The Washington Post is reporting that President Trump wanted Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference saying he broke no laws in his phone call with the president of Ukraine. Lawrence O’Donnell talks with former Justice Department official Matt Miller. Aired on 11/06/19.
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Trump Reportedly Wanted Barr To Hold Presser Clearing Him On Ukraine | The Last Word | MSNBC
Barr needs to be looked at with an electron microscope.
…In a Class IV Biohazard lab.
@Bonnie Bagley bill covered up epsteins murder and his father donald barr gave epstein a teaching job in nyc with no teaching certificate, and bill workerd for h.w. bush, bill is a lazy slug lap dog bureaucrat for the corrupt, alex acosta covered up the epstein case ten years ago, and was told to by bush, alex acosta also worked for w. bush.
I’m more surprised that Barr didn’t do it, he has completely destroyed his reputation already so why not go one step further?
Lethal because he doesn’t want to go to prison
Barr must be trying to stay out of jail. To bad Bill you’re in to deep already, hope you like orange.
Barrr is corrupt and highly partisan, but he’s not stupid. The Mueller report was dense and complex, and he figured there was plenty of wiggle room to dance and weave and throw up smoke to confuse the public. But the memo of the Ukraine call is short and clear. The abuse of power is starkly apparent. Barr wasn’t going to go on record saying there was no crime when that conclusion was so obviously and easily understood to be false.
@David Lafleche keep the world safe from democracy? You mean people right? Because ideas only hurt, when people muck them up. People are the problem, not democracy.
Not everyone can be a puppet ALL the time…
The Master of Puppets is all out of string 😂
Whose puppet?😂😂😂
What about Putin’s glove puppet Trump.
Hmmm I think we should just wait a bit.
Not ALL the time, but Putin and 🍊💩 are going for some kind of record.
Barr: Look where Trump’s former fixer is!
Barr is FINALLY Using his BRAIN. A LITTLE. when you have people Saying you did don’t DO IT
* * * The 🐷 Trump 🐼 / Nixon 🐀 Parallels
https://youtu.be/52Ex7Ttj5bo
A must see.
Impeach Trump at: Change.org
We MUST do this for our children. Oi vey !
President Trump named attorney general Barr boots because when he looks at his butts that’s all he can see his bars boots hanging out
He’s most likely scared too ,….he has already alot on his plate .
😅😂
Barr basically pulled a Sessions, and recused himself. It reminds me of Trump’s reaction to finding out about the special counsel investigation.
On May 17, 2017 then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Trump about the special counsel investigation.
“When Sessions told Trump that a Special Counsel had been appointed, the President slumped back in his chair and said, ‘Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I am f—–d’” according to the report, which based its retelling of this conversation on notes taken by Jody Hunt, Sessions’ chief of staff at the time.
Trump then became angry, according to the report, and “lambasted” Sessions for his decision to recuse himself from the investigation.
“How could you let this happen Jeff?” the president said, according to the report.
Trump told Sessions that the Attorney General was his “most important appointment” and said Sessions had let him down. Sessions told investigators Trump told him “you were supposed to protect me.”😂😄
Trump knew that the AG was going to be his most important appointment because of the crimes he had already committed, and because of the crimes he knew he was going to commit after he was sworn in.
Right, he thinks the Justice Department is supposed to protect him. Nonsense.
The Attorney General protects the Constitution, ensuring that it is not violated. Trump has not only violated the Constitution, but in a sordid and dirty way.
@S. J. Hunter Not just the president, but this attorney general has violated his oath of office and sold his soul to the mango Mussolini. He can be disbarred if he doesn’t come up with a way to turn on trumplethinskin at the right time.
Jim Myers
He should already be disbarred. He’s willfully committed perjury in the senate.
Sessions was one of the very first trump campaign surrogates . He was implicated in meeting with the Russian ambassador BEFORE the elections and during the transition before inauguration . It was during his confirmation hearings for AG when this news broke . If Sessions had NOT recused, he would have been removed or forced to resign, as Michael Flynn had to as first trump NatSec Advisor . Flynn had conspired in EARLY 2016 with long time Republican dirty trickster Peter W. Smith to have Russians hack HRClinton and DNC computers . Flynn was caught, arrested, resigned . The co-conspirator Peter W. Smith committed suicide on May 14, 2017 ( though supposedly not discovered in a Rochester, MN hotel room for NINE DAYS ! ). On May 17, 2017; Sessions thought he was in the clear … and trump .
