(CNN)Next week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for William Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. While any attorney general inherently holds immense power, the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller — and the threat it poses to Trump’s presidency — potentially raises the ordinarily high stakes to bet-the-republic levels. Given Barr’s public condemnation of Mueller’s work, the Senate must …
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January 10, 2019