Bill Barr's allies argue that he's just a big, lovable golden retriever inexplicably cast as the heavy by the legions of implacable Trump haters. jonathanchait writes
Photo: Shutterstock Last weekend, Attorney General William Barr attempted and failed to purge chief New York prosecutor Geoffrey Berman, who is investigating Donald Trump and his friends. On the surface, the maneuver fit a long-standing pattern.
Barr’s defenders concede that the episode may have appeared a bit awkward. Their theory is that Barr was merely trying “to find a job” for Jay Clayton, as longtime Barr friend and Trump impeachment defense defender Jonathan Turley put it. Trump had recently golfed with Clayton, and then decided he was just the man to run the office that, by pure coincidence, is currently engaged in sensitive investigations of Trump’s allies and financial dealings.
The Wall Street Journal editorial page explains that the desire to find a soft landing for Clayton was the cause of the whole misunderstanding. “The highly competent Mr. Clayton, a New Yorker, had planned to leave the Administration but said he’d stay for the U.S. Attorney job.” So Clayton is a superstar who was determined to move back to New York. And Trump was desperate to keep him.
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