The first I ever heard of Barr was his op-ed which hit every note on how Trump was being unfairly maligned, how his enemies were breaking the law, basically everything any Trump supporter wanted to hear.
I didn’t see otherwise here on FR until well after he was appointed as AG. Wouldn’t have mattered what I knew anyway.
Barr did talk a good game before he was sworn in as the AG under Trump. I was hoping Barr would follow through and he didn’t.
My initial thought was why did Trump go with someone in the Bush neocon wing of the party. I wanted Barr to do well, but I’m not surprised it worked out like this.