This week, even as the nation's military brass has shied away from the militarization in Washington, DC, the attorney general has embraced it
Surrounded by servicemen in camouflage fatigues and striding alongside the country's top military officials, the attorney general observed the results of the crackdown he'd called for.One night before, he'd watched from the Justice Department headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue as pictures streamed in of fires and broken glass just steps from the White House.
But Barr's comments were in character for an attorney general who has in recent months intervened to seek leniency for the President's friends caught up in the Russia investigation and has forcefully used his power to defend Trump, whom he claims was being unfairly targeted by the FBI and other investigations. Barr hasn't changed much about his law-and-order views since he last occupied the attorney general's office.
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