First, why did special counsel Robert S. Mueller III not render a judgment on whether Trump had obstructed justice? And second, since Attorney General William P. Barr did render such a judgment, why isn’t that the end of the matter? And we saw an attorney general who was acting as the president’s personal lawyer, not the lawyer for the American people. Stanbery, notably, tried to come back as attorney general after the impeachment proceedings concluded. While ordinarily the word of an attorney general should carry much weight, it is difficult, if not impossible, to extend those norms to this situation.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2019 21:08 UTC