WASHINGTON -- Attorney General William Barr on Friday vigorously defended President Donald Trump's use of executive authority and suggested that House Democrats were subverting the will of voters by exploring whether to remove the president from office for abusing his power.Trump campaigned on a
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr on Friday vigorously defended President Donald Trump’s use of executive authority and suggested that House Democrats were subverting the will of voters by exploring whether to remove the president from office for abusing his power.
Trump’s opponents “essentially see themselves as engaged in a war to cripple by any means necessary a duly elected government,” Barr added. While Barr never uttered the word impeachment, he castigated those he sees as stalling Trump’s agenda. He defended the president’s right to set policies, steer the country’s diplomatic and military relations and keep executive branch conversations confidential from congressional oversight.
Story continues“Resistance is the language used to describe insurgency against rule imposed by an occupying military power,” Barr said. He added that it connotes that the government is not legitimate. “This is a very dangerous and indeed incendiary notion.” She also said that she felt devastated and threatened to learn that Trump had vilified her to Zelenskiy, testimony that Trump underscored by attacking her on Twitter as she sat before lawmakers.
He has argued, for example, that Congress cannot make it a crime for a president to exercise executive powers corruptly and that presidents have authority over law enforcement investigations even when investigators are scrutinizing their activity.“Some of you may recall when I was up for confirmation, all these Democratic senators saying how concerned they were about my adherence to the unitary executive theory,” Barr said.
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