This is 100% false
Barr’s memo does not even mention “abuse of power”, only referring to “abuse of discretion”, and in a different context. The NYT’s only justification that Barr’s memo applies to this context is from “many” OTHER people other than Barr 🤦🏻♂️
In addition, if stretched to apply in this context, Barr’s memo actually strongly SUPPORTS the President’s defense team and their legal brief to the Senate 👇
“defining facially-lawful exercises of Executive discretion as potential crimes, based solely on subjective motive, would violate Article II of the Constitution by impermissibly burdening the exercise of core discretionary powers within the Executive Branch”
BARR MEMO JUNE 2018
BARR MEMO JUNE 2018
“House Democrats’ concocted theory that the President can be impeached for taking permissible actions if he does them for what they believe to be the wrong reasons...”
“...would also expand the impeachment power beyond constitutional bounds. It would allow a hostile House to attack almost any presidential action by challenging a President’s subjective motives”
TRIAL MEMORANDUM OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP JAN 2020
TRIAL MEMORANDUM OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP JAN 2020
In addition, Barr’s DOJ issued an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo dismissing the claim there were ANY potential crimes in the July 25 Ukraine call and also supported the White House rejecting as invalid Adam Schiff’s subpoena’s
Both also cited by Trump’s defense trial memo
Both also cited by Trump’s defense trial memo
Fake news from an outlet that couldn’t even pick one of these Democrats to be President
/ENDS
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