Trump Says He Has the ‘Legal Right’ to Involve AG Barr in Criminal Cases

Trump Says He Has the ‘Legal Right’ to Involve AG Barr in Criminal Cases
President Donald Trump before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 27, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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President Donald Trump said on Friday morning that he has the “legal right” to ask the attorney general to intervene in criminal cases, adding that he has so far has chosen not to.

The president’s comment comes after Attorney General William Barr said in an ABC News interview on Thursday that Trump has “never asked me to do anything in a criminal case.”