Sounds like Barr committed Obstruction of Justice! Let's check it out! https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1282794176862728193

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BERMAN: OK, you remember when Barr tried to get rid of me? Yeeeeah, I'm under oath, let's talk. That was some wild shit.

BERMAN: So Barr takes me out for lunch and says, "Hey my top two guys mysteriously quit - I'd like SDNY run by Jay Clayton, whose clients were Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, SoftBank, and Harvey Weinstein. You can take the gig in DC instead. Cool?"

BERMAN: Barr said, "Hey, he just misses New York, this has NOTHING TO DO WITH DEUTSCHE BANK OR GOLDMAN SACHS OR UBS OR LEHMAN BROTHERS OR RUSSIA OR ANYTHING.

And I was like, fuck off."

BERMAN: I continued to tell Barr to fuck off, at which point he told me to do as I was told, and I responded, uh, you don't even get to make this call, I was appointed by SDNY, YOU FUCK OFF, and he said I maybe wanted a nicer resume?

(EG Note: I am loving this)

BERMAN: Nevertheless, I persisted in telling him to fuck off, and he said no really, at which point I was like BITCH, DO YOU THINK WE DIDN'T NOTICE WHAT YOU DID TO JESSIE LIU AT USAO-DDC? Ergo, he could fuck all the way off, in a fulsome manner.

BERMAN: Barr told me that if I didn't quit, he would have Trump *commute* my job on Twitter, and I'd be out.

I responded, "Bill, I have a new game for you to play: It's called 'Hide and Go Fuck Off.'" He asked for my number so he could call later and be told to fuck off again.

BERMAN: As soon as I was out of this scintillating dialogue with AG Barr, I called my staff and told them what he was up to. I lawyered up. (Lots of choices, you know.) Then Barr called back and...I told him to fuck off until Monday.

BERMAN: Barr asked me if I'd like to be head of the SEC, and I said, "No, I'd like to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Go Fuck Yourself." And he said he'd call me the next day, Saturday.

BERMAN: Two hours later, that bitch put out a press release saying I was quitting, and I was like, "No, I'm taking a promotion to Special U.S. Attorney for Telling Bill Barr to Fuck Off."

BERMAN: So *I* put out a press release saying how much I loved my new job at the Office of Legal Telling Bill Barr to Fuck Off, and then he told me that Trump pardoned my job on Twitter.

Then, they all admitted they were bluffing.

BERMAN: Though they wanted this guy Carpenito, in fact Barr admitted that Audrey Strauss would be Acting U.S. Attorney at SDNY, at so I didn't sue them instantly.

Now, Ghislaine Maxwell got pinched.

NADLER: You just told us on June 19th you told Bill Barr to fuck off, is that correct.

BERMAN: Hell yeah. Well, lunch time, but yeah.

NADLER: Like, to fuck *all the way off.*

BERMAN: Yes, to fuck off in a complete, unabridged manner.

NADLER: OK, at lunch. And also at dinner, also to fuck off?

BERMAN: Yes.

NADLER: So did you tell Barr *not* to fuck off any time before 9pm?

BERMAN: I issued a Writ of Continuance to Keep Fucking Off.

NADLER: Jeez, what was up with that guy, then?

I'll keep looking for chestnuts, but it can all be summed up by what's below: keeping Trump out of prosecutorial trouble. https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1282794892545208320