{"id":1637657,"date":"2022-09-09T12:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637657"},"modified":"2022-09-09T12:23:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:23:11","slug":"bill-barrs-predecessor-calls-him-institutionalist-who-should-know-better-than-to-defend-mar-a-lago-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barrs-predecessor-calls-him-institutionalist-who-should-know-better-than-to-defend-mar-a-lago-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Barr\u2019s Predecessor Calls Him \u2018Institutionalist\u2019 Who Should Know Better Than To Defend Mar-A-Lago Raid"},"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\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-barrs-predecessor-calls-him-institutionalist-who-should-know-better-than-to-defend-mar-a-lago-raid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/william-barr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Barr<\/a> took heat from his predecessor for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-responds-to-former-attorney-general-bill-barrs-shocking-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backing the FBI\u2019s raid<\/a> of former President Trump\u2019s Florida mansion in light of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a>\u2019s checkered history regarding the 45th\u00a0commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker told Just the News that Barr, who succeeded him in February, 2019, should know better than to cover for the DOJ, especially since he exposed so much of the department\u2019s malfeasance in the Russia collusion hoax.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Barr continues for some reason to be an institutionalist when it comes to the Department of Justice, even though based on what he presided over, he should know better,\u201d Whitaker told the site\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/americasvoice.news\/video\/ek7ni3q9zEEC5Yz\">Just the News, Not Noise<\/a>\u201d livestream show.\u00a0\u201cWe have seen far too many examples as it relates to Donald Trump, and investigations into Donald Trump, that the Department of Justice just doesn\u2019t seem to follow its own traditions, rules and ethical considerations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matt Whitaker joins Just the News to talk about Bill Barr&apos;s recent comments on America <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rlGZ2hEIxd\">https:\/\/t.co\/rlGZ2hEIxd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Annette \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\ud83c\udf4a\ud83c\udf4a\ud83c\udf4a (@Annette65740700) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Annette65740700\/status\/1568111747214577667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barr has defended the raid on Mar-a-Lago and said federal judge erred in granting Trump\u2019s lawyer\u2019s request for a neutral \u201cspecial master\u201d to go through the items the FBI took. Trump\u2019s team claims the FBI used an overbroad search warrant to go on a fishing expedition that netted privileged and private materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opinion, I think, was wrong, and I think the government should appeal it,\u201d Barr told Fox News this week of District Judge Aileen Cannon\u2019s ruling. \u201cIt\u2019s deeply flawed in a number of ways. I don\u2019t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitaker said the DOJ seized Trump\u2019s passports by mistake and reportedly also took medical records, attorney-client privileged documents, and tax records that were not authorized by the warrant. The DOJ claims it has a \u201ctaint team\u201d in place to sift through the records seized the August 8 raid and ensure none are improperly used in investigations of the former president. But Whitaker said Trump should not trust the DOJ to conduct that process fairly and Barr should understand that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a very broad warrant,\u201d Whitaker said. \u201cAnd obviously, Judge Cannon was not impressed by the taint team\u2019s work, and [the taint team] just forwarded much of this information on to the investigative team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cannon\u2019s ruling bars the DOJ from using any of the seized materials for its investigation until it has all been screened by the special master, who has not yet been named. In her decision, Cannon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-judge-to-appoint-special-master-to-oversee-fbi-review-of-trump-records\">chided the DOJ<\/a> over persistent leaks about the evidence taken in the raid.\u00a0In a footnote, Cannon said she had queried the DOJ about the leaks, which started immediately after the raid and included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-fbi-raided-mar-a-lago-to-search-for-top-secret-documents-on-nuclear-weapons-report-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsubstantiated claims<\/a> Trump had nuclear secrets and a photo of documents spread out on the floor of Trump\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after Cannon, who Trump appointed in 2020, made her ruling, anonymous DOJ sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/material-on-foreign-nations-nuclear-capabilities-top-secret-u-s-operations-seized-during-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked<\/a>\u00a0that documents seized from Trump\u2019s home included classified material on a foreign government\u2019s military defenses, as well as details on top-secret U.S. operations. The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/09\/06\/trump-nuclear-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited<\/a>\u00a0\u201cofficials familiar with the criminal investigation\u201d in the Tuesday report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Barr took heat from his predecessor for backing the FBI\u2019s raid of former President Trump\u2019s Florida mansion in light of the Department of Justice\u2019s checkered history regarding the 45th\u00a0commander-in-chief. 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