Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) kept up the pressure on William Barr by pointing out why the Attorney General has no credibility.
Sen. Van Hollen said on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, “I think when he used the political charge expression of spying, he lost whatever credibility he may have had. That was music to president trump’s ears. Trump immediately tweets it out. He says that a boy attorney general Barr. If he was referring to the surveillance that we know took place pursuant to the FISA warrant and is currently being reviewed by the inspector general at doj, that’s one thing. Spying in itself had negative connotations and suggest there was wrongdoing. He later tried to put the toothpaste back in the tube because he admitted at the hearing he had no evidence of wrongdoing that he would present to the committee. All he did was float this charge. The president loved it and in the process, the attorney general further undermined his credibility as an independent arbiter of justice.”
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Democrats are shredding Barr’s credibility before the release of the redacted Mueller report
William Barr was his own worst enemy during the two days of hearings on the Hill. The Attorney General made it clear with his refusal to answer whether or not he briefed Trump on the Mueller report, his admission that Mueller hasn’t been involved in the report review process, and his floating of Trump’s new favorite conspiracy theory, that he is a presidential lap dog.
Barr has no credibility, and people should have zero faith that they will get the whole truth or the answers that they desire when his redacted Mueller report is released next week. William Barr, like Donald Trump, has no credibility, which is why anything that comes under his name should be greeted with a skeptical eye.
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