.MaddowBlog: AG Barr finds himself ‘neck deep’ in Trump scandal.
Close video The Rachel Maddow Show, 9/30/19, 9:00 PM ET Trump fixation on exonerating Russia entangles Barr, Pompeo Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump’s unusual fixation with finding reasons to undo sanctions on Russia for the annexation of Crimea and interference in the 2016 election, to the point where he is now reportedly sending Attorney General William Barr share tweet email save Embed The editorial board of the New York Times published a good overview piece of Donald Trump’s brewing...
The attorney general’s active role also underscores the degree to which a nearly three-year-old election still consumes significant resources and attention inside the federal government. Current and former intelligence and law enforcement officials expressed frustration and alarm Monday that the head of the Justice Department was taking such a direct role in reexamining what they view as conspiracy theories and baseless allegations of misconduct.
It was against this backdrop that the New York Times was first to report that Donald Trump pressed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to help Barr “gather information for a Justice Department inquiry that Mr. Trump hopes will discredit the Mueller investigation.”
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