Trump has blasted Mueller’s team for political donations. But attorney general nominee William P. Barr has given more than $500,000.
Bush in 1991 after he was sworn in as attorney general. His wife, Christine Barr, gave more than $220,000 over that time, records show. Before he was nominated to be attorney general, Barr criticized past donations by prosecutors working for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Previous attorneys general have donated to politicians before landing at the Justice Department, but none since Barr first served as attorney general, in the early 1990s, have given on the same scale. Barr, 68, was attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W.
Source: Washington Post December 11, 2018 23:02 UTC
