{"id":8336,"date":"2020-12-15T04:08:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=8336"},"modified":"2020-12-15T04:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:20:10","slug":"attorney-general-barr-to-leave-administration-gen-flynn-will-be-the-new-ag-trump-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/attorney-general-barr-to-leave-administration-gen-flynn-will-be-the-new-ag-trump-announces\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Barr to Leave Administration- Trump Announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-announces-ag-william-barr-is-leaving-administration-deputy-taking-over_3618553.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/collage-barr-trump-700x420.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney General William Barr, left, and President Donald Trump in file photographs. (Getty Images)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-announces-ag-william-barr-is-leaving-administration-deputy-taking-over_3618553.html\">Attorney General Barr to Leave Administration, Trump Announces<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>William Barr is stepping down as attorney general \u201cbefore Christmas,\u201d President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;wrote in a Twitter post on Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,\u201d Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1338614499981602819?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said that Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, whom he described as \u201can outstanding person,\u201d will become the acting attorney general after Barr departs the administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHighly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThank you to all!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=jackphillips5&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1338614514493878273&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theepochtimes.com%2Ftrump-announces-ag-william-barr-is-leaving-administration-deputy-taking-over_3618553.html&amp;siteScreenName=EpochTimes&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1338614514493878273\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"inside_ad_336x280_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump also posted a letter from Barr, who was appointed by Trump in 2019, who said he will be now \u201cwrapping up a few important matters\u201d in the Department of Justice (DOJ). The letter details how the DOJ is continuing to look into allegations of voter fraud during the Nov. 3 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am greatly honored that you called on me to serve your administration and the American people once again as attorney general,\u201d Barr added.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Trump has signaled that he was disappointed with Barr\u2019s performance after the DOJ said it wasn\u2019t able to find evidence of widespread election fraud. Barr told The Associated Press in late November that&nbsp;\u201cto date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ later attempted to clarify his remarks, saying that numerous news outlets published incorrect or misleading reports.<\/p>\n<p>The president had also expressed his displeasure with how Barr handled probes into the origin of the probe into Trump\u2019s campaign. Barr had appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to look into these investigations, and so far, only one FBI official, Kevin Clinesmith, was indicted and convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Dec. 3 told reporters that the DOJ and Barr haven\u2019t \u201clooked very hard\u201d into allegations of voter fraud or irregularities.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"in_article_ads_0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen he looks he\u2019ll see the kind of evidence that right now you are seeing in the Georgia Senate,\u201d Trump said, referring to hearings in the state on alleged fraud and irregularities. \u201cHe hasn\u2019t done anything yet,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>When he was asked about Barr\u2019s job status, the president told reporters to \u201cask me that in a number of weeks from now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr struck an optimistic tone in his letter. He noted that Trump was able to deal with \u201cbaseless accusations\u201d that his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFew could have weathered these attacks,\u201d Barr said, \u201cmuch less forge ahead with a positive program for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nadir of this campaign was the effort to cripple, if not oust, your administration with the frenzied\u201d Russia accusations, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Barr also touted Trump\u2019s record in dealing with the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) economic exploits as well as the president\u2019s actions against Mexican drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Attorney General Barr to Leave Administration, Trump Announces William Barr is stepping down as attorney general \u201cbefore Christmas,\u201d President&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;wrote in a Twitter post on Dec. 14. \u201cJust had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/attorney-general-barr-to-leave-administration-gen-flynn-will-be-the-new-ag-trump-announces\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Attorney General Barr to Leave Administration- Trump Announces<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8339,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8336\/revisions\/8339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}