Trump’s corruption makes Nixon seem like a Girl Scout selling home-made cookies on the side. Barr is jumping a sinking ship.
@Bill Pool / What about President Obama ? He had to fight for everything. If President Obama had done one percent of what Trump has done to disgrace America you would have been yelling Treason and Death Penalty or Federal Jail Time. McConnell told President Obama he would be a one term President, when he proved McConnell wrong then BUG EYED MCCONNELL then said he would make President Obama a Lame Duck President for his last term. The disrespectful thing is there is a sector of America that will never call Obama President Obama when speaking about him. They say Obama as if he wasn’t deemed the respect. This is because he was the First Black Sitting President and nothing more. But here we have the Snake Oil Salesman Trump and they will call him President all day long no matter how much disgrace The Trumpster brings to the position of President and White House. No need to reply.
@Marine Forever – 👏👏👏💯👏👏👏
James Ricker Exactly. Nixon’s A.G, John Mitchell was sentenced and went to prison for the exact same thing Barr is doing.
@lelennyfox34
If you’re still connected to either I’m sorry it’s you too.
You’re not going to die for the citizens, you’re going to claim your conservatism. There’s no separations of GOP, WHITE FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIANS, CATHOLICS, JEWISH GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, TEA PARTY, CENTRIST DEMOCRATS, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, CONSERVATIVES, LIBERTARIANS, CONSTITUTIONALIST, THE LIBERTY PARY, OR AND OTHER CONSERVATIVE TITLE.
*These Titles Are Claiming The Conspiracy, The Ones That Declared War Against The United States Government And Hueman Population.*
You’re not involved but you’re part of the gang?
Things are getting serious and folks are slowly stepping away.
It’s impossible for the radical fakes to take down a great God like me. See your tears in 2020!+
@The Great Anointed Lord Trump. Who are you talking about a great god like you? Are you talking about Trump or Congress?
The Great Anointed Lord Trump. 👈🏼 wears a Trump man milk mustache!
#ImpeachmentFor45
#tRumpForPrison2020
💸👋😂👎💸
Traitor Trump has a long history of trying to convince his sycophants to help cover-up his crimes by going out and lying for him.
@CynAnne1 He’s doing something with the stars…I’d hardly call it dancing. But the cult likes him.
@D.E.B. B The RNC does all the time.
Bob, Bunkiebe, David & Raven – To paraphrase “Ralphie”, from “A Christmas Story”…
“It was ‘dancing’ in the *loosest* sense of the word…there *were* two feet, and they were moving in what once *might have been* called a ‘pattern’…” 👍😂👍
MSNBC has been lying to you for three years… You must be very naive.
Suuuuuure, rstone. 🙄
It’s just a *’complete coincidence’* that…
#45’s *’accrued’ THREE disbarred lawyers, FOUR former employees who are convicted felons, and, at last count, FIVE ‘administration members’ with “Contempt Citations” ON their current resumes.*
And we won’t even *mention* #45’s *numerous* ‘financial fiascos’… 💸😏💸
The bloated tangerine’s corruption knows no bounds.
@Kevin K. Bag Man Barr should be impeached. He’s another corrupt GOP cover-up clown.
Gee ! trump tried to shake down the DOJ and his own AG . AGAIN ! Who’da thunk ?
Rod A .……………. I just wish they could drag along you smarmy apologists to the pokey when these asshats are escorted in cuffs .
@J. Noble – And *even Fox ‘News’* admitted *#45’s ‘guilty as sin’* and *should be charged* …👎😏👎
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/462962-foxs-napolitano-trump-already-confessed-to-a-crime
*Again* :
https://theweek.com/speedreads/837525/fox-news-andrew-napolitano-says-trump-committed-obstruction-justice-least-halfdozen-times
@JoeyFiveandDimes – 👍,💯.
At least a televised ‘Walk of Shame’…and make them wear their “Read the Transcript” t-shirts, as well. 🤨
Barr is already a part of the drug deal
I do believe it 😳 .
I think he is plotting his way out. I wouldn’t be surprised if he suddenly turned on trumplethinskin and gave “states evidence”. He does know where ALL of the skeletons are.
