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Bill Barr Will Go Down in History as Trump’s Worst Enabler The attorney general could not deliver the corrupt boons the president sought, but it was not for want of trying. Oliver Contreras/Getty Images When Attorney General Bill Barr appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in January 2019, he sold himself as a principled servant of the law. Barr told senators that he would “not permit partisan politics, personal interests, or any other improper consideration to interfere” with the Russia investigation under then–special counsel Robert Mueller. He assured the committee that he ...

Thank you, Bill Barr: Under him, the DOJ took religious freedom seriously Print this article Attorney General William Barr will leave the Trump administration on Dec. 23. The president liked him, at least up until the end. Democrats never did. There are no polls that I could find, but Barr's insistence that houses of worship be treated fairly during the pandemic gives religious people, and anyone else who takes the free exercise clause seriously, a reason to give Barr a thumbs-up. Under Barr, the Department of Justice boosted legal efforts aimed at protecting religion amid coronavirus restr...

Legal jeopardy. >> you had an inspector general just give you a report yesterday to show that a law enforcement agency spied on a presidential campaign. >> the headline was initially that james comey, andy mccabe, peter struck, they had reasons to launch the investigation into the trump campaign. then you read it and there's a lot of problems with it. >> welcome back to "hardball." the day after the release of the inspector general's report on the investigation into the trump campaign, the trump fog machine you just saw it there led by attorney general william barr has kicked into overdrive. i...

Matter in the same way, say, giuliani was involved in the matter. so i'm not sure that that rises to a level of the grounds to recuse himself, and after all, when it was referred to the justice department, it was referred to the house of legal counsel who worked under barr, but they made an independent determines whether there was a campaign violation. barr may not be my favorite person, though i liked him when i worked for him, i dodge think this rises to the basis for him to recuse himself or that he's gone rogue. >> so does he have any, you know, legal kulpaability here? >> i don't see it, ...

Obviously agitated publicly and privately about not only mueller but the investigation in new york into michael cohen. would someone like rosenstein also be called up to capitol hill? would he be brought up there after he leaves government and asked to speak about his relationship and interactioneds with the president? would the white house try to stop that and exert executive privilege? these are all things that could come up with rose enstein going forward. but from the beginning he's been sort of the first witness. >> cynthia, take 30 more seconds because i feel you left us hanging. you've ...