William Barr's exit is bad news for Trump's hopes of an 11th-hour pardoning spree | Lloyd Green

In addition to Trump mulling a self-pardon, he's also considering family members and Rudy Giuliani - but Barr's words may come back to haunt him

On Monday, Donald Trump announced the exit of William Barr from the justice department. Finally, the president had succeeded in imposing his will upon someone, anyone, after weeks of repeated failures. On the very day that marked the 300,000th American death to Covid-19 and the electoral college's ratification of Joe Biden's victory, Trump had again hounded his attorney general from office. Jeff Sessions is no longer a club of one.

Yet Barr also won't be there if and when the president delivers his final round of pardons, a likely relief to the president's legal spear carrier but also a reason for Trump to fret: Barr knows a thing or two about eleventh-hour pardons. Mike Flynn is only the latest.