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if press could mention many times today that Barr was inserted into DOJ bc Trump needed a concrete backstop to protect him and needed to get rid of Sessions who had recuses himself, that would be helpful.
since Sessions recused himself, the tough calls re: Mueller report would fall to Rosenstein. there was no way Trump was going to trust his presidency to Rosenstein. so he fired Sessions and put in his protector, Barr.

it's all out in the open folks. not a big mystery
even though Barr had written extensively claiming presidents could not be indicted on obstruction, he magically received a waiver from DOJ legal experts, allowing him to oversee obstruction investigation into president
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