Conservatives rip into AG Barr for covering up for Trump’s lies and obstruction – By Noor Al-Sibai (Raw Story) / April 18 2019
Card-carrying conservatives lamented Thursday in the wake of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
“Look, I’m a tea party conservative, but what Bill Barr did today should anger every American, no matter your personal politics,” former GOP congressman Joe Walsh tweeted.
“The top law enforcement officer in America just became a shill for the President,” Walsh added. “That’s just plain wrong. No matter your politics, that’s just wrong.”
Look, I'm a tea party conservative, but what Bill Barr did today should anger every American, no matter your personal politics.
The top law enforcement officer in America just became a shill for the President. That's just plain wrong. No matter your politics, that's just wrong.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 18, 2019
The editorial board of the conservative-leaning Washington Examiner noted following the release of the report that in spite of Mueller’s decision not to prosecute Donald Trump for collusion, the president “spent two years acting like a guilty man.”
“The report exposes in him some of the same flaws Hillary Clinton shared, which we feared would compromise her presidency if she were elected: a reflexive aversion to transparency rooted in either guilt or paranoia,” the editors wrote.
Tim Miller, a never-Trump Republican that formerly worked for Jeb Bush’s campaign and now writes for the conservative Bulwark website, mused that “pro-Trumpers are going to go with the ‘he lied, he cheated, he tried to steal but at least he didn’t do what the craziest panelists on MSNBC suggested he did’ defense.”
“4 more years!” he jokingly added.
The formerly anti-anti and now pro-Trumpers are going to go with the “he lied, he cheated, he tried to steal but at least he didn’t do what the craziest panelists on MSNBC suggested he did” defense. 4 more years!
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) April 18, 2019
Check out more responses below:
Interfering with an investigation because you are frustrated is the very definition of corrupt motives
— Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) April 18, 2019
When you see the sheer number of blatant lies from Trump and his team about Russian contacts — all gathered into one place — it's pretty breathtaking.
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 18, 2019
Congratulations Jr. Robert Mueller determined that you were too dumb to prosecute. https://t.co/FwYE1oRKlx
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 18, 2019
“Cohen recalled conversations with Trump in which the candidate suggested that his campaign would be a significant “infomercial” for Trump-branded properties.” (page 72) … this mind-set has clearly held-up throughout @realDonaldTrump's presidency!
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) April 18, 2019
this email conversation re: #TrumpTowerMoscow #MichealCohen is unreal … absolutely no regard for the integrity of our #democracy … pic.twitter.com/ullgdKbJyB
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) April 18, 2019
You still seem to get this wrong. From the Mueller Report: “we applied the concept of conspiracy law, not the concept of “collusion”…collusion is not a specific offense or theory of liability found in the United States Code nor is it a term of art in federal criminal law.” Ok? https://t.co/FTjBjCwLMn
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) April 18, 2019
Congratulations to my colleagues at Republicans for the Rule of Law. Trump wanted to close down the Mueller investigation. We were a small part of the effort to stop Trump from doing so. We succeeded, and the inquiry went ahead. It might not have.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 18, 2019
Not a lawyer, but this sounds more than bit obstructy: Mueller: Trump "engaged in efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation and prevent the disclosure of evidence to it, including through public and private contacts with potential witnesses."
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) April 18, 2019
Just got another email from @realDonaldTrump, this one saying:
“EXONERATED (again).”Can he read?
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) April 18, 2019
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/conservatives-rip-ag-barr-covering-trumps-lies-obstruction/
