William Barr

April 2, 2026

Photograph of Pam Bondi's face against a blurred black background.

Politics

Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden

David Frum

April 28, 2024

Ideas

Why Bill Barr Turned on Trump

Donald Ayer

September 19, 2022

Newsletters

The January 6 Hearings Are Working

Molly Jong-Fast

June 23, 2022

Footage of Trump talking on a phone, with text reading "Fellas, I need 11,000 votes."

Ideas

Bill Barr Embraces the Darkness

Peter Wehner

March 9, 2022

Politics

Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump

Jonathan D. Karl

June 27, 2021

Ideas

Bill Barr’s Departure Reveals the Hollowness of Trumpism

David A. Graham

December 14, 2020

Shown in black and white, outgoing Attorney General Bill Barr adjusts his glasses while seated before a microphone

Ideas

The Fanatic

Donald Ayer

September 24, 2020

An illustration of a set of scales with Bill Barr's face

Ideas

Bill Barr’s Stinging Attack on Bill Barr

David A. Graham

September 18, 2020

Ideas

America’s Prosecutors Know What Bill Barr Did Was Wrong

Andrew Weissmann

August 5, 2020

Politics

Why the Democrats Can’t Nail Bill Barr

Russell Berman

July 28, 2020

Ideas

Bill Barr’s Unconstitutional Campaign to Reelect the President

Donald Ayer

July 28, 2020

Ideas

How Far Bill Barr Has Fallen

Charles Fried and Edward J. Larson

June 27, 2020

Politics

Democrats Don’t Know How to Handle Bill Barr

Russell Berman

June 24, 2020

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives

Ideas

Failure Is a Contagion

George Packer

June 23, 2020

Ideas

Why Bill Barr Got Rid of Geoffrey Berman

Paul Rosenzweig

June 21, 2020

Ideas

Barr’s Flynn Dismissal Motion Portends Greater Abuses Ahead

Donald Ayer

May 17, 2020

Ideas

An Attack on a Fundamental Principle of Justice

Paul Rosenzweig

May 8, 2020

Ideas

Imagine If a Democrat Behaved Like Bill Barr

Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes

February 18, 2020

Ideas

Bill Barr Must Resign

Donald Ayer

February 17, 2020

Ideas

With Liberty and Justice for Some

David Frum

February 14, 2020

Ideas

Worshipping the Law While Denying Its Spirit

Garrett Epps

November 26, 2019

Ideas

Barr Won’t Get His Macabre Holiday Celebration

Garrett Epps

July 26, 2019

Politics

Bill Barr Already Won

Elaina Plott Calabro

July 23, 2019

Ideas

Robert Mueller Must Finish the Job

Donald Ayer

July 13, 2019

Ideas

Why Bill Barr Is So Dangerous

Donald Ayer

June 30, 2019

Ideas

Bill Barr’s Dangerous Claims

April Doss

June 7, 2019

Bill Barr looks back and smiles at Donald Trump.

Ideas

Trump’s Cover-Up Accelerates

David Frum

May 23, 2019

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: A Little-Known (Yet Popular) Climate Policy

Saahil Desai and Shan Wang

May 8, 2019

Ideas

The Dangerous Ideas of Bill Barr

Adam Serwer

May 2, 2019

Ideas

The Catastrophic Performance of Bill Barr

Benjamin Wittes

May 2, 2019

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Why Does William Barr Want This Job?

Saahil Desai and Shan Wang

May 1, 2019

Politics

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Snitty Committee

Olivia Paschal, Madeleine Carlisle, and Elaine Godfrey

May 1, 2019

Ideas

Mueller Left a Gap. Barr Just Filled It.

John Yoo

May 1, 2019

Politics

Kamala Harris Sticks the Landing

Russell Berman

May 1, 2019

Ideas

Barr Misled the Public—And It Worked

David A. Graham

May 1, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

Pam Bondi Couldn’t Possibly Succeed

Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden

Why Bill Barr Turned on Trump

The January 6 Hearings Are Working

Bill Barr Embraces the Darkness

Inside William Barr’s Breakup With Trump

Bill Barr’s Departure Reveals the Hollowness of Trumpism

The Fanatic

Bill Barr’s Stinging Attack on Bill Barr

America’s Prosecutors Know What Bill Barr Did Was Wrong

Why the Democrats Can’t Nail Bill Barr

Bill Barr’s Unconstitutional Campaign to Reelect the President

How Far Bill Barr Has Fallen

Democrats Don’t Know How to Handle Bill Barr

Failure Is a Contagion

Why Bill Barr Got Rid of Geoffrey Berman

Barr’s Flynn Dismissal Motion Portends Greater Abuses Ahead

An Attack on a Fundamental Principle of Justice

Imagine If a Democrat Behaved Like Bill Barr

Bill Barr Must Resign

With Liberty and Justice for Some

Worshipping the Law While Denying Its Spirit

Barr Won’t Get His Macabre Holiday Celebration

Bill Barr Already Won

Robert Mueller Must Finish the Job

Why Bill Barr Is So Dangerous

Bill Barr’s Dangerous Claims

Trump’s Cover-Up Accelerates

The Atlantic Daily: A Little-Known (Yet Popular) Climate Policy

The Dangerous Ideas of Bill Barr

The Catastrophic Performance of Bill Barr

The Atlantic Daily: Why Does William Barr Want This Job?

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Snitty Committee

Mueller Left a Gap. Barr Just Filled It.

Kamala Harris Sticks the Landing

Barr Misled the Public—And It Worked