@Jim Myers bill covered up epsteins murder and his father donald barr gave epstein a teaching job in nyc with no teaching certificate, and bill workerd for h.w. bush, bill is a lazy slug lap dog bureaucrat for the corrupt, alex acosta covered up the epstein case ten years ago, and was told to by bush, alex acosta also worked for w. bush.
@mic Smith It wouldn’t surprise me a bit to find Epstein is living high on the hog somewhere, maybe talking to a cosmetic surgeon. And Barr’s fingerprints would be all over it should it ever come to light. I’m just guessing here, of course, but you never know.
When you can’t get your fixer, to fix your bu!!$hit thats a sign there might be trouble.
The Golden Rule, still applies: In his rally, last night, Trump accused his enemies of EXACTLY what HE is up to. Trump wants to, “suppress dissent,” and establish a, “Totalitarian State.” The Trump’s CANNOT be allowed to survive this Impeachment. Or, 2020 elections will be blatantly rigged, and we will have no power to stop it . . .
Love your name, btw. Brought to you by the letter, “D,” and the number, “666.” 😉👍
You are a victim of MSNBC..
@rstone7727 You are a victim of stupidity. Put your tinfoil hat on and go back to Faux News. Open wide and let them feed you more lies. https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/byruling/false/
@Ash Roskell yes I agree 100%…
When Barr looks in a mirror these days, all his suits seem to be turning orange.
Love 💓 ur comments
And his nose turning brown….
And all his lawsuits seem to be turning lost.
Barrfff sees a hippo
Hahahaha
Trump: “can you open this box. Its ticking ”
Barr: “I’ve opened the last one. All the other ones blew up. Makes me look stupid. No more “
Barr with his 4 page memo made himself look the tool he offer himself as…
@Shon Diego
But (unfortunately) it worked !
😂😂😭😭🤣🤣
@Russ Martin well said.
Lol…good one. They all now in hot flames.
The more Trump gets backed into a corner, the funnier his fiction gets.
Rod Allen …I would hope that most sane, rational human beings know Trump is a vapid, incompetent, dishonest one-time reality TV game show host who has not the slightest idea of what it takes to be president.
Here’s the view of some political scientists and scholars who are probably sane and rational:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/greatest-us-presidents-ranked-by-political-scientists-2018-2
https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Presidents-2018-Rank-by-Category.pdf
It’s not funny…it’s dangerous.
My God I always thought the same thing. I’ve been enjoying this since day one. Amen 🙏🏻. And the fun continues.
Right
One thing he won’t do, and that’s threaten to fire Barr like he did Sessions for not following his orders.
That’s Barr’s job in Kremlin Don’s syphilitic brain.
Hopefully, someone is investigating Barr for his abuse of office.
I expect the next President to do a though investigation of all the departments Trump interacted with to see what crimes were committed. The Senate will do nothing to punish Trump’s corruption so the next justice department will have to.
Obama never did need a lawyer in 8 years…now Trump’s lawyers need several lawyers in less than 3 years. That’s called Poetic Justice.
@CynAnne1 check out “my Roy cohn”
@Orion Nebula Trump’s Republikkklan traitors will just say Deep State.
That’s Bondspur Donnie’s jobs program. Thanks to him, a whole lot of defence lawyers have jobs.
No it’s called Political hit job
Apparently, even swine have their standards.
Trump has dropped Barr’s name too many times in his extortion plot. Sticking up for Trump at this point would just draw attention to himself.
That piggy really really really does not want to go to jail. So yea standards you but in the trash get dug back up quick when that is your new reality.
It’s so funny how there are still people claiming he is draining the swamp.
Zack Brumis Yes but also filling it with New Creatures
I love the bootlickers who talk about how he has Democrats right where he wants them, that Hilary is going to jail, that Pelosi is going to jail, and we better be afraid of their Civil War part 2. Just like 8 year old bullies who got their stick taken away.
@AcesAnyGood He now claims to be from Sweden!! LOL!
Lord help them… smh
@ToddtheExploder amen! I say willfully ignorant. Its enough he isnt black…
Barr is going to need a lawyer, before this is all over.
lolol
When all the lawyers need lawyers, innocent people will finally be free from the tyranny of law.
For somebody that did nothing wrong he is trying hard to cover up a “perfect call”
lombardo141
😜