US Attorney General Barr Backs Trump on Reopening Economy

As President Donald Trump encourages state governors to reopen their economies despite growing criticism of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Attorney General William Barr has stood loyally by his boss throughout the monthslong crisis. Barr has praised Trump’s response to the pandemic as “statesmanlike” and blasted the press for waging a “jihad” against the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after Trump controversially touted it as a potentially “game-changing” treatment for COVID-19 based on no scientific evidence. The attorney general, who was tapped to succeed Jeff Sessions in December 2018, has repeatedly echoed Trump’s frustration with stay-at-home orders imposed by...