"Barr, caught in flagrante delicto in his deception"

Dana Milbank’s recent zinger appears in this piece:

Barr betrayed a friend, lied to Congress and trashed his reputation
How Barr defended his handling of the Mueller report to the Senate
Attorney General William P. Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1, and faced heated questions on his depictions of the Mueller report.

By Dana Milbank
Columnist
May 1 at 8:04 PM
Eight-year-old Liam Daly became an Internet sensation when he penned a letter to his grandfather, William Barr, while sitting in the front row at Barr’s confirmation hearing in January.

“Dear Grandpa,” he wrote. “You are doing great so far. But I know you still will.”

Alas for Liam, and for all of us, it was not to be. Now, just weeks on the job as President Trump’s attorney general, Grandpa has disgraced himself. The speed with which Barr trashed a reputation built over decades is stunning, even by Trump administration standards.

Before, Barr was known as the attorney general to President George H.W. Bush and an éminence grise of the Washington legal community. Now he is known for betraying a friend, lying to Congress and misrepresenting the Mueller report in a way that excused the president’s misbehavior and let Russia off the hook.

Three weeks ago, Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) asked Barr about reports that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s team complained that Barr’s four-page summary of their work didn’t “adequately or accurately” portray their findings. “Do you know what they’re referencing?” Crist asked.

“No, I don’t,” Barr replied under oath, speculating that they “probably wanted more put out.”

Grandpa was fibbing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/barr-reminds-mueller-if-you-want-a-friend-in-washington-get-a-dog/2019/05/01/3d85f2c4-6c56-11e9-be3a-33217240a539_story.html?utm_term=.96314c07941c