Dick Durbin writes for The Post: 'Barr must recuse himself from all Mueller-related investigations.'
By Richard J. Durbin May 3 at 8:22 AM Richard J. Durbin, a Democrat, represents Illinois in the U.S. Senate.
Given Barr’s own statements and actions with respect to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, his credibility and his independence are in doubt. For that reason, he must recuse himself from any ongoing investigations involving evidence referred by the special counsel’s office. I told the attorney general that this was a revealing statement about a political agenda. His response was, “Yeah, and there’s nothing wrong with that.” He went on to tell me how he thinks the attorney general plays three roles: enforcing the law, serving as legal adviser to the president, and playing a policy role in which, he said, “It’s okay to propose policies that are politically advantageous.
The more we learn about Barr’s handling of the Mueller investigation, the more cause there is for concern. First it was Barr’s 19-page memo in June 2018 demonstrating his bias on obstruction of justice. Then it was his decision to make a prosecutorial judgment on obstruction by Trump, despite Mueller’s view that such a judgment was not appropriate, given the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion barring indictment of a sitting president.
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