Donald Trump picked William Barr as his second attorney general largely because Barr had criticized Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Barr still agrees with Trump that the Russia probe was a "witch hunt."
The former attorney general takes a strikingly different view of the federal indictment against Trump that was unsealed this month, which Barr calls "very, very damning." In contrast with many other prominent Republicans, Barr says the outrage is not the indictment but the "reckless conduct" that prompted it.
