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by Axios | 2.14.20

President Trump tweeted Friday that he has \"the legal right\" to ask Attorney General Bill Barr to intervene in criminal cases, saying that he has \"so far chosen not to.\"

Why it matters: The tweet comes just one day after Barr said Trump's tweets \"make it impossible for me to do my job\" and publicly advised the president that \"it's time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases.\"

The president acknowledged in a tweet earlier this week that Barr had personally intervened to overrule career prosecutors' sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone.

What Trump's saying:

\"The President has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case.\" A.G. Barr [said]. 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!

The big picture: Barr's statement during an ABC News interview Thursday was a rare public rebuke of the president by the attorney general, who has faced allegations of politicizing the Justice Department.

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham later said that Trump has \"full faith and confidence in Attorney General Barr to do his job and uphold the law.\"

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Won’t listen to slogans, chanted mantras or generally any kind of marketing spin or “rebranding” crap. I firmly believe that everyone else is entitled to their erroneous opinions. Citizen vigilance and due diligence is price we must pay to live in a thriving, functional democracy.\nI fear that our citizens are too easily swayed by politician’s pablum about “babies”, “jobs” and now, in particular, perceived “enemies”. I fear that a citizenry focused on the “here-and-now” is easily tricked by short term benefits that have negative long-term consequences. I fear that our legislators are more concerned about buffing their constituents than looking out for the long-term welfare of our country- and are way too eager to provide those short-term benefits to the “here-and-now” crowd.\nI fear that honor is generally being sacrificed/replaced by expediency. I hear politicians eloquently argue for one side of an issue and later, when it’s to their benefit, just as eloquently argue for the opposite side. OK, so they are good at arguing- but what is that they actually believe? What is it that they actually stand for? An honorable person has values that persist even when it is not convenient or expedient. An honorable person has a moral compass that stops them from doing something wrong even if it is not illegal. A foul is a foul- even if the referee doesn’t catch you.\nI fear that each of our federal governmental branches have devised or discovered shortcuts which tend to protect them from the checks and balances our founders intended.","twitter_id":null,"facebook_id":null,"youtube_id":null,"google_plus_id":null,"website":null,"slug":"jimk","issue_count":4,"is_following":null,"influence_score":48240,"influence_level":40,"follower_count":1632,"following_count":88,"position_count":565,"id":"9odrQBnb","partner_id":null}],"article_comment":{"flagged":false,"id":1197787,"body":"BooHoo Barr just asked for an independent investigation into another Trump crony. So his declared “independence”, just a few days old, requires him to suck at the breast of Trump again? Who are the ignorant ones here?","parent_type":"Article","parent_id":42243,"created_at":"2020-02-15T02:08:53.689Z","liked":false,"like_count":2,"links":{"self":"https://www.causes.com/comments/1197787","likers":"https://www.causes.com/api/v1/likers?likeable_id=1197787&likeable_type=Comment"},"article_id":42243,"shareable_image_url":"https://n.causes.com/share-images/comments/1197787.png","note":{"text":"No","color":"#4ac6ec","stance":"no"},"note_text":"No","note_color":"#4ac6ec","user_id":"5mblVjLW","liker_ids":["Bmyny8a9","9odrQBnb"]}}

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