Washington • Eight-year-old Liam Daly became an internet sensation when he penned a letter to his grandfather, William Barr, while sitting in the front row at Barr’s confirmation hearing in January.
"Dear Grandpa," he wrote. "You are doing great so far. But I know you still will."
Alas for Liam, and for all of us, it was not to be. Now, just weeks on the job as President Trump's attorney general, Grandpa has disgraced himself. The speed with which Barr trashed a reputation built over decades is stunning, even by Trump administration standards.
Before, Barr was known as the attorney general to President George H.