Attorney General Barr breaks with Trump, says SolarWinds hack 'certainly appears to be the Russians'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: CNBC

WASHINGTON — Outgoing Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the massive SolarWinds hack of U.S. government agencies "certainly appears to be" the work of Russia, contradicting President Donald Trump.

By singling out Russia as the likely perpetrator of the cyberattack, Barr sided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the rest of the national security establishment but contradicted the president.

Barr made the remarks during an impromptu press conference, just two days before he is scheduled to leave his job.

After several days of silence about the sweeping breach of government and private-sector networks, Trump downplayed the seriousness of the attack in a pair of tweets over the weekend. He suggested without any evidence that China, and not Russia, might be to blame.



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[ZenDem]

1. Barr's just gone all sorts of rogue. n/t

[displacedtexan]

2. That must've been some falling out among grifters in the Oval.

I figured Barr would leave quietly & get a carte blanche pardon.

[LiberalArkie]

12. NO he got wind of what they wanted to do and it SCARED him and he wanted out.

[world wide wally]

3. Trump's ex-lovers all speak badly of him...

There must be a reason.
They know his goose is cooked and they don't want to be a side dish, I guess.

[marble falls]

4. Someone wants to a witness and not a defendant!

[Irish_Dem]

9. Right, Barr didn't finally get a conscience. He is working an angle. nt

[musclecar6]

5. Barr and Pompeo

Figure they better start acting rationally so if Trump goes completely off the deep end, they can show they weren’t in cahoots with him.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Yep. Plausible deniability. They are planting pegs to hang their defense on.

[Lonestarblue]

7. If Trump keeps on with his crazy, he needs to be threatened with the 25th Amendment.

Even if they don’t actually do anything, Republicans could convince Trump that he is risking removal for inability to handle the job (which is already clear). He needs to be sent to Mar-a-Lago and just play golf until January 20.

[colorado_ufo]

13. The 25th Amendment could be his tool to avoid federal prosecution.

I say let him sweat.

[truthisfreedom]

8. Nice. These last few weeks are turning into "shit on 45" time.

Can't wait to hear who insults him next.

[Lasher]

15. Oh this is just the beginning.

Wait until Trump is actually out of office. That's when the logjam will really break.

[dhill926]

10. the orange shitstain is becoming increasingly irrelevant....

hope it drives him crazy...

[IronLionZion]

11. Nah, it might have been Greenland

Here's real footage of Cozy Bear

[colorado_ufo]

14. I didn't know Barr knew how to drive a bus.

45 has tire tracks all over him.

[question everything]

16. Rats and a sinking ship

[Cha]

17. Not the only time he's broken with

trump.

Is he still AG?!

[riversedge]

18. Barr only has one more day.