In 1995, Sen. Joe Biden offered high praise for William Barr, the once and future attorney general who has been roundly criticized by Democrats for his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the 2016 election.
“As I know you know, but others should know, too, I truly enjoyed working with you when you were attorney general,” Biden told Barr, who had served as President George H.W. Bush’s attorney general in the early 1990s. “You were one of the best I have ever worked with, and there have been a lot of attorneys general since I have been here, and I mean that sincerely.”