Attorney General William Barr faces a political firestorm after release of the Mueller report
WASHINGTON — William Barr knew that he was stepping into a firestorm when he accepted President Donald Trump’s nomination late last year to replace the attorney general Trump angrily pushed aside. As special counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling investigation wound down, it would be up to Trump's new attorney general to manage the politically fraught job of deciding which of its conclusions could be revealed to the public – when and how. He did it both quickly and in a way that has thrust him squarely into a harsh public spotlight. He first ...
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