Reprinted with permission from AlterNet.
Because President Donald Trump has been so forthright about his belief that the U.S. attorney general should serve to protect him, his nomination of William Barr to head up the Justice Department terrified many political observers.
But despite the fact that there were a slew of disturbing elements of Barr’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday, there were also some indications that he may, at some point, be willing to stand up to Trump.
At one point, it even seemed that Barr made a compelling case for impeaching Trump — though it’s not clear how intentional this was.…
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