Pres. Donald Trump fired off several retweets that seemed to support calls from conservative allies that Barr should “clean house” at the DOJ.
"There must be JUSTICE. This can never happen to a President, or our Country, again!," the president said as he quote retweeted a post from GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin who claimed that there are"high expectations that the Justice Dept will very soon deliver transparency & ACCOUNTABILITY regarding DOJ/FBI officials who weaponized the awesome powers at their disposal in order to target the Trump campaign."FILE PHOTO: U.S.
"I’m allowed to be totally involved," Trump said."I’m actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country. But I’ve chosen not to be involved.” Several of Trump's retweets came from Tom Fitton, president of the conservative activist group Judicial Watch. Fitton claimed on Twitter Tuesday that Trump was “the victim of a seditious conspiracy” by the Justice Department and FBI in terms of the investigation into the presidents 2016 presidential campaign and its connection to Russia.
President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15, 2019.
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