.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump finds a line that even AG Bill Barr isn’t willing to cross.
When Donald Trump is in a jam, one of his first instincts is to look for a fixer who can help make his problem go away. And in late September, the president found himself in a jam.
President Trump wanted Attorney General William P. Barr to hold a news conference declaring that the commander in chief had broken no laws during a phone call in which he pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate a political rival, though Barr ultimately declined to do so, people familiar with the matter said.
Trump, not surprisingly, has denied the accuracy of the report, calling it “fake news.” That said, the New York Times ran a similar article overnight, confirming the story. And more to the point, this is also the same attorney general whose Justice Department ignored referrals related to the Ukraine scandal.
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