Could Barr be putting this out there to make it clear he’s not just doing the president’s bidding?
Could be, but sometimes people try to read something into a situation when the answer is right there without any convoluted thinking.
I think Barr is publicly saying that its difficult to do his AG job when he is responding to daily fires that arise from uncoordinated tweets from his boss. Taken at face value, one can see how that might become frustrating, especially since he is fighting against the enemies of DJT and is expected to deal with the nonsense from Capitol Hill.
As to why he did this publicly and not on a back channel phone call, I dont know. Maybe it helps support his position that he is not in cahoots with POTUS to throw cases.
Could be.
If Barr is playing the media and Democrats it's a brilliant move.
We'll have to wait for the hearings to find out if this is an error or a home run.