Trump ‘Bristled’ While Watching Barr Talk About His Friendship With Mueller

William Barr, nominee to be US Attorney General, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 15, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit... William Barr, nominee to be US Attorney General, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 15, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump, ever hot and cold on his own staff, may be cooling on attorney general nominee William Barr before Barr is even through the confirmation process.

According to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Trump was surprised and dismayed when Barr testified to his close relationship with and high regard of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

“The President did not like that,” Collins told CNN host Wolf Blitzer Thursday. “He was complaining to aides saying he didn’t know how close they were, and he didn’t know how much their work at the Department of Justice had overlapped previously.”

She said that he talked himself down afterwards by reminding himself that both men are part of the “Washington establishment.”

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  1. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    tRump should withdraw the nomination (via Twitter of course)

  2. This script is getting worse and worse … How long will the audience pay for it ?

  3. This is what happens when you make random appointments. Barr is still an unknown but Spanky might be in for some surprises.

  4. If only the President had a way to learn about the background of the people he nominates for important positions.

  5. Yes, now the world is delineated to before Trump and after Trump…nothing of importance occurred before this disaster took office and nothing will happen after he is gone…he is our world now…

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