How Bill Barr’s Silence Affected the Outcome of an Election

Then Attorney General William Barr speaks in Detroit, Michigan, on Dec. 18, 2019. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Commentary

On May 18, 2020, then-Attorney General Bill Barr made a statement to the media declaring that special counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Russiagate hoax wasn’t focused on either former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden, stating that “I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man.”