The attorney general’s declaration of independence comes as he and the president have faced blowback over the handling of Roger Stone’s case.
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s prolific Twitter habit, saying that the president’s affinity for opining about the goings-on at the Justice Department “make it impossible for me to do my job.”
“I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,” Barr told ABC News’ Pierre Thomas in an interview, acknowledging that he had a problem with “some” of Trump’s tweets.
The attorney general‘s very public distancing from Trump’s complaints comes as both men have faced fierce blowback over the handling of a court case featuring Trump’s longtime political adviser Roger Stone.
NOTE: Our concern is that AG Barr’s statement was neutral enough to not clearly say what President Trump’s behavior is interfering with. Is it stopping AG Barr from conducting impartial judicial investigations or is it calling too much attention to his actions to shield the president’s abuses of power?