Barr Attacks FBI

Attorney-General William Barr's shamelessness knows no bounds. The country's supposedly independent chief law enforcement officer has shed any pretext that he is anything other than consigliere to President Donald Trump. Beginning with his misrepresentation and virtual suppression of the Mueller Report  and injudicious absolution of Mr. Trump's criminal obstruction of that investigation, the list of Mr. Barr's partisan pandering has grown exponentially. 

Among other things, the Attorney-General has echoed the "witch hunt" catechism, accused his own FBI of spying, disputed the findings of his agency's Inspector-General, initiated a redundant probe of the Russian interference investigators, promoted an imperial presidency and blamed secularists for the country's moral decline. 

Mr. Barr's distortion of the duties of his office will irreparably damage the independence of the Department of Justice and destroy the morale of its many dedicated professionals.