{"id":2231561,"date":"2024-04-27T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-says-people-shouldnt-take-what-trump-says-so-literally\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T13:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T17:21:59","slug":"bill-barr-says-people-shouldnt-take-what-trump-says-so-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-says-people-shouldnt-take-what-trump-says-so-literally\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Barr advises against taking Trump&#8217;s words too literally"},"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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-barr-says-people-shouldnt-take-what-trump-says-so-literally%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=2231561&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>Former Attorney General \u2064Bill Barr defended ex-President Donald Trump against accusations\u200c of ordering the killing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-books-every-conservative-should-read-in-2021\/\" title=\"10 Books Every Conservative Should Read In 2021\">political adversaries<\/a>. Barr \u2062addressed claims made by former Trump aide\u200c Alyssa Farrah Griffin on CNN&#8217;s The Source. Griffin alleged Trump\u200b suggested the elimination of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-slams-gop-colleagues-who-leak-to-press-hypocritically-comply-with-vaccine-mandates\/\" title=\"Congressman Slams GOP Colleagues Who Leak To Press, Hypocritically Comply With Vaccine Mandates\">anonymous leaker<\/a> during the George Floyd protests near the White House in 2020. Former Attorney General Bill Barr defended ex-President \u2062Donald Trump against accusations of ordering the killing\u2062 of\u200c political adversaries. Barr responded to claims by\u200c former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin on CNN&#8217;s The Source, where Griffin alleged Trump proposed eliminating an anonymous leaker\u2062 during the 2020 George Floyd protests near the White House.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former Attorney General <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/william-barr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Barr<\/a> continued to defend his former boss, former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> from allegations that he gave out orders to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2980966\/trump-attorney-uncovers-inconsistency-peckers-catch-and-kill-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"killed\">kill<\/a> his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beastmode-kennedy-to-tanden-youve-called-sanders-everything-but-an-ignorant-slut\/\" title=\"BEASTMODE: Kennedy to Tanden: \u2018You\u2019ve Called Sanders Everything But An Ignorant Slut\u2019\">political rivals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barr appeared on <em>CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/title-2437739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Source\">The Source<\/a><\/em>  on Friday to respond to former Trump staffer Alyssa Farrah Griffin\u2019s claim that he was in the room when then-President Trump suggested an anonymous person who leaked information about his administration should be killed. This was in reference to the story of Trump going to a bunker when the 2020 protests over George Floyd broke out near the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember him being very\u00a0mad about that, I actually\u00a0don\u2018t remember him saying\u00a0executing, but I wouldn\u2018t\u00a0dispute it. The president would lose\u00a0his temper, say things like\u00a0that. I doubt he would have\u00a0actually carried it out,\u201d Barr said. \u201cI think\u00a0people sometimes took him too\u00a0literally and he would say\u00a0things like similar to that in\u00a0occasions to blow off steam but\u00a0I wouldn\u2018t take them literally\u00a0every time he did it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As his Attorney General at the time, Barr claimed he was able to talk some sense into Trump during such occasions. Barr recalled the times Trump lost his temper in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>social media<\/a> rants up until he was removed from Twitter and Facebook as examples of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-might-not-have-russias-back-on-ukraine-after-all\/\" title=\"China Might Not Have Russia's Back on Ukraine After all\">president losing<\/a> his temper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving worked for him and seen him in\u00a0action, I don\u2018t think he would\u00a0actually go and kill political\u00a0rivals and things like that,\u201d Barr said.<\/p>\n<p>Barr recently endorsed Trump ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a> despite his disagreement about how his former boss handled the 2020 election loss. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> ultimately found there was no significant election interference that would have impacted the results, which caused a rift between him and his former boss.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very disappointed that this country has stuck with this choice, between two people who, I don\u2019t think, either of them should be president of the United States, but given that binary choice, I feel I have to choose Trump,\u201d Barr said on the program.<\/p>\n<p>Trump thanked Barr for his endorsement, but still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2979354\/barr-endorses-trump-despite-past-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"referred to him\">referred to him<\/a> as \u201cWeak, Slow Moving, Gutless, and Lazy\u201d in a Truth Social post. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Barr defended Trump from claims of ordering killings. 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