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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you think Trump knew this when he chose Barr for AG?
Theyve been personal friends for over 20 years, Graham said, noting they worked together previously at the Department of Justice. His opinion of Mr. Mueller is very, very high in terms of ethics and character and professionalism.
Graham said Barrs and Muellers wives attend Bible study together and Mueller has attended the weddings of two of Barrs daughters.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-09/trump-attorney-general-pick-won-t-end-mueller-probe-graham-says
I find this interesting. I'm not convinced he won't either end the Mueller probe or bury the report still, but it's interesting. Either Trump knew this and planned to use it to grease Barr's confirmation, or he's just now finding out the person he picked to oversee the Mueller probe is a personal friend of Mueller. Which would be f'ing hilarious.
RT Atlanta
(2,517 posts)n/t
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)so Id bet even money on TraitorTot not knowing this. And yes, it would be hilarious
herding cats
(19,564 posts)If Trump is just now finding this out he's going to blow a gasket.
wishstar
(5,269 posts)Comey says he has never socialized with Mueller and doesn't even know names of Mueller's kids and only had 1 lunch with Mueller in all the years they worked at FBI. But that didn't keep Trump from inventing a conspiracy theory about them conspiring to undermine him. Bet Trump only knew that Barr had written the memo defending power of the presidency. so he thought Barr would protect him.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)has a history. Trump has used peoples Histories as a lever to benefit himself one way or another.
Barr has enough print info floating around that Donnie Boy figures he can use to Donnie's advantage. After all,it is all about making the Russia thing go away.
Because Donnie Boy knows the end is near and his Poniz is about to be exposed.
msongs
(67,405 posts)In some circles it's a form of social networking.
It could also be an indicator here the wives are the friends and Barr and Mueller aren't actually close. Or so I thought when I read it.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)It's a win-win for Agent Orange.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)you can be casual friends, prior co-workers (they worked together, I think), but not be bffs.
Also, Barr has been critical of the Mueller investigation, but NOT of Mueller. I believe I read that Barr was critical of the SCOPE of the investigation and referring white collar crimes to other jurisdictions, none of which was Mueller's decision. That was Rosenstein's instructions...to do the main investigations and any other crimes he ran across...or something like that.