>> THERE YOU GO. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.
BILL BARR REBUKING TRUMP.
MAJOR NEWS HERE FROM WHAT CAN
ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A BESIEGED
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. BILL BARR FOR THE FIRST TIME
NOW, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS
JUST BRIEFLY.
JUST BRIEFLY. IT BROKE AS WE WERE COMING ON
THE AIR.
THE AIR. HE IS CLAIMING TO DISAGREE
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. LET ME GET INTO IT.
THIS IS A RARE NEW INTERVIEW.
IT COMES AS THE EMBATTLED
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS TAKING HEAT
FOR SIDING WITH TRUMP IN THIS
VERY CONTROVERSIAL WAY,
POLITICALLY INTERVENING IN THE
CASE OF CONVICTED TRUMP AIDE
ROGER STONE AND MANY SAY,
BLATANT POLITICIZING THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
WE’LL BREAK DOWN WHAT HE IS
DOING AND WHY YOU CAN’T REALLY
TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE.
I’LL SHOW YOU THE EVIDENCE.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK HERE.
MR. BARR CLAIMING WHAT YOU NEED
TO FOCUS ON ARE THE WORDS.
>> PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND TWEETS
MADE ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
ABOUT OUR PEOPLE IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. OUR MEN AND WOMEN HERE.
ABOUT CASES PENDING IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. AND ABOUT JUDGES BEFORE WHOM WE
HAVE CASES.
HAVE CASES. MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO
MY JOB.
MY JOB. >> THAT’S THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES APPEARING
TO CRITICIZE HIS BOSS.
SOMETHING MR. BARR ALMOST NEVER
DOES.
DOES. AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE’VE NEVER
SEEN HIM DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS
ON THIS HIGH STAKES OF AN ISSUE.
DONALD TRUMP’S OWN CONVICTED
ROGER STONE.
ROGER STONE. SAYING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES MAKES IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO YOUR JOB SOUNDS
LIKE CRITICISM.
LIKE CRITICISM. BUT THEN WE SEE THAT HE SAYS THE
NOISE THE PRESIDENT MAKES
UNDERCUTS HIM.
UNDERCUTS HIM. >> I’M NOT GOING TO BE BULLIED
OR INFLUENCED BY ANYBODY.
AND I SAID, WHETHER IT IS
CONGRESS, THE NEWSPAPER,
EDITORIAL BOARDS OR THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. I’M GOING TO DO WHAT I THINK IS
RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND THE, I THINK THE, I CANNOT
DO MY JOB HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT
WITH CONSTANT BACKGROUND
COMMENTARY THAT UNDERCUTS ME.
>> THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS MR.
BARR DOING RIGHT NOW?
IT’S PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE IS
RESPONDING TO WHAT HAS BEEN
WIDESPREAD CRITICISM AFTER BEING
SKORNGED BY EVEN HIS OWN ALLIES.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH’S
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO
WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFENDED BARR BUT
IS NOW CALLING ON HIM TO
OUTRIGHT QUIT UNLESS HE CAN
BETTER PREVENT AND RESIST DONALD
TRUMP’S POLITICAL COMMANDS TO
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
ON TOP OF THAT, DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS CONDEMNING DONALD
TRUMP’S ATTACKS ON THE JUDGE WHO
WILL ULTIMATELY SENTENCE STONE.
>> A.G. BARR HAS DEEPLY DAMAGED
THE RULE OF LAW BY WITHDRAWING
THE DOJ SENTENCING
RECOMMENDATION.
RECOMMENDATION. WHAT A S DISAPPOINTMENT TO OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> THE NATION NOW LOOKS AGAIN TO
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS TO MAKE
CLEAR TO PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT
THESE ATTACKS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
>> THAT’S JUST SOME OF THE
CONDEMNATION FROM TOP DEMOCRATS.
LET’S BE CLEAR MR. BARR HAS NOT
CHANGED A THING ABOUT THE
INTERVENTION IN ROGER STONE’S
CASE.
CASE. HE HAS NOT CHANGED THE RESULTS,
THE SUBSTANCE.
THE SUBSTANCE. IT IS NEWS WORTHY BUT HE IS ONLY
DOING SO ABOUT THE TWEETS.
YOU MIGHT PARAPHRASE MR. TRUMP
AS SAYING BASICALLY, I STAND BY
ALL THE POLITICAL INTERVENTION
IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT
EVEN MY OWN CONSERVATIVE
COLLEAGUES SAY IS WRONG.
I JUST WISH DONALD TRUMP WASN’T
TWEETING ABOUT WHAT WE WERE UP
TO.
TO. THE DONALD TRUMP SAID, IT WAS
THE DISGRACED AND DISBARRED
MAFIA LAWYER SO KNOWN FOR
BREAKING RULES.
BREAKING RULES. AND CRITICS SAY THAT’S WHAT HE’S
GETTING WITH BILL BARR WHO IS
NOW INTERFERING TO CHANGE THE
CRIMINAL CASE, THE WAY IT WILL
BE RESOLVED WITH ONE OF DONALD
TRUMP’S ALLIES.
TRUMP’S ALLIES. IT IS NOT CLEAR IF WHAT HE’S
DOING CUTS AGAINST ALL RULES,
NORMS AND REQUIREMENTS AT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. I GIVE YOU BILL BARR IN 2001
EXPLAINING THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS SPECIAL AND
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH IT.
YOU DON’T INTERVENE.
YOU DON’T INTERFERE.
BILL BARR HAS BEEN BUSTED,
ACCORDING THE MANY EXPERTS AND
CRITICS FOR INTERVENING AND
INTERFEARING.
INTERFEARING. SIDING WITH TRUMP, INTERVENING
TO THE DEGREE THEY QUIT IN
APPARENT PROTEST IT IS BEING
SUPPORTED WIDELY BY MR. BAR.
NOW UNDER PRESSURE, HE HAS TO DO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. TO SAVE HIMSELF, HE IS TRYING
TO, A TO YOU PROBLEM IS THE
TWEETS.
TWEETS. DON’T LOSE YOUR EYE ON THE BALL
OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.