Bill Barr: Despite Indictments, He Still Might Vote For Trump

By Susie Madrak — August 3, 2023

A lot of tidbits from last night's interview with Kaitlan Collins and Bill Barr, but we'll start with this one. "Yeah, he sure looks guilty but hell yeah, I'd consider voting for him again!" But what would you expect from the man who convinced America there was no Russia collusion with Trump?

Collins: What do you say to people who look at what you say about trump, your criticisms of him that you don't think he belongs near the oval office, but that you don't rule out voting for him in 2024? pic.twitter.com/8bqjUm3g1w

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 3, 2023

He did point out that DOJ did not "weaponize" free speech:

Bill Barr on CNN: "As the indictment says, they're not attacking his First Amendment right. He can say whatever he wants. He can even lie. He can tell people that the election was stolen when he knew better. But that does not protect you from entering into a conspiracy." pic.twitter.com/YqK1g4alaK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 3, 2023

And he said they have a lot more evidence about Trump's state of mind:

Bill Barr to @kaitlancollins: "We’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg on this. I think there is a lot more to come, and I think they have a lot more evidence as to President Trump’s state of mind." https://t.co/ElbmyYVKtR

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 3, 2023

This was a reminder that Trump's legal strategy will center around keeping him off the witness stand:

Bill Barr is not very confident how Trump would do on the stand: “It would not come out very well for him. I think he’d be subject to very skilled cross examination, and I doubt he remembers all the different versions of events he has given over the last few years.” pic.twitter.com/RWXYLrZK5N

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) August 3, 2023

Marcy Wheeler has thoughts:

Imagine if, in response to Barr saying, "many of the people who served him in govt got sucked into things," @kaitlancollins asked, "like how you ensured Rudy could feed USG crap disinformation from Russia spies and how you altered docs in an attempt to reverse Flynn prosecution"? https://t.co/847FNOLJNA

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 3, 2023

I mean, this is a VERY useful interview.

But Bill Barr LITERALLY said blowing off grand jury subpoenas was no big deal when he corruptly helped Trump end the RU investigation.

He, himself, LITERALLY is no different than Nauta.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 3, 2023

And so does Twitter:

One of the worst AGs of all time is trying to save his reputation.
Why wasn't Bill Barr saying any of this in December 2020? Why didn't he cooperate with the January 6 Select Committee? https://t.co/QGQqcu6WUY

— Bleeding Heartland (@LauraRBelin) August 3, 2023

Bill Barr can't rewrite his history. pic.twitter.com/SWsqwCFfUS

— 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇺🇦 (@gerryh1586) August 3, 2023

That Bill Barr is unable to conclude whether the greatest crime ever committed by a US President was “criminal or not” reminds us that while he may be critical of Trump he is still the same old menace to the rule of law in America he always was. https://t.co/Ji1lPxkqsG

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 3, 2023

Remember that time bill Barr sounded the alarm in real time on the democracy destabilizing, coup plotting, election overturning, defrauding the United States shit he knew trump and his crack pot lawyers were up to?
And he did it because he KNEW that country was bigger than… pic.twitter.com/TD8baQZhuC

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) August 3, 2023