WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump could only be delighted to have his attorney general in El Salvador, dealing with his biggest issue: illegal immigration. Yet Barr did even better for his boss. In interviews from the Central American country, he's been offering cryptic comments suggesting
More and more, Barr's becoming Trump's favorite lawyer. He's not only enthusiastically embracing Trump's political agenda, he's also gone all-in by casting special counsel Robert Mueller's report as vindication for Trump and hinting that the real wrongdoing was committed by those who launched the investigation.
Just a month after taking office in February, Barr was defending Trump in an Oval Office ceremony, as the president issued his first veto, rejecting Congress' efforts to block an emergency declaration to fund his border wall. Barr declared that Trump's national emergency was"clearly authorized under the law.""And from the standpoint of protecting the American people, it's imperative," Barr said.
Trump also appreciated Barr's combative stance with lawmakers and reporters as he has defended the Justice Department's handling of the report, and again when he declined to appear before Congress and defied a subpoena, drawing a possible contempt charge. Trump has told close confidants that he"finally" had"my attorney general," according to two Republicans close to the White House who were not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations.
Barr told Fox News that he appointed Durham because"no one has really looked across the whole waterfront."
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