“There Must be JUSTICE”: President Trump Morning Tweet Storm About AG Barr and DOJ Asserts Presidential Authority
President Trump went on a tweet storm Wednesday morning, firing off a comment and over a dozen retweets within an hour, mostly retweets of Congressional allies and conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. The tweet storm follows the leaks Tuesday night to the media that Barr was considering resigning over Trump’s tweets, which he had complained about in a recent interview. A Barr spokeswoman said late Tuesday night Barr was “has no plans to resign”.
The retweets were generally supportive of Barr, with some urging stronger actions by him, but some also asserted Trump’s role of ultimate boss of the Justice Department as the President.
Trump is apparently showing that his tweets must be answered by Barr with action, not complaints and leaks to the media.
Even as Barr has complained about Trump’s tweets hurting his ability to oversee the Justice Department, both he and Trump have been under heavy assault by the Deep State this week: An emergency meeting of Federal judges is planned for Wednesday afternoon about Trump’s comments and Barr’s intervention in the Roger Stone case sentencing and a letter now signed by over 2000 former DOJ attorneys and staffers calling in Barr to resign.
Trump traveled to the West Coast Tuesday for a four day, four state trip of campaign and official events.
Trump’s first tweet proclaimed, “There must be JUSTICE. This can never happen to a President, or our Country, again!” He followed with over a dozen retweets, several of which asserted Trump’s authority over the Justice Department with one citing previous presidents in recent history who intervened in cases and gave orders to the DOJ.
Significantly, Trump retweeted Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton who called on Barr to clean house and suggested Trump appoint a special counsel, “Barr should clean house at DOJ…@realDonalldTrump (sic),was the victim of a seditious conspiracy out of DOJ/FBI, etc. President Trump can also appoint a special counsel directly.”
Trump kicked off the tweet storm keying off Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) who tweeted, “There are high expectations that the Justice Dept will very soon deliver transparency & ACCOUNTABILITY regarding DOJ/FBI officials who weaponized the awesome powers at their disposal in order to target the Trump campaign. Frustrated Americans demand justice! ⚖️ It’s LONG overdue!”
Trump said in response, “There must be JUSTICE. This can never happen to a President, or our Country, again!”
There must be JUSTICE. This can never happen to a President, or our Country, again! https://t.co/5epW4JPYkF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2020
Trump followed by retweeting two Zeldin posts from a Monday, including one that defended Barr, “Angry is a big time understatement. Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler should be stripped of their gavels and the Dems should be removed from power in Nov for their corrupt, rigged, rushed impeachment, hijacking Congress to appease a radical activist liberal base. Angry? Buckle up!”
Angry is a big time understatement. Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler should be stripped of their gavels and the Dems should be removed from power in Nov for their corrupt, rigged, rushed impeachment, hijacking Congress to appease a radical activist liberal base. Angry? Buckle up! https://t.co/pWyIEn8siS
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) February 18, 2020
“When law ends, tyranny begins.”
The Trump-Russia collusion hoax was rigged w/gross misconduct!
The targeting of AG Barr isn’t because he is missing the mark. It’s because he is laser focused on it center mass.
cc @MZHemingwayhttps://t.co/FaRF28x3sd
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) February 18, 2020
Next Trump retweeted two Monday tweets by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) defending Trump from a bogus attack article by the Washington Post, “A brazen attempt at gaslighting from the media here. We have a long documented trail and an IG report showing high level DOJ/FBI elements were used illicitly to target Trump. Point blank. And it’s TRUMP who’s trying to “rewrite history” ?? You have to be kidding…The FBI lied to the FISA Court 17 times, using knowingly false info in FISA applications, concealed exonerating evidence from judges, and even altered documents. Trump doesn’t need to rewrite history. It’s all right there—for any objective person to see. #GiveMeABreak”
A brazen attempt at gaslighting from the media here.
We have a long documented trail and an IG report showing high level DOJ/FBI elements were used illicitly to target Trump. Point blank.
And it’s TRUMP who’s trying to “rewrite history” ??
You have to be kidding. https://t.co/LtzTC1YOQr
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) February 17, 2020
The FBI lied to the FISA Court 17 times, using knowingly false info in FISA applications, concealed exonerating evidence from judges, and even altered documents.
Trump doesn’t need to rewrite history. It’s all right there—for any objective person to see.#GiveMeABreak https://t.co/LtzTC1YOQr
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) February 17, 2020
And a retweet of Zeldin from Sunday:
The more drained out the swamp gets, the more the swamp creatures act out in protest.
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) February 17, 2020
Trump then retweeted a several tweets by Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, including brief video clips of Fitton on Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs and a longer segment on the Fox News Channel
FISA Fraud of Historic Proportions And DOJ is Complaining About @realDonaldTrump‘s Tweets? Remarkable. https://t.co/0L3k7fEFzd
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 19, 2020
The coup cabal is worried about Barr:… pic.twitter.com/8Fht75xPFu
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 19, 2020
“Meanwhile, Obama gang interfered in Russia election interference investigation to protect Obama’s emails while crookedly spying on @realdonaldtrump. Again the Clinton email scandal cover-up is as much about protecting Obama as it is about protecting Clinton.”
Meanwhile, Obama gang interfered in Russia election interference investigation to protect Obama’s emails while crookedly spying on @realdonaldtrump. Again the Clinton email scandal cover-up is as much about protecting Obama as it is about protecting Clinton. https://t.co/4qmbL21kSo
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 19, 2020
.@TomFitton: “[The Deep State] is concerned that AG Barr might do the right thing and they are desperate to do everything to stop him from prosecuting the criminal gangs that targeted @realDonaldTrump and other innocent Americans.” pic.twitter.com/We9NP0aLHy
— Judicial Watch ???? (@JudicialWatch) February 19, 2020
Over 11 years ago, FBI interviewed Barack Obama about sale of his Senate seat. There’s a FBI “302” report of interview.
Rather than releasing document, DOJ has fought @JudicialWatch tooth and nail to keep it secret. #blagojevich https://t.co/uMn6O7tIzT
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 18, 2020
Breaking: @realDonaldTrump is the President. Reagan ordered halt of a criminal grand jury investigation against British Airways in 1984. George HW Bush ordered to DOJ to investigate police in wake of Rodney King rioting. Obama directed DOJ action after Eric Garner acquittal.”
Breaking: @realDonaldTrump is the President.
Reagan ordered halt of a criminal grand jury investigation against British Airways in 1984.
George HW Bush ordered to DOJ to investigate police in wake of Rodney King rioting.
Obama directed DOJ action after Eric Garner acquittal. https://t.co/lc5qh0IWIZ
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 19, 2020
President @realDonaldTrump has a positive constitutional obligation to speak up about DOJ corruption. pic.twitter.com/FMTTT7CsJP
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 19, 2020
Barr should clean house at DOJ…@realDonalldTrump,was the victim of a seditious conspiracy out of DOJ/FBI, etc. President Trump can also appoint a special counsel directly. pic.twitter.com/SH4Eu4JCbP
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 19, 2020
.@JudicialWatch doing the heavy lifting exposing the worst corruption scandal in American history. https://t.co/qLZ3dWyXxx
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 19, 2020
Disclosure: This writer worked at Judicial Watch from 1999-2004.
