Richard Painter , the former chief White House ethics attorney in the George W. Bush administration, tweeted that Barr’s remarks Friday before the conservative Federalist Society were “another lunatic authoritarian speech” amid an impeachment investigation into the president. Another lunatic authoritarian speech as Barr goes from attacking “radical secularists” at @NDLaw to one month later attacking the “resistance” at @FedSoc . Attorney General Barr defends Trump, assails 'Resistance”. https://t.co/lFXRaQIzkxBill Barr is the type of bare knuckles lawyer the Church would have hired thirty years ago to cover up sex abuse cases. Barr’s speech to the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has been instrumental in reshaping the courts, attacked Democrats for declaring a “war of resistance” against Trump.

Source: Huffington Post November 17, 2019 01:07 UTC