Rep. Schiff said Barr’s views made him the second most dangerous man in America and called on him to resign.
Adam Schiff: Barr is the second most dangerous man in America
The House Intelligence Committee chairman wrote in USA Today:
The attorney general of the United States misled the country about an investigation implicating the president. Then he lied to Congress. Then he did something worse: He effectively said that the president of the United States is above the law.
William Barr should resign.
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If you take the view that the president could not only act with impunity to end the Mueller probe, then you must believe Richard Nixon had every right to fire those investigating him during Watergate, and the Saturday Night Massacre was the mere exercise of executive authority. More ominously, if Trump is within his right to fire a special counsel, he can now act to end the 14 investigations that Mueller referred to other prosecutors, as well as the campaign finance fraud investigation in the Southern District of New York in which the president has been effectively identified as an unindicted co-conspirator.
When a president can end an investigation in which he is implicated simply because he thinks it unfair, it stands to reason he can end others on the same pretext. There is no limiting principle to this lawless idea.
That makes Bill Barr the second most dangerous man in the country. It also renders him grossly unfit for office.
Calls Are Growing For Barr To Resign or Be Impeached
The rubber is about to hit the road for Barr. The Attorney General is not going to resign. If he wouldn’t recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation, he definitely won’t resign. The public pressure that Democrats are applying makes good political sense, but Democrats will either have to turn Barr into a political liability so that Trump will fire him or they will need to impeach him.
Either way, Barr is turning into an anchor around the necks of Trump and the Republican Party.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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