Throughout his time as attorney general, William Barr was portrayed in the media as a partisan loyalist who would follow President Trump to the bitter end. To the surprise of many in the media, and to the disappointment of some Trump supporters, it turned out that he was actually a lawman who was out to apply justice in a consistent manner.

Despite liberal fantasies about how Barr was going to help Trump orchestrate a coup, Barr has been an honest broker. He has said that he sees no evidence that fraud was widespread enough to have changed the result of the election and argued that he saw no basis on which to seize voting machines. He also said he opposed efforts to appoint a special counsel to investigate the wild allegations being tossed around regarding election fraud or a special counsel to look into Hunter Biden. Previously, it was revealed that he was aware for months that there was an investigation into Biden, but he kept silent because he did not want to influence the election.