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ABC News reports:
President Donald Trump on Friday morning broke almost 17 hours of silence following ABC News’ exclusive interview with Attorney General Bill Barr, pushing back on Barr’s warning not to interfere in criminal cases, insisting he has the “legal right” to do so.
Trump repeated what he’s said previously — including just this past Tuesday — that he has the “absolute” right to comment on how the Justice Department is handling criminal cases, including those involving his friends and associates.
The Washington Post reports:
In the ABC interview, Barr said Trump would be within his rights to ask for an investigation in an area that didn’t affect his personal interest — such as in a terrorism case or fraud by a bank. But he said an attorney general would not listen to an order to investigate a political opponent.
Trump has publicly and privately raged in recent months about wanting investigations of those he sees as enemies, including former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, former FBI director James B. Comey and former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.
“The President has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case.” A.G. Barr This doesn’t mean that I do not have, as President, the legal right to do so, I do, but I have so far chosen not to!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2020
if anyone out there believes one single word that falls out of the mouth of our rodeo clown president’s hand-picked goon at the department of justice, I have six bankrupt casinos in Atlantic City to sell you
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 14, 2020