocked for being a trollbot
‘Did Russia interfere or attempt to Interfere in the 2016 election? Barr ‘Ah yes’. And there you finally have it.
@Rudolf Nobody disputes that? Really what about your fuher donald trump? He has yet to admit to that happening. He said he believed putin over our own intelligence agencies. Bill Barr himself has been on Fox News saying Russian Hoax, and now finally under oath he tells the truth. He will be right back on fox news as if he never said that under oath. Guess what Fox news wont even show that question and admission. Was paul manafort not on the trump campaign? Because he was convicted because he was lying about having contact with Russians who were interfering with our election. The same guy they dropped charges for because and I quote Bill Barr said” There was no underlying crime when Manafort lied to the FBI, so the lie is invalid.” So he says the Russians were not doing anything wrong so it was ok for Manafort to lie about it. Now he admits the Russian did commit a crime by interfering with our election. So when you say nobody disputes that you sound really stupid. Because the whole trump administration disputes that, and they convinced their ignorant base the same thing. You can go back to 2016 and you wont find a single quote from someone in the trump administration/ campaign saying anything but Russian hoax. So yea when he says “And there you finally have it”. Thats what he is talking about.
@Super Slash When she said Democrat voters are stupid and easy to manipulate? Yes, she was right.
He has read the full Mueller report and couldnt lie..other people would bust him fornlting right away
@Penny Grensavitch If he read the Mueller report, then he knows the interference was limited to ~$150K of Facebook ads. Half of which were either anti-Trump or run after the election. So… **YAWN**
@Penny Grensavitch He hasn’t read the entire report. He even said so a few months ago. Even during this hearing he said that he never read Trump’s tweet, which one of them was actually quoted in the Mueller Report because it was of dire importance.
I’ve never seen anyone slither as much as Barr… Even Trump doesn’t slither that much… The man’s a snake who is poisoning the Justice Dept for Trump.
He’s totally reptilian.
He is more like a pig and a selfish arrogant POS.
@dans h Yep. That too.
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Please soon you’re gonna have 300 million people with nothing left to lose heading towards White House
We’re anxious for it
And put all those loyal RePukeLiCan Capitol Hill folks there with Rump also. Multiple birds with one revolt to deal with! SWEET !!!
@Anthony Hafciojoni BLUE WAVE 2020 my friend; and RickJames 5678 I guarantee it! Enjoy Rumptards !! *>)))
*Barack Obama gave Americans an L-shaped economic recovery*
*Donald Trump will give Americans a V-shaped economic recovery*
Keith Johnson – Shelby GT500 Sweetheart, I would fact check that. Use several different sites and several different search engine’s. You can also research “what has Trump cost taxpayers” 💕
I sure hope when it comes time for him to pay the piper, he speaks years in prison.
Nothing will happen to him. Y’all are dreaming
@Logan McLean Yeah. He could visit a guy like Epstein in jail, and a guy like Epstein could then end up dead, and no one would suspect a thing !
OH WOW, BARR’S ANSWER WAS AS WEAK AS THIS PRESIDENT , AND THE COWARDS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Democrats are just mad that Obama’s administration is being investigated by this guy
Gina R
answer? Those idiots actually let him answer a question? All I heard was the Democrats making speeches pretty much.
@Gina R That’s how Pubs roll, Hon — weak and cowardly !
“Assuming” is for the little people… the government guys have to “know”.
We also have to assume that Trump and the GOP will lie, cheat, and try to steal the election.
If that doesn’t work, expect Trump to try to invalidate it…
#Tyranny #ComplicitGOP #DisbarBarr
The 140 plus meetings with Russians with trump campaign.
Why did Barr gas the protesters?
So the chicken could cross the road…
Ha ha
😂😂😂😂 On the other hand I like chickens. Of there two, by far the superior.
Best joke post of the day right there. 🤙👍
How do you know when Barr is lying? When his mouth is moving.
(dusted off old attorney joke)
@Just Say’n Man! RePukeLiCans got gas real bad, don’t they??
Only thing rigged is barr protecting pedos at Epstein island! Fact
“We Have To Assume” ? are you kidding me? and your the USAG? Do Bears SH-t in the Woods?
“I have no reason to think it will be”
We’re trying our hardest to make that happen.
He doesn’t even tried to hide the fact that they don’t care to know our constitution. SMDH.