{"id":1348477,"date":"2022-02-28T07:45:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1348477"},"modified":"2022-02-28T07:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T12:56:56","slug":"ex-ag-barr-attacks-trump-as-unfit-in-upcoming-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-ag-barr-attacks-trump-as-unfit-in-upcoming-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-AG Barr Attacks Trump as Unfit in Upcoming Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>William Barr is urging Republicans to put former\u00a0President Donald Trump in the rearview mirror in 2024 in favor of the political party\u2019s younger leaders, the former attorney general writes in a new book.<\/p>\n<p>In his upcoming 600-page book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Damn-Thing-After-Another\/dp\/0063158604?tag=nypost-20&#038;asc_refurl=https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/27\/ex-ag-william-barr-attacks-trump-as-unfit-to-lead-as-he-urges-gop-to-move-on-in-24\/&#038;asc_source=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">One Damn Thing After Another<\/a>,\u201d Barr says he thinks Trump could\u2019ve beaten Joe Biden in 2020 if he had \u201cjust exercised a modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ex-attorney-general-william-barr-urges-gop-to-move-on-from-trump-11645959600?mod=hp_lead_pos10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Wall Street Journal.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The conservative lawyer encouraged members of his party to consider \u201can impressive array of younger candidates\u201d that he did not identify by name \u2014 who he believes shares Trump\u2019s agenda but not his \u201cerratic personal behavior,\u201d the book says.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bThe\u200b former attorney general, who served from February 2019 to \u200bDecember 2020, wrote that the former president has \u201cshown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed\u200b.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Donald Trump makes a statement on the census with Attorney General William Barr\" class=\"wp-image-21351053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>William Barr is urging Republicans to put former President Donald Trump behind them.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barr\u2019s book hits shelves March 8 and comes as Trump hints at another presidential run in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida on Saturday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/26\/trump-claims-putin-would-not-have-invaded-ukraine-on-his-watch\/\">repeated his claims<\/a> that President Biden was not legitimately elected in the 2020\u00a0election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder our administration, Russia respected America just like every other country respected America, but now Joe Biden is seen as weak,\u201d Trump told the raucous crowd in Orlando. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs everyone understands, this horrific disaster would never have happened if our election was not rigged and if I was the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"William Barr\" class=\"wp-image-21351068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>William Barr\u2019s book, \u201cOne Damn Thing After Another,\u201d comes out March 8.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u200bIn his book, Barr defends himself against accusations that he was protecting Trump when he issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/03\/24\/attorney-general-sends-summary-of-mueller-report-to-congress\/\">summary of special \u200bcounsel Robert Mueller\u2019s report <\/a>on his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also dropped the criminal case against<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/08\/bill-barr-defends-dropping-flynn-case-it-was-not-a-crime\/\"> Michael Flynn<\/a>, Trump\u2019s former national security advisor, for lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials during the presidential campaign.\u00a0\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Barr wrote that he had to intervene in those cases because of what he saw as overreach by federal prosecutors. \u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPredictably our motion to dismiss the charges led to an election-year media onslaught, flogging the old theme that I was doing this as a favor to Trump,\u201d \u200bhe wrote in the book. \u201cBut I concluded the handling of the Flynn matter by the FBI had been an abuse of power that no responsible AG could let stand.\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-reuters.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-reuters.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"William Barr\" class=\"wp-image-21351074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-reuters.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-reuters.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-reuters.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>William Barr served as attorney general from February 2019 to \u200bDecember 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Reynolds\/Pool via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barr also recounts a heated meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/01\/barr-says-no-evidence-of-fraud-in-2020-election\/\">Dec. 1, <\/a>2020, just after Barr stated publicly that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could reverse Biden\u2019s victory, contradicting\u00a0the former president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is killing me\u200b \u2014\u00a0killing me. This is pulling the rug right out from under me,\u201d Trump \u200bfumed at\u00a0Barr, according to the book. \u201cHe stopped for a moment and then said, \u2018You must hate Trump. You would only do this if you hate Trump.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he reminded the 45th president that \u200bhe had \u201csacrificed a lot personally to come in to help you when I thought you were being wronged,\u201d but that the Justice Department \u200bcould not hold up his claims about the \u201cbig lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump then ticked off a number of grievances he had against Barr, including declining to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"William Barr\" class=\"wp-image-21351080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/william-barr-trump-getty-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>William Barr recounts in his book a heated meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on Dec. 1, 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At one point during the meeting, Barr offered to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccepted!\u201d Trump yelled\u200b and banged his hand\u00a0on the table\u200b, Barr wrote\u200b. \u201c\u2018Leave and don\u2019t go back to your office. You are done right now. Go home!\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>W\u200bhite House lawyers intervened, however, and Trump did not follow through. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/14\/ag-bill-barr-resigns\/\">stepped down<\/a> weeks later.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Barr is urging Republicans to put former\u00a0President Donald Trump in the rearview mirror in 2024 in favor of the political party\u2019s younger leaders, the former attorney general<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1348477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}