But
much like Whitaker, Barr's past commentary has played down the severity of the allegations against Trump — on both the collusion and obstruction-of-justice fronts — and he has also suggested the Clintons should be in more trouble.
In fact, in November 2017, Barr
told the New York Times that there was actually more basis to investigate Hillary Clinton for the Uranium One deal than there is to investigate Trump for potential collusion with Russia. He went so far as to say the Justice Department was wrong to give Clinton a pass.
Earlier that same month, Barr also explicitly called for more investigation of the Clintons,
telling The Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Matt Zapotosky, "I don't think all this stuff about throwing [Clinton] in jail or jumping to the conclusion that she should be prosecuted is appropriate." Then he added: "But I do think that there are things that should be investigated that haven't been investigated."