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As Attorney General Bill Barr gets set to testify, here’s a quick reminder of his track record: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-d…
-Back in the 1990s, he was so instrumental in ending the Iran-Contra investigation that a former Nixon speechwriter called him the “Cover-up General.” themoscowproject.org/dispatch/dont-…
-In 2017, he dismissed the Russia investigation and said the Justice Department was “abdicating its responsibility” by not pursuing debunked anti-Clinton conspiracy theories. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/bill-…
-In 2018, he wrote the White House an unsolicited memo trashing the Mueller investigation and outlining the exact logic he ended up using to clear Trump. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/dont-…
-He was appointed Attorney General after Trump spent almost two years publicly saying he wanted an attorney general who’d do whatever it took to protect the president. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/dont-…
-In his last round of testimony, he not only revived the debunked “Spygate” conspiracy theory but also refused to take even basic steps to ensure transparency surrounding the Mueller report. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/bill-…
-Before anybody got a chance to see the Mueller report, he gave a press conference blatantly misrepresenting its conclusions to make it sound better for Trump, even though the public would see the real, far more damning report only an hour later. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/barrs…
-Now, we know that his previous congressional testimony was also blatantly misleading, hiding the fact that Mueller had written to him criticizing Barr’s letter “summarizing” the Mueller report. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
Barr's opening statement says he wants the Department of Justice to "stand apart from the political process." It's too late for that—Barr's already done everything he could to politicize the DOJ to try to get Trump off the hook. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5984…
