Bill Barr may have just gotten himself nailed for perjury
Last night Palmer Report explained that, for all the bluster we were going to hear out of Bill Barr during today’s hearing, only two things were going to matter. First, could the Democrats get Barr so flustered that he screws up and says something damaging to Donald Trump’s reelection effort? Second, could the Democrats get Barr to tell an easily provable lie under oath, so they can nail him for perjury?
Now it appears the latter has indeed happened. When the Democrats asked Bill Barr a question involving Donald Trump’s tweets, Barr insisted that he doesn’t even look at Trump’s tweets. But as pointed out by former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, Barr claimed a few months ago that Trump’s tweets about Roger Stone were making his job difficult. Wait a minute here.
Bill Barr just claimed under oath that he’s never even seen the tweets that he’s previously complained about. Either Barr was lying then, or he’s lying now under oath. For something to be felony perjury, it generally has to be considered relevant to the matter at hand. But Barr was specifically asked about Trump’s tweets, and he appears to have lied about Trump’s tweets in response – thus making this a potentially easily provable perjury case.
Obviously, the DOJ isn’t going to bring perjury charges against Bill Barr as long as Barr and Donald Trump are in control of the DOJ. But Trump is in severe danger of losing the election, and if he does, it’s a given that the DOJ will want to make an example out of Barr for his lawlessness. If Barr knows that he’s facing felony perjury charges after Trump is gone, that’s something the Democrats can use as leverage over Barr during these next few months.
