House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff labeled Attorney General William Barr the “second-most dangerous man” in the U.S.
Speaking before the Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday, the California Democrat accused Barr of putting President Trump’s political interests above all else.
“We find ourselves, I think, for the first time with an attorney general who really is the president’s defense lawyer and spokesperson. And who’s quite good at it and has the veneer of respectability to camouflage what he’s doing,” Schiff said.
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He went on to compare Barr to Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who is a vocal defender of the president.
“He is not the sophist that Giuliani is, he’s much more dangerous, and I think he’s the second-most dangerous man in the country.”
Schiff has been a vocal opponent of Trump and has used his position as head of the Intelligence Committee to continue probes into the administration. He has not yet said he supports impeaching Trump, siding with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and most of the Democratic leadership on the matter.
