New York Daily News: William Barr Has Become Donald Trump’s “Toady”!

Dear Commons Community.

With the release of the Mueller Report on Thursday, it has become clear that there were winners and losers.  The big winners include Robert Mueller for his thoroughness and respect for the rule of law, Don McGahn and other White House officials who refused to buckle under Trump’s attempts to squash the Mueller investigation.   The losers include Donald Trump for too many reasons to go into, Sarah Huckabee Sanders for being caught lying to the press about the James Comey firing (and then she told more lies to try to squirm her way out of it),  Donald Trump Junior for coming across as an idiot and a dupe, and Ivanka Trump for being outed as attending the infamous Trump Tower meeting.  However, the biggest loser has to be Attorney General William Barr who is being characterized as a “toady” for Donald Trump. 

Barr will go down as another of the many Trump associates whose names and reputations were ruined by the President. In a bizarre press conference held before the release of Mueller’s report to the public—and baffling critics—Barr said he “disagreed” with the special counsel’s opinions on whether President Trump obstructed the federal investigation into Russia’s attack on the 2016 election, and that he had “noncorrupt motives.” Barr also repeatedly mentioned how there there’s no crime of “collusion,” echoing Trump’s own tweets from the day.  David Dorsen, who served as an assistant chief counsel on the Senate Watergate Committee, said:  “It was depressing to see that Barr was not capable of standing up to Trump the same way Eliot Richardson stood up to Nixon.”    Eliot Richardson resigned rather than fire Archibald Cox as Richard Nixon ordered him to do. Barr on the other hand as a good “toady” knelt down and did Trump’s bidding. 

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough declared Attorney General William Barr’s reputation has been “sullied” just hours before he addressed the media regarding Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, saying it’s time to rethink the process how attorney generals are picked.

“He does something once again that is going to scuff up his reputation. Absolutely his reputation is shot,” Scarborough said of Barr’s handling of the release of the Mueller report, also describing him as a “political hack” and no longer “a respected legal mind.”

And Steve Chapman in The Chicago Tribune, commented:  “One thing we’ve learned in the past two years is how hard it is to take a job in this administration without behaving like a Trump lackey. Thursday, Barr had a chance to demonstrate rigorous impartiality and independence. Instead, he ensured that like so many others, he will leave his office with his reputation seriously damaged.”

Barr’s best move would be to resign immediately!

Tony

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