Barr Is Out as Attorney General

“President Trump said on Monday that Attorney General William Barr would depart next week, ending a tenure marked by Mr. Barr’s willingness to advance the president’s political agenda and criticism that he eroded the post-Watergate independence of the Justice Department,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Barr had in recent weeks fallen out of favor with the president after acknowledging that the department had found no widespread voter fraud, but Mr. Trump sought to play down their differences, saying in a tweet announcing Mr. Barr’s departure, ‘Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job!'”