Analysis: William Barr’s revealing quote about his agenda
Attorney General William P. Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee this month. By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 21 at 4:42 PM Attorney General William P. Barr is on something of a media tour. In his first interviews since taking control of the Justice Department, he has expounded upon and defended some of his controversial decisions. ... Mr.
That sentiment plus coaxing from friends led the 68-year-old grandfather of five to sign on for another turn at the helm of the Justice Department, where his quest to protect presidential power has taken on new significance in light of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and the Trump administration’s effort to thwart congressional oversight.
The Post’s Tom Hamburger did yeoman’s work last week laying out how long Barr has subscribed to an expansive view of executive authority. This has been evident since the last time he joined the Justice Department in 1989. His Democratic successor as the head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Walter Dellinger, told my colleague"there is nobody who is to his right on this issue.
Barr seems to believe his quest is just and apolitical because it’s not about Donald Trump, but rather protecting the presidency as an institution. But it’s going to be pretty difficult to not measure his decisions against the outcome he set out to satisfy.
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