So the question is: Why did Trump appoint him? Why pick one of the worst losers of the George H. W. Bush administration? For someone who railed against the Deep State, why pick the most Deep-State-y Deep Stater that Deep-Throated the State?
Seriously, look at Barr’s record:
Domestic CIA spook during Watergate.
Lawyer for Pillsbury Winthrop, the law firm with nuclear regulators, nuclear reactor operators and Chinese government officials as clients.
Office of Legal Counsel for Pres. George H. W. Bush
Attorney General for George H. W. Bush, championed by Senator Joseph Biden.
Thwarted indictments of BCCI, the Saudi-inflitrated bank illegally manipulating assets.
Here’s the all-time WTF for Trump: initiated a phone surveillance program back in 1991.
Founding chairman and CEO of Verizon
Board member, Time Warner
Well Mr. Barr, the only “jerk around” is apparently you. On second thought in my humble opinion you are actually a horse ass
Same mistake they all make, they think if they are on the team they will be loyal. Just like when the GOP tries to be friendly with the media thinking they'll get good coverage, never happens. The enemy is always the enemy.
I think there are two not unrelated issues:
Trump was an outsider: finding people that were experienced enough within the system AND NOT deep staters was like searching for unicorns (c.f. the hot crazy scale).
The Russian hoax was designed to limit his ability to appoint the person he would prefer. McConnell was deep state friendly and wanted someone he would approve of. Trump was probably concerned that if he pissed Mitch off, he could convince enough Republicans to remove him from office.