Days before leaving his post, Attorney General William Barr said he does not see a need for a special prosecutor in the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden or the November election.
President Donald Trump had been considering pushing for a special counsel to investigate the son of President-elect Joe Biden. The younger Biden revealed after the election he is being investigated by Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys in Delaware.
“To the extent that there’s an investigation, I think that it’s being handled responsibly and professionally within the department,” Barr said at a press conference. “And to this point, I have no seen reason to appoint a special counsel, and I see no reason to do so before I leave.”
Jeffery Rosen, who will step in for Barr during the final month of the Trump administration, has declined to say whether he would assign a special prosecutor to the case.
Barr also said he has not seen any systemic cases of voting irregularities in the November election.
“There is fraud unfortunately in most elections, I think we’re too tolerant of it,” Barr said, but added he found no evidence of widespread fraud in this general election.
Incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday Joe Biden is nixing any discussion about his son with attorney general interviewees.
“He will not be discussing an investigation of his son with any attorney general candidates. He will not be discussing it with anyone he is considering for the role,” Psaki said. “And he will not be discussing it with a future attorney general.”
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Barr’s replacement can’t come soon enough!
I hope McConnell ensures his replacement is confirmed IMMEDIATELY (so HE can appoint the Special Counsels).
Without Special Counsel, the “investigations” will be swept under the rug (like so many “investigations” in and of Washington)!
The deep state runs deep indeed. Everyone has so much knowledge of each others corruption they cannot afford to open anyone’s can of worms lest they end up on the hook themselves and get eaten. Hillary, Biden, others will never be prosecuted, but they cannot flee God’s justice they deny to WE THE PEOPLE. Barr who was hired to bar the door, just opened the door for the corrupt politicians to get bolder.
What sorry *** democrat paid this guy off. I despise all the democrat crooks and will never for a democrat again. We were lucky to have President Trump 4 years before they stole the election. I wish all democrats would be removed from office using any method.
FROM day one, a # of folk were warning us, HE WAS JUST ANOTHER deep state shill.. Many here didn’t want to believe it..
WE GOT conned.
don’t put any hopes on mcConnell.
the elections are over, and he has a new *** to kiss.
I took an oath to defend the Constitution when I joined the military. It appears that the democrats will be the next enemy.
ALONG WITH all the RINOS and cowardly judges, who are literally CONCENTING TO THE election getting stolen!
“will be”?
More like HAS BEEN SINCE THE EARLY 60’S WHEN THEY MURDERED KENNEDY.
put mr barr in jail for subversion and trashing the laws he swore to protect.
what am i saying? people in fed gubment do not go to JAIL.
ether we revolt or we perish under tyranny.
Hell, there’s not a big enough PRISON, to house all these traitors in office (not just the politicians, but those working at the DOJ/FBI, IRS, and judges)
What a miserable sickening traitor to the one who appointed and put his trust in him!
Just a side note: Barr didn’t PREVENT an investigation! He merely refuses to do the investigations himself (or appoint a special counsel).
There is NOTHING BARR did (or COULD DO) to prevent his successor from conducting the investigations, or from appointing special counsel(s)!
IF YOU THINK A single damn coward in the dept of injustice, will DO A DAMN THING, i have a bridge to nowhere to sell ya.
I do not want to hear anyone defending Bill Barr anymore. The attorneys in Delaware, investigating Hunter, will not be investigating Hunter, under the Biden administration or they will be fired. Barr also indicated a few months ago, that Uncle Joe and Barack would not be investigated. No fraud in the elections, Barr? Where is the prosecution of Jussie Smollet? Where is the investigation of the politicians, that were friends of Jeffrey Epstein and who slept with the young underage girls, that were Epstein’s slaves. Where is the investigation of Hillary? Barr is a joke.
I agree… I gave him one last chance to do the right thing… it’s now confirmed he…IS… the head of the cesspool swamp. I’d bet if you check the flight logs of Epstein he’s been on that plane… along with other major scum from washington. I have to disagree with you on Barr being a joke backpacker… this is far to serious to be anything near funny… this fatherless child is treasonous and need to be arrested then tried for such. This just sickens me to no end. Barr has let the entire WORLD down. How in the hell can he sleep at night?
