On Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr got a tongue lashing from Democrats in the Senate, as he tried to justify his handling of the public roll-out of the Mueller report.
Observers noted that none was as effective as Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). Among other things, Harris got Barr to reveal that no one in his office had read the underlying evidence the report was based on.
Writing in the Washington Post, conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin praises Harris' performance while criticizing Republicans in the Senate like Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) who "once more revealed himself incapable of putting country over party."
"Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) asked clipped, insightful and fact-based questions," Rubin observes.
"She left Barr stammering and got him to concede that he had not looked at the underlying evidence before giving his own prosecutorial opinion on obstruction of justice."
Former prosecutors aren't normally the likeliest candidates for President, she notes.
"However, in the case of Trump, Democrats, frustrated with years of dissembling and incoherent assertions, would dearly love to see someone reduce him to a stuttering, defensive figure — just like Barr."
"In sum, Harris not only outshined her colleagues and relegated Barr to a stammering, defensive crouch, but she also may have accelerated a faceoff between Barr and the House," Rubin writes.
"If nothing else, she demonstrated that she is an expert in putting dissemblers back on their heels."
