Report: Barr is telling White House officials he might quit over Trump's tweets

Attorney General William Barr has let people close to President Trump know that he is contemplating stepping down in the wake of Trump’s tweets about Department of Justice criminal investigations, three administration officials told The Washington Post on Tuesday.

Barr has spoken with people inside and out of the White House, and has privately and publicly asked Trump to stop commenting on Justice Department matters, the officials said; Trump has ignored him. Last week, Trump tweeted about his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering. Trump said the sentence recommendation was too severe, and on Tuesday, suggested Stone should receive a new trial.

Last week, Barr told ABC News Trump’s tweets «make it impossible for me to do my job.» Officials told the Post Barr hopes that by telling Trump’s advisers he might quit, Trump will get the memo. «He has his limits,» one person familiar with the matter told the Post, without elaborating on what line Trump would have to cross to get Barr to step down.