Barr "can't recall." Uh huh.

[kpete]

Interesting new detail in this latest from NYT on Trump-Barr tension. Admin seems to be beta testing a defense of Barr “could not recall” Trump asking him for presser. Kinda soft, given Trump’s forceful denial, & seems to address a direct Trump-to-Barr ask, which was not reported

Link to tweet

[Danascot]

1. I heard on NPR that the ask was done through surrogates

so technically Trump did not ask Barr personally. Technically.🙄

[yellowcanine]

2. To be fair, it would be an easy thing to forget.

I don't remember anyone asking me to hold a press conference, for example.

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. If BillyBarr has no recollection than how can he be believed

on those pro-tRUMP details he vividly remembers??

[SCantiGOP]

4. Reagan's greatest legacy to the GOP

Don’t lie in the record, that is what cost Nixon his job. Just keep repeating “I don’t recall; I can’t remember, etc”

[Poiuyt]

6. Of course in Reagan's case, it was probably true.

[jcgoldie]

7. I'm pretty sure Trump didn't read that book...

His greatest legacy is if you lie all the time on the record no-one can keep up with the bullshit and all truth is seen as relative.

[TheBlackAdder]

5. It's not a denial. 😂

[brooklynite]

8. "You can Seay you don't remember; you can say you don't recall"--Richard Nixon