Bill Barr condemns release of letter written by man accused of attempting to kill Trump
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a letter written by Ryan Wesley Routh, a man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump earlier this month.
The move stunned former Attorney General Bill Barr who said it has "no purpose other than to risk inciting further violence."
"No apparent justification for releasing this information"
Fox News reported that Barr, who served as attorney general under Presidents Donald Trump and George H.W. Bush, condemned the DOJ's decision in a statement.
"I was dumbfounded that the DOJ made public this morning the contents of the letter that, Ryan Routh, left with an acquaintance prior to the attempted assassination attempt of former President Trump," Barr declared.
"The letter calls on people to 'finish the job' of killing President Trump, attempts to rouse people in incendiary terms to do so, and offers $150,000 to anyone who succeeds," he stressed.
"There was no apparent justification for releasing this information at this stage," he continued before pointing out that the "DOJ had more than enough evidence to have Routh detained pending trial, without publicizing these details."
Bar: "Inflammatory material" could have been redacted prior to release
"Even if DOJ thought it important to provide the letter to the court, it could have redacted inflammatory material or arranged to have the letter submitted under seal," Barr stressed.
"It was rash to put out this letter in the midst of an election during which two attempts on the life of President Trump had been made," he complained.
Meanwhile, the DOJ's release of Routh's letter did not go unnoticed by conservative commentator and former Fox News personality Breanna Morello.
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She pointed out in a social media post that the FBI still has yet to release the manifesto left behind by the transgender individual who murdered six people at a Christian school in Nashville last year.
"Ryan Routh failed to assassinate President Donald Trump. Routh is now offering a $150,000 bounty for whomever kills President Trump,"
"The DOJ released the letter. Why would the DOJ publicly release this letter? I have an idea--they're all in on it. They all want him dead," Morello argued.
"[By the way], the FBI won't release the Nashville manifesto due to public safety concerns," Morello went on to note.
