William Barr: Signs and Dangers the second time around as AG

On December 7, 2018, Prez Donald Trump announced his nomination of Barr for Attorney General to succeed Jeff Sessions. Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman reported that Trump had sought Barr as chief defense lawyer for Trump regarding Mueller Investigation of 2017 after Barr supported Trump filing of Comey (May 9, 2017); questioned the appointments of some of Mueller’s prosecutors due to political donations they had made to the Clinton campaign; and also alleged there were conflicts of interest of 2 appointees to the Special Counsel Team, Jennie Rhee and Bruce Ohrr.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a vote on Barr on February 14th 54-45. There were 3 democrats who voted for Barr.  Barr will have to manage the Mueller investigation outcome & what to feed the public.

Barr served as Attorney General under GHWB in the 1990s.  He promoted strict adherence to the law, mass incarceration & reduction of appeals by prisoners.  He is 68 yrs old and he also supports the Muslim Ban.

As Deputy Attorney General, Barr – together with others at the Department of Justice – successfully led the effort for the withdrawal of a proposed Department of Health and Human Services rule that would have allowed people with HIV/AIDS into the United States. He also advocated the use of Guantanamo Bay to prevent Haitian refugees and HIV infected individuals from claiming asylum in the United States.According to Vox in December 2018, Barr took supported an aggressive “law and order” agenda on immigration as Attorney General in the Bush Administration.