Attorney General Bill Barr is now under fire from President Donald Trump’s supporters for shooting down his demand that former President Barack Obama be prosecuted for imaginary crimes.
Trump and his allies have been pushing their “Obamagate” conspiracy for a short time now, with Trump even suggesting that Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden should be prosecuted and jailed over the Russia investigation.
But despite his desperate accusations against Obama and Biden, Barr spoiled the persecution.
“There have been increasing attempts to use the justice system as a political weapon,” Barr said. “The legal tactic has been to gin up allegations of criminality by one’s political opponent based on the flimsiest of legal theories.”
Of course, Barr also tried to once again claim that the Russia investigation was unjust, which is bullsh*t. But he then broke the bad news to Trump and his supporters.
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“As to President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don’t expect [the current probe] will lead to a criminal investigation of either man.”
Again, there was no conspiracy to take Trump down. This investigation was about rooting out Russian interference with the 2016 Election and Russian involvement within the Trump campaign. Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russians and pleaded guilty in court to committing felonies.
It’s also laughable that Barr is claiming to all of a sudden be against using the DOJ as a political weapon — since that’s exactly what he has been doing for Trump since he took over the department.
Nevertheless, Trump supporters were outraged by his announcement and predictably turned on him.
THIS SERIOUSLY PISSES ME OFF!!!!
Barr says he does not expect criminal investigation of Obama or Biden as result of Durham probehttps://t.co/Ee94Gtix7q
— 𝑪𝒂𝒋𝒖𝒏♡𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌™️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@cajun4trump) May 18, 2020
Did you seriously think the #Swamp Bill Barr would investigate his POTUS Obama and VP Biden? https://t.co/5gYGcbn9iE
— Carol ⭐️⭐️⭐️ God thinks I’m essential (@Carol61916613) May 18, 2020
Why is there a double standard? #ObamaGate is the biggest political crime in the US history!
— America First 🇺🇸 (@AmericaFirst999) May 18, 2020
Well then he better open another damn investigation. We The People are pissed off and want all the criminals to be prosecuted, regardless of their current or former office.#LockThemAllUp #ObamaGate
— Grateful to God for Trump-China is Asshoe (@Jamelle37704677) May 18, 2020
#Barr should resign.
— #vaultteam6 (@vaultteam6) May 18, 2020
Looks like we found another swamp synthesizer!!
— browneyed_girl (@RehmanDana) May 18, 2020
Mr Barr why would you not investigate OBAMA and Biden. They broke laws and AMERICANs will stop following the rule of law if you don’t stop this. So disappointed.
— Lena DiGaetano (@DigaetanoLena) May 18, 2020
Is it time to replace Barr?
— Scott (@scott_ensley) May 18, 2020
Barr’s rejection of Trump’s demand proves that “Obamagate” is a fake conspiracy designed to distract from the reckless and incompetent response to the coronavirus pandemic and smear the Biden campaign ahead of the election in November. It also demonstrates perfectly once again that Trump supporters don’t give a damn about justice and the law.
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