Barr swipes at Trump: Tweets make it ‘impossible’ to do job

MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr publicly swiped at President Donald Trump on Thursday, declaring the president's tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and open cases "make it impossible for me to do my job." Barr made the comment during an interview with ABC News just days after his Justice Department overruled its own prosecutors — who had recommended in a court filing that Trump's longtime ally and confidant Roger Stone be sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison — and took the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek. The department didn't offer an amended number. Barr himself has been under fire for the reversal. Still, it was a highly unusual move for a member of the Cabinet to c