standing by in president who appointed him. one of the ironies today is that people are saying that it s president trump that is shredding our institutions. i really see no evidence of that. from my perspective the idea of resisting a exactically elected president and throwing frgt at him, and, you know, really changing the norms on the grounds that we have to stop this president, that s where the shredding of our norms and institutions is occurring. my experience with the president is we have a good professional working relationship. i don t look to tweets i don t look at them as directives or official communications with the department. it was just days ago when mueller broke silence. barr was asked about the outgoing special counsel s comments about not being able to clear the president. he said that he couldn t exonerate the president.