Attorney General Takes No Prisoners

Attorney General (AG) William Barr gave a press conference this morning previous to the release of the Mueller report. In a controversial move, which some say was strategically planned to spin the narrative, AG Barr, along with DAG Rosenstein, outlined what was in the report. When fielding questions, AG Barr took no guff. The assembled press asked a host of questions, yet Barr chose which answers to give.



When asked this question: “Given that, why did you and DAG Rosenstein feel the need you had to take it to the next step to conclude there was no crime, especially given that DOJ policy?” Barr responds with what amounts to “Because that’s my job”. He had several more moments where he had to spar with media in just this manner.



AG Barr Accused of Generosity

One reporter accused the AG of being “very generous” in his statements concerning the President, to include acknowledging President Trump’s thoughts and feelings. Barr responded that he did not know how she could say this since Trump’s thoughts and feelings are acknowledged in the report. Meaning Special Counsel (SC) Robert Mueller took due note of the President’s own turmoil. This is the exchange that followed, per Axios.



Reporter: “You face an unprecedented situation. It seems like there’s a lot of effort to go out of your way to acknowledge…”



Barr: “Is there another precedent for it?”



Reporter: “No…”



Barr: “So unprecedented is an accurate description.”



“What part of unprecedented did you not understand” pic.twitter.com/XX992ko7Hs — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 18, 2019 Archive.is

AG Barr Lays the Smack Down

Barr quickly responded, smacking down the insinuations. Clearly, the MSM is blatantly spinning and throwing out distracting mischaracterizations in an effort to lead people away from the plain facts. The MSM was trying desperately to cast any spin they could on the report. However, they could not get one past Barr. Finally, one reporter gave us this gem:



Reporter: “There’s a lot of public interest in absence of the [Special] counsel and his team. Why is he not here? This is his report you’re talking about today.” This is another attempt to shift authority to Robert Mueller. We learned long ago what Robert Mueller’s role actually was. Do not forget, he helped redact his own report. Barr’s answer was priceless.



Barr: “No, actually. He did for me as the attorney general, he is required under the regulation to provide me with a confidential report. I’m here to discuss my response to that report and my decision, entirely discretionary to make it public, since these reports are not supposed to be made public. That’s what I’m here to discuss.”



That is how you do it!

