Barr was too snitty in defending Trump’s innocence

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It is hard not to rush to Attorney General William Barr’s defense against the usual Democratic partisan cheap shots in Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Nonetheless, Barr himself did some cheap shooting and misdirection of his own.

The result: Barr really does sound ever more like President Trump’s wingman than like the independent law enforcement chief he is supposed to be.

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