Barr: Trump Sometimes Ranted About Executing Rivals

CNN reports:

Barr made the nonchalant admission Friday during a CNN interview when anchor Kaitlan Collins mentioned former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin claiming that Barr was present in the summer of 2020 when Trump suggested that an unknown White House leaker should be executed.

“I remember him being very mad about that. I actually don’t remember him saying ‘executing,’ but I wouldn‘t dispute it. The president would lose his temper and say things like that. I doubt he would’ve actually carried it out,” Barr said.

Collins then questioned whether Trump would say things like that “on other occasions.” Barr responded, “He would say things similar to that on occasions to blow off steam. But I wouldn’t take them literally every time he did it.”

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“He would say things similar to that on occasions to blow off steam. But I wouldn’t take them literally every time he did it,” the former attorney general said. https://t.co/2zfoKH9gxx

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 27, 2024

Bill Barr responds to Donald Trump mocking him after he said he would vote for him in 2024. And it's something. pic.twitter.com/YmHeC1WM6m

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 27, 2024