# Bill Barr

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*Per Sean Davis, speaking on the same Megyn Kelly panel as Kiriakou, the attorney general under the first Trump administration, seen as competent but not fully loyal, whose relationship with Trump ended in a "breakup."*

- **Role:** U.S. Attorney General (first Trump administration)
- **Successor discussed:** Pam Bondi

**Bill Barr** served as U.S. Attorney General during the first Trump administration. Sean Davis, appearing on the same Megyn Kelly panel as [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou), describes him as "maybe not the most loyal guy, but very, very competent," noting that Barr dispatched the Mueller probe as special counsel but "kind of fell apart at the end," failing to follow through on what Davis calls "Russiagate accountability."[1]

Davis says Barr and [Trump](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/trump) ultimately had "a breakup," and that this shaped Trump's subsequent choice of [Pam Bondi](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/pam-bondi) as Attorney General — someone Davis says Trump wanted to be "loyal above all," rather than merely ideologically aligned.[1]

## On the Assange prosecution

Kiriakou distinguished Barr's motive from his predecessor's. Jeff Sessions, *"this completely gung-ho attorney general,"* was the one who *"got the wheels moving in the first place"* on prosecuting [Julian Assange](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/julian-assange).[2]

Barr he read as pursuing a different object with the same case: *"Barr is not Jeff Sessions. His job is to protect the president, as he sees it — and putting Julian Assange in prison I think is going to help with the Republican base."*[3]

## Sources

1. Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Spin, with Kiriakou, Davis and Ahmari (2026-04-02), at 04:38. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pZp0HSDaa0&t=278s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-04-02-megyn-kelly-trump-fires-bondi-cia-s-mk-ultra-history-and-two-weeks-sp/
2. Dutch-language framing — confirm John speaks / not a dub (2020-02-25), at 13:09. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqWcgBb6GDM&t=789s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2020-02-25-cafe-weltschmerz-dutch-dutch-language-framing-confirm-john-speaks-no/
3. Dutch-language framing — confirm John speaks / not a dub (2020-02-25), at 13:40. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqWcgBb6GDM&t=820s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2020-02-25-cafe-weltschmerz-dutch-dutch-language-framing-confirm-john-speaks-no/

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