Bill Barr saw the writing on the wall.

[kentuck]

He recognized that Donald Trump had lost the election.

And with it, he lost the opportunity to remain in power. Bill Barr wanted no part of that.

He had done many a dirty deed for Herr Trump but he was not going to jump off the cliff for him.

He had covered up the Mueller Report and saw to it that his best friends, like Roger Stone, were not imprisoned. But, this was a bridge too far.

He decided to slither out of the door, with hopes that he could escape scrutiny in history's verdict.

[Raven]

1. I think he knows that things might get worse in the next month.

[jcgoldie]

2. Thats what I think too

Barr is at least smart enough to recognize when the gig is up and he manufactured this Hunter Biden tax case and claimed to have kept it quiet during the election in order to raise some ire from Trump at the end and create some false distance for himself so as not to appear to go down with the ship hoping that maybe people will forget his well earned legacy as a complete Trump shill.

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. Who is going to replace him?

And what might they be willing to do?

[underpants]

4. MSNBC reporter just said that it surely is because of how Trump has been treating him

That Trump sure knows how to manage people huh?

[kentuck]

5. I think he lost Trump's support when he was unable to get Durham to charge Obama and Biden...?

...with "spying" on his campaign? The hyped up "Obamagate" went nowhere.

That was the beginning of the end for Barr.

[underpants]

7. No one wins but Trump

In Trump’s world. He has to have the final word so regardless of what Barr did for him Trump had to keep pushing him.

[kentuck]

8. That is so true.

The moment you cannot help Trump, you are expendable.

[underpants]

9. One last point - 6 weeks.

Basically 6 weeks are left. The next two weeks are going to be down time for a lot of people especially with teleworking like I am doing now.

There’s lots of speculation about Barr seeing something bad coming but he may just not wanted to have to go over existing situations and previous decisions with his replacement. He knows he tore the DOJ apart.

[Chainfire]

6. What makes you think he "resigned?"

He provided the letter, but there was probably either a threat or a bribe in play. Perhaps he will be on the pardon list.