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I do get the frustration but I genuinely think Barr is a good guy. Not completely in on Trump...but he does do what he thinks is right and follows the law. He was following long standing justice department policy. I understand, the Dems never follow the rules...but that is all Barr was doing...and there are good policy reason for the rules.
The policy has remained remarkably similar across administrations. Whether prosecutors read the memo issued in 2008 by Attorney General Michael Mukasey, or 2012 by Attorney General Eric Holder, or 2016 by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, they read virtually similar guidance. All three memos were issued early (March or April) in the election year, bore the same title (“Election Year Sensitivities”) and contained the same two sections in the same order: one that addressed the “Investigation and Prosecution of Election Crimes” and one that addressed the Hatch Act, a federal law prohibiting executive branch employees from engaging in partisan political activity under certain circumstances.

Those three memoranda all state that Justice Department employees “may never select the timing of investigative steps or criminal charges for the purpose of affecting any election, or for the purpose of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate or political party.” They also encourage prosecutors to contact the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division for further guidance regarding “the timing of charges or overt investigative steps near the time of a primary or general election.”

This continuity has stretched into the Trump administration. In February 2020, Barr issued a memorandum with a different focus, though he cited the three previous election memoranda approvingly and noted that new requirements for opening sensitive investigations would be “in addition to all existing policies.”

"Another enemy of the Republic!"

Think this through. The WSJ is trying to push the blame onto Barr and thereby divide us, whereas it was the entire MSM, along with the Dems and those treasonous intel creeps (Clapper, Brennan, et al), who claimed it was Russian disinformation, that you should be mad at. This was an old investigation, and for Barr it divulge it at that time, right before the election, would have been unprofessional. "But . . . but . . .but . . . Russia . . . ". Don't blame Barr for the leaks that occurred before he took over.