Barr vows independence: ‘I will not be bullied into doing anything I think is wrong’

Published January 15, 2019 4:41pm ET



President Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr told senators on Tuesday that he is “not going to be bullied” into doing anything wrong if he’s confirmed.

“I am not going to do anything that I think is wrong, and I will not be bullied into doing anything I think is wrong by anybody, whether it be editorial boards or Congress or the president,” Barr said during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. “I’m going to do what I think is right.”

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