“It’s just such a disservice to the country that we can’t trust our own attorney general.”
Schiff pushed back and said that what Barr said wasn’t true, characterizing it as another example of why the Trump administration official can’t be trusted. “It’s just such a disservice to the country that we can’t trust our own attorney general,” Schiff said. “But apparently Bill Barr is willing to do anything or say anything to help Donald Trump.” Asked if Barr was lying, Schiff said: “That is basically what he is doing. And I hesitate to say that, but it is the reality.
Barr is hardly the only one in the administration pushing the China message. National security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Friday that China is the country that has taken the most active role in trying to interfere in the November election. “We know the Chinese have taken the most active role,”Readers like you make our work possible. Help us continue to provide the reporting, commentary, and criticism you won’t find anywhere else.
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