Former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer called Barr's involvement in cases against Roger Stone and Michael Flynn only the 'tip of the iceberg.'
Former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer called his former colleague, Attorney General William Barr,"un-American" because he thinks the president is above the law.
Having known Barr for 40 years, Ayer told Blitzer that there was never a reason to"test" Barr's"very strong view" that the president"ought to have a great deal of power" during President George H.W. Bush's administration because the president"had no interest in being an autocrat." Now, with Trump in office, who Ayer said"apparently wants to be an autocrat," Barr's"carried out" his vision.
Barr faced heavy criticism for his involvement in cases against political strategist Roger Stone and Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. After advocating for a lighter sentence for Stone, Barr accepted an invitation to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on March 31.
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