Jan 18, 2019

Trump 'startled' to learn his attorney general pick Bill Barr was best friends with Robert Mueller

Stage setting or something else??

Trump 'startled' to learn his attorney general pick Bill Barr was best friends with Robert Mueller and moaned to aides after confirmation hearing that he didn't realize they worked closely

Donald Trump was 'startled' after watching William Barr's attorney general confirmation hearing on Tuesday after he spoke about knowing Robert Mueller

The president told his aides that he didn't realize their work overlapped so much

Trump stiffened at hearing the pair have a close relationship after Barr was AG for George H.W. Bush

Trump re-nominated him and the Senate Judiciary Committee probe this week

Democrats grilled him repeatedly on views about Special Counsel Mueller

Barr vouched for Mueller and said he won't be 'bullied' into anything wrong

As attorney general, Barr could fire Mueller and bury his report on Russia

But Barr and Mueller are longtime friends whose wives share a Bible study

'I feel like I'm in a position in life where I can do the right thing and not really care about the consequences,' he said

Donald Trump was 'startled' after watching William Barr's attorney general confirmation hearing on Tuesday, after the 68-year-old spoke about his tight friendship with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

The president complained to his aides that 'he didn't realize how much their work overlapped or that they were so close' when he nominated him, according to CNN.

After watching Barr speak at the Senate Judiciary Committee, POTUS was caught 'off-guard' and 'bristled' as he had to listen to details of their history but he later calmed himself by putting their familiarity with each other purely down Washington business.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6605789/Donald-Trump-startled-attorney-general-pick-Bill-Barrs-friendship-Robert-Mueller.html