Barr shoehorned his rebuttal into this exception on the grounds that it was necessary to avoid public confusion on the question of predication. Any information Barr and Durham may have gleaned in their globe-trotting could not possibly affect the question of whether there the investigation was opened properly. ADIndeed, Horowitz specifically considered whatever information Barr and Durham have gathered, and it did not alter his bottom-line conclusion. It is beyond unusual for an attorney general to step in to contradict the factual conclusions of the department’s inspector general. A lawless, lying president indeed has found his attorney general.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 13:18 UTC