Barr is a political appointee who replaced Sessions, who was dismissed by Trump for being "disloyal." Barr plays the public political game well. Career worker

Barr is a political appointee who replaced Sessions, who was dismissed by Trump for being "disloyal." Barr plays the public political game well. Career workers in Federal agencies can be partisan, but it's harder to think they're more influenced by politics than the politician. Secret conspiracies are really hard to believe, because they're really hard to pull off. I'm more willing to believe investigators always want more time, and this is a case where our hunger for political reasoning colors our interpretation. Not saying this is the case, just my Occam's Razor.