Trump, still fighting last election, rips Barr and Pompeo for not pursuing Clinton hard enough
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Via: tessylo • 6 years ago • 28 commentsBy: Dylan Stableford, Senior Writer Yahoo News
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Trump, still fighting last election, rips Barr and Pompeo for not pursuing Clinton hard enough
Dylan Stableford
· Senior Writer
In a wide-ranging, 55-minute interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Trump criticized Attorney General William Barr for not arresting enough Democrats and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for not finding Hillary Clinton’s emails from her tenure as secretary of state, which the president believes are somewhere inside the State Department.
“They’re in the State Department, but Mike Pompeo has been unable to get them out, which is very sad, actually,” Trump said. “I’m not happy about him for that reason. He was unable to get them out. I don’t know why. You’re running the State Department, you get them out.”
In addition, he attacked FBI Director Christopher Wray for not investigating his claims of widespread voter fraud.
The live telephone interview was the president’s first since his release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was treated after falling ill from the coronavirus.
Trump said Wray wasn’t doing his job by failing to investigate voter fraud after the FBI director said there is no evidence to substantiate the president’s obsession with the issue, which election officials unanimously agree is not a problem in national elections.
“He’s been disappointing,” Trump said. “He doesn’t see the voting ballots as a problem.”
Last month, Wray told Congress that the bureau has “not seen, historically, any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election, whether it’s by mail or otherwise.”
And in his sharpest criticism of Barr to date, Trump said that history would look poorly on the attorney general if he fails to prosecute Clinton and other members of the Obama administration for alleged crimes, including “spying” on his 2016 campaign.
Members of the Trump campaign were investigated by the FBI over allegations of suspicious ties to Russia, an investigation that morphed into the probe by special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller found no evidence of collusion between the campaign and Russia. There is no evidence in the public record to show that the Obama administration was gathering intelligence on Trump or that it used any information gathered by the FBI to help the Clinton campaign.
“Bill Barr is going to go down as either the greatest attorney general in the history of the country or he’s going to go down as, you know, a very sad situation,” Trump said. “I’ll be honest with you. He’s got all the information he needs. They want to get more, more, more. They keep getting more. I said, ‘You don’t need any more.’”
Last year, Barr tapped U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the 2016 FBI investigation. There has been no indication from the Justice Department as to when findings of the probe will be unveiled.
In a flurry of tweets and retweets Wednesday , Trump wondered aloud about the status of the investigation.
“Where are all of the arrests?” he tweeted. “Can you imagine if the roles were reversed? Long term sentences would have started two years ago. Shameful!”
“NOW THAT THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS GOT COUGHT [ sic ] COLD IN THE (NON) FRIENDLY TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT, IN FACT, THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN AND WENT FOR A COUP, WE ARE ENTITLED TO ASK THE VOTERS FOR FOUR MORE YEARS,” Trump continued. “PLEASE REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU VOTE!”
“DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS,” the president fumed in another tweet. “THE BIGGEST OF ALL POLITICAL SCANDALS (IN HISTORY)!!! BIDEN, OBAMA AND CROOKED HILLARY LED THIS TREASONOUS PLOT!!! BIDEN SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO RUN - GOT CAUGHT!!!”
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When did he go to law school?
Don't forget. Trump has been in more lawsuits than most lawyers handle in their entire careers.
ok
I don't think his win/loss record is too good, though.
Poor wittle crooked donnie is running scared, he knows if he doesn't win he's going to be LOCKED UP
Trump’s bus is shorter.
Now that's just funny, Kav!
It would seem that they are finally looking at the 25th to get this clown out of power.
Cool!
It will only be cool if they actually do it.
So he is basically telling Barr to do as he says.
And Barr will say...I am trying...
He is becoming more unhinged every day.
welcome to trump's banana republic
I really, with all due respect, have to LMAO at this seed. Democrats and liberals are still not accepting the fact that Trump beat Clinton four years ago. Still whining and we concentrate on Trump? And Clinton STILL puts in her two cents when the money gets low to get herself some publicity.
Sorry but this is what is called tough shit. Both to the dems and liberals and, surprise, Mr. Trump. Everyone needs to just STFU and facilitate change if it is needed and quit the incessant whining. 26 to 60 days and we should know the outcome
Come on Jim, we can all laugh together in horror, it's almost Halloween.
Where do you get this out of the POTUS's rather strange interview?
He's still the POTUS til at least 01/20/2021, right? It would be nice to know if it's Covid or the steroids making strange words come out of his mouth.
Did not see where HRC or Bill were quoted in any way in the seed but am pretty sure their net worth is huge and publicity does not equate to $$.
Jest saying.
I pay attention here...........and other places and no Trump interview has to be included. You know damned well that several people here STILL can't handle it..........and it isn't only here. Take my comment for what it was. Pointing out irony if not hypocrisy.
The whole of the damned dem party and their Russia bullshit, Ukraine bullshit, and the list goes on and on for at LEAST three if not four full years. If that's acceptance, Bob's your uncle.
Why not, seeing the president go into a rant and near meltdown is news.
After all, Kamala Harris is a monster and a commie, that in itself demands that we listen to every word that he says. Who knows, he may come up with proof that she is a commie.
Maybe he can drag Tailergunner Joe out of the grave as a supporting witness.
Oh so your just venting in general terms about life, the flowing rivers, tributaries and dry washes.
Got it.
Carry on.
Meanwhile...
LOL
Ha!
Can't handle what? To be honest, no one gives a shit about Hillary Clinton any more. For you to imply otherwise is rather silly. And just to clear it up in advance, I'm talking about your comments being rather silly.
Also, it's clear that you have not bothered to listen to Trump's interview(s) yesterday. Something horrible has happened to his mind. Combine that with the fact that he currently has the power to make decisions that would have catastrophic consequences on this nation, no one is safe. Not even those who voted for him.
WoW!