Over the course of his scandalous tenure as the nation’s attorney general, Bill Barr effectively positioned himself and the Justice Department as an extension of Donald Trump’s political operation. That changed, however, as the Republican lawyer made the transition back to private life.
In fact, as the Trump era came to an ignominious end, Barr seemed eager to rehabilitate his image, denouncing Trump’s anti-election efforts and cooperating with the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation. It seemed as if the former attorney general wanted to be seen, not as a pitiful lackey of a failed former president, but as a credible law enforcement leader with some semblance of integrity. This public-relations campaign was aided, in a way, by Trump himself, who began routinely and publicly condemning Barr.
Part of the problem with the effort is that Barr’s record of abuses chased after him like cans tied to a bumper. Another part of the problem is that the former attorney general, even now,
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