Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Barr Makes Excuses for Election Sabotage. Again.

Don’t expect Donald Trump’s attorney general to protect democracy.

July 29, 2020 at 4:30 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

Answering questions, sort of.
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He did it again.

Over the course of a long, nasty hearing in the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr was asked about the appropriateness of foreign interference in a U.S. election. His answer should send alarms ringing across the nation.