Barr Says He Doesn’t Remember Trump Asking Him To Hold Presser Exonerating Him

Attorney General Bill Barr said on Wednesday that he doesn’t remember President Donald Trump asking him to hold a press conference to declare that Trump had not broken the law with his phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.


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Wut?

I’m guessing he doesn’t remember a lot of things.

(Like murdering Epstein!! :stuck_out_tongue:)

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There’s a lot of space between “I don’t remember” and “it never happened.” Barr’s going to need something more solid than that to cover his fat butt. And if he’s going to be believed, he needs to say it under oath or threat of 18 U.S.C. 1001.

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Barr’s just trying to do his best to help with the impeachment inquiry and distract a bit.

I’d suggest he go say it under oath, but prevaricating under oath doesn’t seem to be a problem for him.

How about a press release that said Trump did not commit any crime (like bribery or extortion, since you said no campaign finance law violation)? Did he ask for that, if not a press conference?

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The Executive Branch’s collective memory is going to get a lot worse in the coming weeks.
‘‘Subpoena? I don’t remember getting a subpoena.’’

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Barr already practicing his “I don’t recall” dodge.

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“If you’re talking about press reports that he asked me to have a news conference, the fact is, I don’t remember any such request,” Barr told a reporter when asked about the Washington Post’s report on Trump’s alleged request.

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Team Trump seems to attract people with very faulty memories. It’s just astounding how much they collectively cannot recall…

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Barr is too tubby to thread the needle of truth or squeeze through the door frame.

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I think that being around trump for any significant time leads to memory damage.

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Selective recollection is a job requirement, I think. This man cannot be trusted to to do anything other than dissemble.

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It all makes sense when you realize that the GOP strategy for coverups is based on the 1967 movie, “A Guide to the Married Man”

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The stable genius, the same man whose gut is smarter than other people’s brain and who knows more than the generals also has serious memory issues. (See his written answers to Mueller).

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I wonder if Trump uses WhatsApp to pester the staff? Or does he just yell?

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It does the heart good to see that POS Barr scrambling and failing. Keep it up, your day is coming.

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Your minion is looking very dapper.

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Why believe him then? This is a guy who lied to the American public about what the Mueller Report contained.

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It worked for Reagan and George HW Bush.

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Yeah, there’s been a lot of that going around lately.

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“In fact, my recollection is that I told the White House that we would do what we would normally do, and that is issue a press statement…"

Told the White House in response to what, “Who are the Redskins playing this Sunday ?”

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