ANd that’s imo why we keep losing. WE ARE too willing, on our side, to ‘give someone JUST ONE more chance, no matter how many times they stab us in the back…
barr IS AN ACT OF TREASON that has never been levied!
BARR CAN CLEAN OUT HIS DESK TODAY.
His replacement can go after the Biden Crime Family!
Something tells me “we the people” are going to be the ones that “go after the Biden Crime Family”… physically!
Ii would prefer his desk be cleaned out by INVESTIGATORS INTENT ON HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE!
I’d prefer that, along with those investigators seizing his phone, laptops, all correspondence, and freezing his bank accounts while Barr relaxes in a cell under close supervision.
Hell will freeze over, LONG BEFORE this traitor, or ANY OF THE NUMEROUS OTHERS in government, ever face even one DAY of punishment….
I THOUGHT that Barr was doing a good job in the beginning. What happened to this man, to have him do a complete 360 degree turnaround ? I am NOW, glad that he is leaving, but SO disappointed, in him , for not believing that THIS election was a total FRAUD ! I
He was ALWAYS DEEP STATE.
He sent the atf/fbi to Ruby Ridge Idaho because Randy Weaver refused to set up his friends for criminal charges.
He talked a good talk, thats the ONLY THING i ever gave him….
It’s official .. there is no justice system… there are no laws … the entire judicial system in this country can go to hell. I’ll NEVER pay any attention to any laws again
That is why i’d love for mutantism to exist, cause i’d LOVE TO GO all magneto, on the entire justice system, RIPPING IT right the hell out of the ground, and sending it all into space, RIGHT ALONG SIDE all these criminals in office…
THEN WE could try and rebuild from the ground up….
out of the ashes … the phoenix will rise.
Thing is, while i HOPE that may happen, right now, i see NO EVIDENCE it ever will..
Either he, or his family, were most likely threatened with a particularly unpleasant death. I can’t think of any other reason for his complete abdication of his job.
I agree, that he may have been threatened ! A lot of very mysterious deaths have occurred over the years involving Hillary, and Bill Clinton. This may have been one of those situations, but Barr, decided that he would “Go Along” with the request, rather the take a chance with his LIFE !
He sold his eternal life to save the temporary flesh, sad, sad
He was ‘deep state’ before anybody knew what the term meant.
Where as, to me, i feel he has ALWAYS been this way, he just HID it from us in the beginning..
The corrupt SWAMP is big, deep and powerful.
We can only love and respect a President who tried to drain the SWAMP.
IMO even a few dozen, nukes, wouldn’t drain that swamp… ITS SO INGRAINED In our entire government, local, county, state and federal, we’d need to do a lot more to even dent it..
The (Democrat) swamp wins again! You can bet that if the tables were turned, and it was a Republican ‘president elect’, with the same reports of widespread voter fraud, and with a cocaine addicted son with very questionable business dealings with China, that the Democrats would not only be calling for an investigation and would already have a Special Prosecutor appointed and on the hunt, they would be already meeting to nail down their plans to launch impeachment hearings as soon as the new president was sworn in.
AS WE saw with trump, EVIDENCE WASN’T even needed to convict him and impeach him..
The people that recommended barr for the position should be TRIED FOR TREASON!
He was the person that sent the atf/fbi to Ruby Ridge Idaho to MURDER RANDY WEAVERS WIFE!
I absolutely did not know that about Barr and Ruby Ridge, Even with all of the reading I have done on both subjects, I never made the connection. He was working for Janet Reno at the time? Trump was a business man. He would not know all of these political people. He depended on trusted advisors. At least one of those advisors steered him terribly wrong on this one.
ghwb AG 1992
I’ve often said, WE NEED TO KNOW who the hell, instructed trump on hiring barr.. AS THAT nitwit, needs to get fed into a wood chipper.
That was janet reno.
Amazing how the deep state keeps surfacing at crucial moments. Bill Barr should be held accountable for his blatant disregard for upholding the laws.
ALL of these traitors, should be held accountable. BUT WHO THE HELL WILL DO SO???
