Barr May Do Exactly What Trump Wants
The nominee for attorney general vowed independence, but his answers raised disturbing questions.
The confirmation hearing for William Barr went a lot better than the one for Jeff Sessions.
In fairness, that’s not a very high standard. The former Alabama senator made false statements to the Senate about his contacts with Russia, was forced to admit he had misled the public about his civil-rights record, and insisted he had “done no research” into whether the Russian government had interfered in the 2016 election.
Barr was far better prepared to take on the questions raised by his appointment as attorney general. Sessions resigned last November, after two years of being berated by President Donald Trump for recusing himself from the federal investigation into Russian interference. Trump’s appointment
