Barr: Trump's Tweets make it "impossible for me to do my job"; Barr: "Low blow" to say he acts like Trump's personal attorney; Trump ridicules Bloomberg's height, calls him "Mini Mike," Bloomberg calls Trump a "carnival barking clown"

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Barr claims his intervention in Roger Stone's sentencing had nothing to do with Trump's Tweet; Trump: May stop aides from listening to calls with leaders; Bloomberg tries to overwhelm Democrats with massive spending; "Race for the White House" premieres Sunday at 9pm ET/PT; Insults fly between Trump, Bloomberg as Bloomberg rises in polls; Trump claims ex-chief of staff Kelly was in "way over his head" after he praised Vindman & criticized Trump; Trump on John Kelly's criticism: He "can't keep his mouth shut"; CDC Director says coronavirus can be spread by people who do not have symptoms; CDC Still not able to go into China; Former wrestler testifies that Rep. Jim Jordan asked him to deny sexual abuse allegations; Ex-wrestler: GOP Rep. Jim Jordan begged me to contradict brother's accounts of sexual abuse by University doctorTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.9	slash UK slash AI for people. Outfront next, breaking news. The president's attorney general says
0:34.7	he won't be bullied by Trump speaking out after intervening in Roger Stone's sentencing.
0:39.7	But is he really taking a stand against the president?
0:43.0	Plus, Trump taking on his former chief of staff after John Kelly publicly slammed him and Michael Bloomberg building what could be a billion dollar juggernaut.
0:51.2	It's already bigger than President Obama's 2008 full campaign. Is it working?
0:56.6	Let's go out front.
0:59.6	And good evening. I'm Erin Burnett. Outfront tonight, the breaking news. Barr speaks out against
1:04.6	Trump's tweets. The president's attorney general in pretty blunt terms tonight saying Trump is making
1:09.8	it impossible for Barr to do his job.
1:12.8	Think about that. Now, Barr is defending his decision to intervene in the sentencing of Trump's
1:17.3	longtime friend and convicted felon Roger Stone. He tells ABC News tonight that he was going to break
1:23.0	with prosecutors. He was planning to do that. He was planning to push for a lighter sentence
1:26.7	and the one that they
1:27.5	publicly recommended. But then Trump got involved tweeting that the prosecutor's recommended sentence for
1:34.3	Stone was horrible, very unfair, a miscarriage of justice, all of that in a tweet. So Barr looked like a
1:41.1	patsy. Looked like he was just doing Trump's bidding.
1:47.6	And Barr says that Trump forced him into an untenable situation.
1:54.1	Once the tweet occurred, the question is, well, now what do I do?
1:59.6	And do you go forward with what you think is the right decision or do you pull back because of the tweet?
2:02.6	And that just sort of illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be. So you're saying you have a problem with the tweets?
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