Bill Barr Wants Protesters Charged With Trying to Overthrow the U.S. Government
Of all of Donald Trump’s servile employees willing to put his extremely fragile ego above the country, William Barr may very well be the most dangerous. (Well, tied with the guy who did a Facebook Live video telling the president’s supporters to prepare for an insurrection.) The thing about the attorney general is that he’s not just a sycophant willing to do Trump’s dirty work—he actually knows how to go about it. Apparently seeing himself as Trump’s personal lawyer in the mold of Roy Cohn, Barr has spent his time at the Justice Department discrediting the Mueller investigation; involving the DOJ in the quest to keep the president’s tax returns secret; running cover for Trump as he tried to extort Ukraine; interceding to change the sentencing recommendation for longtime Trump pal Roger Stone; running cover for Trump when he told his supporters to vote twice; and using taxpayer funds to shield the president from a defamation lawsuit related to a rape accusation against him. So, really, it was only a matter of time until the attorney general, aka the president’s consigliere, attempted to use the Justice Department to prosecute protesters with the dubious charge of attempting to overthrow the government.
