By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON—Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has become the first prominent lawmaker to demand House impeachment of GOP President Donald Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, for Barr’s kowtowing to Trump’s demand to cut the court sentence of convicted top Trump campaign fixer and lackey Roger Stone.
Together, the Trump-Barr sequence represents “a descent into authoritarianism,” Warren told Cable News Network’s Anderson Carr. If Barr doesn’t quit, an impeachment probe should start, she said.
“Enough of this. We can’t just sit by and watch this happen,” she declared.
Warren’s statement was a new twist highlighting Trump’s interference and manipulation in the administration of justice. It was quickly succeeded by another complaint – from Barr, who has always done Trump’s bidding....
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