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babylonsister

(171,034 posts)
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:32 PM Sep 2022

'Political hit job': Bill Barr blasts Letitia James, predicts Trump suit will backfire


William Barr
'Political hit job': Bill Barr blasts Letitia James, predicts Trump suit will backfire
by Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter
September 21, 2022 04:58 PM


Former Attorney General William Barr slammed a lawsuit against his onetime boss, former President Donald Trump, highlighting its political undertones.

Barr contended that it is hard not to conclude that the suit, announced Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, is a "political hit job" and jabbed at James for engaging in "gross overreach" by dragging Trump's children into the suit, hypothesizing that the legal tiff will backfire against her.

"It's hard for me not to conclude it's a political hit job," Barr told Fox News. "I'm not even sure if she has a good case against Trump himself. But what ultimately persuades me that this is a political hit job is she grossly overreaches when she tries to drag the children into this."


James unveiled a massive $250 million civil lawsuit against Trump, three of his adult children, and management at the Trump Organization, alleging they engaged in a pattern of fraudulent and deceptive business practices.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/political-hit-job-bill-barr-blasts-letitia-james
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'Political hit job': Bill Barr blasts Letitia James, predicts Trump suit will backfire (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2022 OP
Hit jobs don't have receipts C_U_L8R Sep 2022 #1
He must be involved .... Lovie777 Sep 2022 #2
Bill, Sweet Child of Trump, Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #3
This puzzles me, does he have a crush on Ivanka? Why is he backing the kids? Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #4
Because he got his daughter a job with Mnuchin in the treasury department Walleye Sep 2022 #6
If The Trumplings Get Held Accountable, They Might Decide To Throw Dear Old Dad Under The Bus nt smb Sep 2022 #23
I wish this bastard would figure out which side he's on. Wasn't it just last week... brush Sep 2022 #5
He is Timewas Sep 2022 #11
And apparently trump's kids. Who are actually grown adults who... brush Sep 2022 #14
They are Timewas Sep 2022 #16
True enough. 250M is chump change next to 2B. brush Sep 2022 #18
Bite me, Bill. She's got the receipts. Ocelot II Sep 2022 #7
He has no credibility with anyone... Spazito Sep 2022 #8
Bill Barr fence-straddler extraordinaire Zambero Sep 2022 #9
Mr. Barr, we declare you full of shit and look here, they have mountain of evidence, so kindly F.O.! Brainfodder Sep 2022 #10
If they're guilty of the offenses it doesn't matter whether or not it's a "political hit job" Goodheart Sep 2022 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Goodheart Sep 2022 #13
"The children" they are grown up criminals just like their daddy..Caligula combover PortTack Sep 2022 #15
"children" onenote Sep 2022 #17
Does he mean the "children" to whom earned billions in shady business deals using their Samrob Sep 2022 #19
He's such a toad. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #20
Fat men Turbineguy Sep 2022 #21
But what about the children?... lame54 Sep 2022 #22

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
4. This puzzles me, does he have a crush on Ivanka? Why is he backing the kids?
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:36 PM
Sep 2022

How does he know what they did regarding getting these numbers cooked?

He think they are too stupid to do it or that the Pig wouldn't have allow them the latitude to make any decisions.

Weirdo.

brush

(53,742 posts)
5. I wish this bastard would figure out which side he's on. Wasn't it just last week...
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:37 PM
Sep 2022

when he was blasting trump on the stolen docs case, and now he's side with him on the fraudulent asset valuation case.

Timewas

(2,190 posts)
16. They are
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:58 PM
Sep 2022

Legally adults and can be held responsible for their actions. Like daddy dear they have never had to pay any real penalty for their actions. They recently received several billion dollars as a gift for something all they have to do is pay the 250 mil and walk away.

Spazito

(50,151 posts)
8. He has no credibility with anyone...
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:41 PM
Sep 2022

not the left, not the right, not the middle. What he says doesn't matter to anyone.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
10. Mr. Barr, we declare you full of shit and look here, they have mountain of evidence, so kindly F.O.!
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:42 PM
Sep 2022

We await the usual subjects parroting this weaksauce?



Goodheart

(5,308 posts)
12. If they're guilty of the offenses it doesn't matter whether or not it's a "political hit job"
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:45 PM
Sep 2022

We should have more such political hit jobs.

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

onenote

(42,585 posts)
17. "children"
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 06:59 PM
Sep 2022

You would think James went after a bunch of toddlers or even adolescents.

Donald Jr. is 44. Ivanka is 40. Eric is 38. All three served for years as Executive Vice Presidents of the Trump Organization (and presumably were paid well for their "service." ) Ivanka left the Organization in 2017 to become a Senior White House Advisor.

Yet Barr would have you believe that these were naive waifs who couldn't have known anything about anything involving the Trump Organization.

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
19. Does he mean the "children" to whom earned billions in shady business deals using their
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 07:02 PM
Sep 2022

positions as part of the First Family? All those over 30 babies who are helpless agents of corruption. But then Hunter Biden must be investigated and jailed for ... ok you tell me.

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