Opinion: Mueller may be done, but Barr is just getting started
Attorney General William P. Barr. By Ed Rogers Ed Rogers Opinion writer focusing on politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 15 at 6:54 PM Even though Attorney General William P. Barr is expected to release a more complete version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report later this week, no one should expect that will be the end of the debate. Democrats have been forthright in their eagerness to get the full Mueller report.
It deserves repeating: Even though Mueller is through, Barr is not. Almost instantly, Democrats attacked the attorney general. They are demanding that Barr retract his comments and not investigate spying on the Trump campaign. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went so far as to say that Barr had gone"off the rails.” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer piled on, tweeting that “AG Barr must retract his statement immediately or produce specific evidence to back it up.
I have known Bill Barr for decades. He is the right man at the right time. He has been attorney general before — from 1991 to 1993 — and this is probably his last job. He does not need to posture or worry about his post-government career. He won’t be affected by the attacks from partisan Democrats who fear that his investigation may reveal misdeeds by some of their own.
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