Certainly not the feckless wastes of oxygen in the FBI/Doj.. Certainly not the totally inept judges, media or congress.. AND MORE AND MORE i dount even we the people will do a damn thing.
The LAST ACT of betrayal by the swamp creatures. Systemic Fraud is so endemic its no longer considered unusual. Wasn’t America great while it lasted. The NEW NORMAL — lying cheating, stealing, no law, no order only a free-for-all. So much for the rule of law and the ‘RIGHTS” guaranteed by the Constitution.
Let’s have an investigation of Barr and Durham, accepting pay under false pretenses.
Frank, WHO do you think is going to do such an investigation?
WHo the hell would do that?? THE FBI?? Useless.
The Dept of injustice? More useless.
The media? They’d never.
Congress?? Too cowardly and feckless..
Coming from someone fired for corruption, moral turpitude, and treason Barr’s opinion is worthless. He and other deep state traitors need to be made examples of by being prosecuted for their crimes and given sentences that will be a deterrant for others of like mind. Surprised nobody from the administration did a background check on Barr or other’s before appointing. That’s incompetence. His role at Ruby Ridge should’ve been grounds for termination and prosecution, not promotion.
Who’s going to prosecute them? Biden’s AG??
For years, i’ve said the more incompetent or corrupt one is, the higher in govt you rise.. BARR certainly proves that true.
“There is fraud unfortunately in most elections, I think we’re too tolerant of it,” Barr said
I have to agree. Tolerant of it and BLIND to it.
IF HE KNOWS there was fraud, WHY HAS HE NOT WORKED PRIOR To the election, to not just weed it out, but PUNISH THOSE WHO were involved?!
I don’t know what to say…really. All around us, we see evidence of fraud in this election. We KNOW that Biden did not win. We KNOW that voter fraud was rampant. We KNOW that the government agencies that are supposed to be watching, investigating and prosecuting this exact sort of thing, are going to do nothing.
We are faced with a horrible situation, and an even more horrible choice. Our nation – the greatest this world has ever seen – is about to be stolen from us by those who wish to strip us our Rights, ignore the Constitution, and enslave us.
That’s the situation. The choice: We either accept that our nation, our way of life, and the American dream is dead…or we fight for it, tooth and nail, until WE are dead, so that future generations praise us, rather than despise us.
I know where I stand.
Bill Barr really is a piece of ****.
If the recent words, actions, and refusals to act don’t qualify Barr as a swamp creature then elephants can wave their arms and fly and I am one of the giant orange beings who just arrived from Jupiter this morning…and I am pregnant with a litter of 500+ babies.
There’s days, i often wonder, if the events of ID4 ever happened for real, would that be GOOD for our nation? I am talking about DC, NYC, LA, SF, Seattle etc all being blown up at the same time!
I had great hopes that justice would be served when Barr was sworn in as AG. At the tender age of 87 I doubt I will ever see the criminals in DC wil have their day in court. Orange jumpsuits, chains and the perp shuffle I may never see but I can still dream.
Hell, i am only 46.. AND I doubt i’ll EVER see any of those hacks in office, ever go to jail..
Patience jarhead, Almighty GOD is the final judge.
WHo the hell cares, if “HE may finally judge them”, WE WILL ALL either be dead or enslaved to their tyrannical rule, LONG BEFORE that ever happens…..
We the people have been betrayed by this fat piece of Schiff.
If Trump does intend on returning to take the White House back in four years I do hope he spends those years learning who the Patriots are and who the Traitors are in Washington. He was not advised wisely, and that needs to change.
YOU assume he’ll even get a CHANCE to run again in 2024! Heck, i don’t even think the dems, now they KNOW their fraud machine will work, and the Courts as well as the media will cover for them, that we’ll get the Mid terms in 2022..
Barr: the Dems must have something pretty ugly on this guy . Another parasite in our government.
Where as I think he was PART OF THEM, from the get go
Barr – So. Very. Disappointing. I feel like I’ve been “had”.
WE were all had… Period.
Sorry Bill, if you have any conscience please hang your head in shame until it
falls off……….William
WHICH i hope to hell, happens soon!