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Donald Trump and William Barr last year. Barr admitted the president’s comments undercut his authority. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

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More politicized? Impossible

The U.S. Attorney General has tried at all costs to maintain an impartial facade in his office –an…

May 19th, 2020

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Attorney General William Barr with President Trump at the International Association of Chief of Police conference on Oct. 28. The men have a better relationship than Trump did with Jeff Sessions. EVAN VUCCI / AP

An obstructionist prosecutor

June 23rd, 2020

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to the audience after speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition 2019 Road To Majority Policy Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, on June 26, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The perfect business

August 29th, 2019

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 1: U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) listens as U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee May 1, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Democrats vs. Barr

May 3rd, 2019

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 18: U.S. Attorney General William Barr (C) takes questions about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller Report at the Department of Justice April 18, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mueller Report: 5 keys

April 18th, 2019