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Lawmakers don't always ask all the questions at a hearing. Sam Dash & Fred Thompson come to mind immediately.
And the GOP used a non-Senator to ask questions in the Kavanaugh hearings in 2018.
And the GOP used a non-Senator to ask questions in the Kavanaugh hearings in 2018.
Other examples of committee counsel asking questions off the top of my head:
+ Arthur Liman in the Iran-Contra hearings (D)
+ Michael Chertoff in Senate Whitewater hearings (R)
+ Richard Ben-Veniste (D) Whitewater hearings
+ Arthur Liman in the Iran-Contra hearings (D)
+ Michael Chertoff in Senate Whitewater hearings (R)
+ Richard Ben-Veniste (D) Whitewater hearings
Here's a transcript from hearings in 2001 on pardons issued by former President Clinton. This is part of the opening statement by Rep Dan Burton R-IN on questioning by committee counsel 
1998 House Judiciary Committee hearing with Independent Counsel Ken Starr, committee counsel were allowed to ask questions (transcript of Rep Henry Hyde R-IL)
Like Ken Starr detailing the Whitewater Report, AG Barr is presenting the Mueller Report. One could make the case there is precedent then for Barr to face committee counsel questions.
AG Janet Reno took questions from Rep Dan Burton R-IN and Oversight Committee counsel in an October 5, 2000 closed door Q&A
