Joe Biden has an Attorney General problem, and his name is not Bill Barr.
Hunter Biden is the “vexing” issue for which Joe Biden seemingly has no good answer. An active and broad-based investigation of Hunter Biden — if no Special Counsel is named — will be a problem for a Biden Administration Attorney General because no subordinate Department of Justice Official is going to make a decision on whether or not to indict the son of a sitting President without the approval of the Cabinet Officer atop the Department.
Now, who would want THAT job?
Former Obama Administration Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates was thought to be the frontrunner in the immediate aftermath of Joe Biden appearing to be the winner. But she was actively involved in the first seven months of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, including meetings and discussions with many people who were key decision-makers in that matter. She would certainly have to recuse herself as AG over the Durham Special Counsel investigation because she is a witness at least. That sets up the possibility of a “Rod Rosenstein” problem for Joe Biden — now he would have no choice but to pick a Deputy Attorney General who has no connection to the final year of the Obama Administration, and who is otherwise not controversial in the perpetuation of the “Russia Hoax” over the course of the Trump Administration.