A few weeks ago I wrote on the mysterious matter of the public disappearance of former AG William Barr during the latter stages of the 2020 Presidential campaign, as well as its aftermath when he could have caused a lot of mischief, and it appears that my reading of the situation was right:
But Barr told me he had already concluded that it was highly unlikely that evidence existed that would tip the scales in the election. He had expected Trump to lose and therefore was not surprised by the outcome. He also knew that at some point, Trump was going to confront him about the allegations, and he wanted to be able to say that he had looked into them and that they were unfounded. So, in addition to giving prosecutors approval to open investigations into clear and credible allegations of substantial fraud, Barr began his own, unofficial inquiry into the major claims that the president and his allies were making.
“My attitude was: It was put-up or shut-up time,” Barr told me. “If there was evidence of fraud, I had no motive to suppress it. But my suspicion all the way along was that there was nothing there. It was all bullshit.” [Jonhathan Karl, The Atlantic]
He figured out he was allied with a bullshit artist and went to ground.
