'The rule of law will probably survive another five months in recognizable form. It almost certainly cannot survive another four years beyond that.'
A fixer for the rule of law. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Throughout this presidency, there has been a wide gap between President Trump’s authoritarian ambitions and his means to carry them out. The sanguine analysis is to dismiss the threat, which indeed can seem ineffectual and even silly.
Barr’s many-faceted steps to Trumpicize the Justice Department have produced different forms of resistance. Robert Mueller sent a politely-worded letter objecting to Barr’s misleading summary of his report, before slinking off quietly by delivering a somnolent, unwilling testimony before the House and then going silent. Several prosecutors have quit after Barr undermined their cases against Trump cronies Roger Stone and Michael Flynn.
The Wall Street Journal reports Berman has clashed repeatedly with Barr over his office’s investigations into sundy Trumpian misconduct. Barr “expressed skepticism” over Berman’s investigation of hush money payments Trump made to Stormy Daniels, a campaign finance investigation of Rudy Giuliani. CNN reported last February that Barr tried to quash a charge pursued by Berman’s office against a Turkish bank that had helped Iran evade U.S.
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