# William Barr has resigned **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 14, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057 "2020-12-14T22:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/1 "2020-12-14T22:45:55Z")
> ho ho ho the thlot pickens! ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/2 "2020-12-14T22:48:07Z")
Do we reckon he tried to get Barr to do something, Barr refused and was made to quit? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/3 "2020-12-14T22:49:26Z")
You cynics, obviously Mr Barr just wants to spend more time with his family, as the President clearly states in the not-at-all untruthful manner to which we are accustomed, with not a wisp of smoke rising from his pants. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/4 "2020-12-14T22:51:48Z")
> [@Malden\_Capell](#): > > Do we reckon he tried to get Barr to do something, Barr refused and was made to quit? I feel like that’s been the signal since mid-November or maybe even earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/5 "2020-12-14T22:53:53Z")
Undoubtedly. In particular, he refused to fabricate evidence that the election was fraudulent. The question is who is going to be the acting AG, and how much damage can he do in a month. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/6 "2020-12-14T22:56:49Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > You cynics, obviously Mr Barr just wants to spend more time with his family, And also more time to [practice the bagpipes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ooH-IQR-o) ---
**Author:** ![keyser\_soze\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c67d28/32.png) [@keyser\_soze\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keyser_soze_1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/7 "2020-12-14T22:57:15Z")
Forget him, and the horse he rode in on. (I cleaned it up for outside The Pit) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/8 "2020-12-14T22:58:28Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The question is who is going to be the acting AG, It’s in the tweet: > [@](#): > > Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/9 "2020-12-14T22:59:00Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The question is who is going to be the acting AG, and how much damage can he do in a month. It’s at the link: Jeffrey Rosen will be Acting AG; Richard Donoghue will move up to Acting Deputy AG. ETA: Curse your nimble fingers, **Colibri**! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/10 "2020-12-14T23:01:28Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > And also more time to [practice the bagpipes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ooH-IQR-o) I imagine an expert taxidermist could make _him_ into a fine set of bagpipes. Perhaps he’s not entirely useless. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/11 "2020-12-14T23:06:17Z")
After Barr playing the bagpipes, for some reason this popped up on my youtube sequence - Reese Witherspoon on the Graham Norton show. He shows a commencement speech given by Trump, spliced in with Elle’s graduation speech from _Legally Blonde_… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uOBF9qPto4c/maxresdefault.jpg "The Funniest Donald Trump Stories On The Graham Norton Show | Part One") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOBF9qPto4c) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/12 "2020-12-14T23:11:12Z")
I was going to say, you mean Bill Barr actually has some scruples? But I doubt he has more than one. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/13 "2020-12-14T23:12:50Z")
My assumption is that had less to do with scruples and more to do with the fact that the wall he was reading had “Trump is on his way out; better get off the sinking ship” written on it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/14 "2020-12-14T23:20:49Z")
Barr’s job was to help Trump walk when the Mueller report was issued. He did that. I would wager a guess that with respect (you know what I mean) to Trump’s attempted democracy overthrow, Barr considered the risks/rewards and decided to walk himself, while the walking was good. A man’s gotta work somewhere next year, too, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/15 "2020-12-14T23:23:21Z")
“I’m just being handed a bulletin: This just in… Rat Leaves Stinking Shit. Film at 11.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/16 "2020-12-14T23:27:51Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I was going to say, you mean Bill Barr actually has some scruples? Does “I’m not going to prison for Donald Trump” count as a scruple? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/17 "2020-12-14T23:55:08Z")
I’ve moved from “Barr is a despicable toady” to grudging recognition of his having processed an investigation of Hunter Biden without making that fact public during the election season. Let’s see… Barr is a semi-despicable mostly-toady? Hmm, needs work… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/18 "2020-12-15T00:08:30Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I feel like that’s been the signal since mid-November or maybe even earlier.   > [@What will happen in the next 10 weeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-the-next-10-weeks/925002/27): > > Posted by @Ann_Hedonia on November 7: > > [Lists names of several Trump people who will be “with him until the bitter end”] > > I didn’t list Bill Barr because he’s getting fired. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/19 "2020-12-15T00:14:13Z")
Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family… …and will never be seen again. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057/20 "2020-12-15T00:15:08Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > My assumption is that had less to do with scruples and more to do with the fact that the wall he was reading had “Trump is on his way out; better get off the sinking ship” written on it. Yeah, and it’s also about stopping all the talk about getting Barr disbarred. Now it’s “at least he had the sense to leave!” and all his misdeeds forgotten, if not forgiven. This is a purely cynical move on Barr’s part. He actually plans to remain a player in GOP politics, and getting the left to forget about him is crucial. This move will have the effect of leaving him off all those lists of ‘Trumpites who should be investigated’—so it’s easily worth the minor humiliation of being the object of speculation that Trump fired him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057.md?page=2)