Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Jackie Calmes: Bill Barr is telling the truth about Trump. Too bad it's too little, too late

    by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times Sep 10, 2022 3 minutes
    Attorney General William Barr, left, and President Donald Trump attend a signing ceremony for an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, in the Oval Office of the White House, on Nov. 26, 2019, in Washington, D.C..

    Former Attorney General William Barr has been on a tear lately. He's calling out his ex-boss for potential criminality and obstruction amid the evidence that Donald Trump absconded from the White House with boxfuls of government documents, including the most highly classified kind.

    Barr's truth-telling is welcome, especially since much of it is happening on Fox News, whose audience typically doesn't get much of that about Trump. Yet the straight-talk would have been more welcome when Barr was in power, when it would have mattered more.

    At times, the Fox hosts seem their shock, as Barr puts the lie to every Trump complaint against the Justice Department in the wake of the FBI's court-approved search of Mar-a-Lago. "People say this was unprecedented. Well, it's also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, OK?," Barr told Fox viewers last Friday.

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times7 min read
    She Told TikTok She Was Lonely In LA. What Happened Next Changed Her Life
    LOS ANGELES — In the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles, home to nearly 4 million people, making friends is no easy feat. Especially if you're an adult. Research shows that people over 21 are more likely to face extra hurdles in forming friendships.
    Los Angeles Times6 min readPoverty & Homelessness
    Should Property Owners Get A Tax Rebate Because Of The Homeless Crisis? Arizona Voters Will Decide
    PHOENIX — From their modest apartment buildings alongside a block-long strip of gravel and scrub grass, the residents can see the tents and tarps and empty Mountain Dew bottles, hear the late-night fights and occasional gunshots, and smell the string
    Los Angeles Times4 min read
    LZ Granderson: Here's One Way To Bring College Costs Back In Line With Reality
    It took me by surprise when my son initially floated the idea of not going to college. His mother and I attended undergrad together. He was an infant on campus when I was in grad school. She went on to earn a PhD. "What do you mean by 'not go to coll

    Related Books & Audiobooks