Barr denies testifying before Congress!

[DrLove]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr stirred controversy on Tuesday by categorically denying during his congressional testimony that he was testifying before Congress.​

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“I am not now nor have I ever testified before the House Judiciary Committee,” Barr told the House Judiciary Committee. “Any suggestion to the contrary is a flat-out lie.”​

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After the chairman of the committee, Representative Jerrold Nadler, claimed that he could see Barr sitting several feet away from him, Barr came out swinging.​

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“I am not going to respond to hypothetical questions about where I may or may not be sitting at any given moment,” Barr retorted.​

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Barr’s steadfast denial that he had testified before Congress drew the ire of Nadler, who said that Barr’s prevarication was unbecoming of the Attorney General of the United States.​

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Barr’s response was swift and fierce. “I am not the Attorney General, and any assertion that I am is patently absurd,” he said.​

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At the end of the hearing, one of Barr’s fellow-Republicans on the committee, Representative Jim Jordan, apologized to Barr for the going-over he had received from Democrats.​

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“Given how badly you were treated today, I don’t blame you one bit for not being here,” Jordan said.​

Barr Denies Testifying Before Congress

“I am not now nor have I ever testified before the House Judiciary Committee,” the Attorney General told the House Judiciary Committee.

www.newyorker.com

 

[$ecular#eckler]

Have you watched the hearing or reviewed the transcript, or are you just relying on a commercial publication for a description of what was said. Seems kind of outrageous, doesn't it?

 

[westwall]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr stirred controversy on Tuesday by categorically denying during his congressional testimony that he was testifying before Congress.​

​

“I am not now nor have I ever testified before the House Judiciary Committee,” Barr told the House Judiciary Committee. “Any suggestion to the contrary is a flat-out lie.”​

​

After the chairman of the committee, Representative Jerrold Nadler, claimed that he could see Barr sitting several feet away from him, Barr came out swinging.​

​

“I am not going to respond to hypothetical questions about where I may or may not be sitting at any given moment,” Barr retorted.​

​

Barr’s steadfast denial that he had testified before Congress drew the ire of Nadler, who said that Barr’s prevarication was unbecoming of the Attorney General of the United States.​

​

Barr’s response was swift and fierce. “I am not the Attorney General, and any assertion that I am is patently absurd,” he said.​

​

At the end of the hearing, one of Barr’s fellow-Republicans on the committee, Representative Jim Jordan, apologized to Barr for the going-over he had received from Democrats.​

​

“Given how badly you were treated today, I don’t blame you one bit for not being here,” Jordan said.​

Barr Denies Testifying Before Congress

“I am not now nor have I ever testified before the House Judiciary Committee,” the Attorney General told the House Judiciary Committee.

www.newyorker.com

Makes sense. The satire is almost completely accurate.

 

[$ecular#eckler]

Oh, this is a satire board!

Never mind.

 

[toobfreak]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Attorney General William Barr stirred controversy on Tuesday

What attorney general? I never heard of Bill Barr, he doesn't exist, just like your link that barrs people from reading!

 

[toobfreak]

Oh, this is a satire board!

Never mind.

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