'Will He Resign?': Lawyers React After Trump Ignores Barr's Plea to Stop Tweeting About Judges

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday defied Attorney General William Barr’s request that he stop tweeting about federal judges presiding over Department of Justice cases, sending a tweet critical of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson. The latest Trumpian salvo left attorneys and political experts wondering whether Barr was sincere in his latest ABC News interview–and would consider resigning in protest–or whether the whole thing really was “absolutely nonsense theatrics.”

Trump tweeted a quote from Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano defending his longtime friend and advisor Roger Stone, saying the recently convicted felon deserves a new trial because one of the jurors did not like President Trump. Napolitano’s comments are also implicitly critiquing Judge Jackson as someone who may not do the “right thing,” despite little legal support for Stone being deserving of a new trial.

Less than a week ago, Barr told ABC News the following [emphasis ours]:

And I’m happy to say that, in fact the president has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case. However, to have public statements and tweets made about the department, about our people in the department, our men and women here, about cases pending in the department, and about judges before whom we have cases, make it impossible for me to do my job and to assure the courts and the prosecutors in the department that we’re doing our work with integrity.

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Will Barr resign? Fuck no.

[vlyons]

1. Barr won't resign.

He's a power addict. But he might get his ass impeached.

[EndlessWire]

3. I don't think so, either.

We need Impeachment No. 2 for Trump, and Impeachment for Barr.

I think the stunts Trump is pulling, which Barr supports, might push some Repubs over the line. If not, let's get it all on record. We can't wait for the election.

We need to draw up those impeachments.

But, before we do that, we need to issue subpoenas, and when witnesses don't appear this time, we need to have them arrested. Trump can't pardon anybody arrested for contempt of Congress and thrown into that special jail for not showing up.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. That whole thing was orchestrated for his low IQ followers.