Whatever you think of Never Trumper Rick Wilson, he hits the nail on the goddamn head in his most recent article for Daily Beast. (Sorry, the whole thing is behind a paywall.) The title is absolutely dead-on:
Bill Barr Is the Most Dangerous Man in America
Wilson emphasizes that Barr is working for one person only: Donald Trump. Moreover, Barr is setting the stage for using the DOJ as a weapon to attack Trump’s political enemies. Wilson’s conclusions are grim and chilling:
As usual, anyone counting on the Democrats not to blow it this week was disappointed. Democrats failed to hold Barr to any meaningful account in the hearings this week, asking questions in an oblique, diffident manner that mirrored Barr’s cool affect. They whispered when they needed to shout. They threw underhand softballs when they should have brought the heat. They were lulled into a trance, still believing they can shame the shameless or trap Barr and Trump with some kind of bluff.
The fact the Democrats aren’t already in court to get the full, unredacted Mueller report is exactly the kind of behavior that happens in nations slipping from democracy to authoritarianism. They think this is procedural and political, not existential. There are no brakes, no white knight in DOJ to come to the rescue, and unless Democrats get the entire report in court, Barr, Trump, and Fox will write the history of this sorry affair.
Exactly correct. We should have nailed that fascist son of a bitch to the floor in that hearing. And why the hell AREN’T we in court already on this matter. Trump, his enablers, and the despicable State Propaganda Service aka Fox “News” are trying to get away with the biggest political scandal in American history. Let that sink in. If we don’t win this fight, all is lost.
I don’t know what else we can say.
Nancy Pelosi is moving in the right direction by saying publicly she doesn’t truist Barr. But there needs to be much more done. Barr is a soft-spoken, terrifyingly militant right-wing religious fanatic. He views the people on this site as his enemies, and he is determined to destroy or intimidate us. He fully intends to persecute our leaders and strangle the political opposition to the Republican Party. He is, indeed, the most dangerous man in the country. We have to expose this bastard at the top of our lungs. This is the ballgame here, folks. Either we get the entire UNREDACTED Mueller Report or Trump wins, and the Right Wing bullshit machine writes the story of our times.
And guess who the villains are in that story?
And guess who will be in power indefinitely?