Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said he believes Attorney General Bill Barr “clearly is protecting” President Trump and “advocating his point of view” on issues during an interview on “America’s Newsroom” on Friday.
Wallace was reacting to fellow anchor Bill Hemmer’s interview with Barr during the attorney general’s trip to El Salvador. It was Barr’s first interview following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his investigation into Russia’s election meddling in April.
“What really comes across to me [about the Barr interview] most of all is that for two years Donald Trump sat there and said ‘I don’t have an attorney general. I don’t have somebody out there looking for and protecting my interests,’ ” said Wallace. “He clearly has that now with Bill Barr.”
“Not saying that Barr isn’t right in everything he says. But he clearly is protecting this president and advocating his point of view on a lot of these issues,” the “Fox News Sunday” anchor continued. “And I suspect that as President Trump, who probably has watched some of this interview himself, is saying finally, ‘No Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr instead.’ ”
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Fox News anchor calls out AG Barr for "protecting" Trump and "advocating his point of view" https://t.co/TQHFlacFqn pic.twitter.com/5ns5iDCXuJ
— The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2019
In this 1974 Herblock cartoon, Nixon says, "Listen, are you going to be loyal to me or to that (expletive deleted) Constitution?" pic.twitter.com/9G93IFm4zb
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 18, 2019
Chris Wallace on Bill Barr: "He clearly is protecting this president."
Trump has succeeded installing a fixer as the nation's top law enforcement official. pic.twitter.com/35Oocjx8Z9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 17, 2019
The AG should stop sliming his own Department. If there are bad facts, show us, or search for them professionally and then tell us what you found. An AG must act like the leader of the Department of Justice, an organization based on truth. Donald Trump has enough spokespeople.
— James Comey (@Comey) May 18, 2019
I think Barr, like so many other Trump officials who've sold out, sees himself as part of a heroic narrative of saving the country. It's the kind of thing you tell yourself for one more chance to sniff the throne.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 18, 2019
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