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    Jonah Goldberg: History isn’t always written by the winners

    by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency May 12, 2020 3 minutes

    Attorney General William Barr ignited yet another firestorm last week by dismissing all charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Then Barr threw more gas on the fire when Catherine Herridge of CBS asked him, “When history looks back on this decision, how do you think it will be written?”

    “Well,” Barr replied, “history is written by the winners, so it largely depends on who’s writing the history.”

    The full quote turned out to be less cynical

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