We knew what Barr would do. Now it’s too late to stop him.

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ICAP Senior Counsel Annie Owens has a new piece in the Washington Post where she argues that Bill Barr’s politicization of the Department of Justice is a reminder of the Senate’s important role in checking the Executive:

Barr’s attempts to politicize the Justice Department could have been stopped before they began: during his Senate confirmation. Even then, it was clear that Barr’s radical pro-executive branch worldview was contrary to Congress’s institutional interests and made Barr a dangerous pick for a president who, as Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) warned, “views the Justice Department as an extension of his political power.

Read the full piece here.