'Barr belongs in prison': Critics of former AG furious over new behind the scenes Trump revelations
Reacting to a series of interviews former Attorney General William Barr gave with the Atlantic's Jonathan Karl, critics of Donald Trump's former AG lashed out at Barr for keeping his true thoughts about Trump's election fraud claims to himself that ended up leading to the Jan 6th insurrection at the Capitol.
According to the report, Barr believed Trump's claims of a stolen election were "bullshit," and resisted pleas from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to intercede with the ex-president and force him to tone down his inflammatory rhetoric.
While Barr did tell the Associated Press that "to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election," in early December, his critics felt he should have done more before the Capitol plunged into chaos on Jan 6th.
For that Barr was labeled a "coward" among other things on Twitter as you can read below:
If you agree that an attorney general\u2019s loyalty is to the Constitution & upholding the rule of law \u2014 as opposed to a man \u2014 why didn\u2019t you & @TheAtlantic editors put \u201cbetrayal\u201d in quotes?https://twitter.com/zittrain/status/1409129864167407616\u00a0\u2026— Alex Howard (@Alex Howard) 1624799882
Why did you wait 6 months to say anything? Maybe the insurrection and 5 people dying wouldn't have happened.— Deez for Democracy (@Deez for Democracy) 1624802927
So is this story. BILL BARR IS NOT A VICTIM.— Shea Shea Girl (@Shea Shea Girl) 1624788545
Barr belongs in prison right along with McConnell McCarthy and Trump they all knew they all stood down and let Trump destroy faith in our democracy- they are all complicit.— Riden With Biden (@Riden With Biden) 1624801615
Wow !Love the way everyone who actively participated in the corrupt use of power just get to act that it just happened to them,and still does not stand upto the dismantling of democracy.— Susan Mathew (@Susan Mathew) 1624796051
We absolutely cannot allow any of them to have redemption tours— saki saki saki (@saki saki saki) 1624798725
Barr could have said all this publicly in November. And December. And January, before 1/6.\n\nHe failed his office and his country.\n\nScrew him.— Kevin Gromley \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Kevin Gromley \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1624799263
Think about this: the senate majority leader was asking the attorney general for political help in an upcoming election.— RicSilvestre (@RicSilvestre) 1624799329
Barr didn\u2019t jump ship until he was sure there was no way he could land that MFer. He would still be there, otherwise.\n\nRudy shouldn\u2019t be the only one, punished.— Victoria Love (@Victoria Love) 1624799687
pic.twitter.com/RBtuvyIs1X— lucasfrance15 (@lucasfrance15) 1624803904
He did nothing to protect the people, our nation and our democracy...he is pond scum.— SecretsBetrayalRevenge (@SecretsBetrayalRevenge) 1624798982
