“If it was me, I guarantee that they’d be going after me.”
Jeff Sessions only wished he had it this good. Had Donald Trump not discussed his new personal hydroxychloroquine regimen, his expression of implied disapproval over William Barr’s earlier comments might have made bigger headlines. Instead, the media largely glossed over Trump’s reply to ABC’s Jonathan Karl, who asked Trump to respond to his attorney general’s declaration that the evidence in the John Durham probe didn’t indicate any basis for a criminal investigation into Barack Obama or Joe Biden.
“I’m a little surprised by that statement,” Trump responded, adding, “I don’t know about being disappointed or not.” If the shoe were on the other foot, Trump continued, “I’d guarantee they’d be going after me.” CNN has a good mashup of Barr’s reply at the earlier presser and Trump’s complete reply below:
“I think Obama and Biden knew about it. They were participants, but, so I’m a little surprised by that statement,” Trump told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl, saying he would need to take a closer look at Barr’s remarks, which he said he just recently learned about.…
“I don’t know about being disappointed or not,” Trump said. “But I have no doubt that they were involved in this hoax. One of the worst things ever to befall this country, in terms of political scandal.
