Morning Joe: "I wonder what Barr thinks he's going to do five months from now?"

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6. Our ethics in government laws obviously are not strong enough.

We need some truly independent IGs who do not report to the president and who have the power to investigate ethical and illegal actions without threat of being fired. As a control on partisan IGs, they could report to a committee in Congress and be required to present preliminary information on suspected ethical or legal lapses and obtain approval to launch an investigation. Trump and his administration have shown that people willing to subvert every presidential norm and semblance of ethical behavior can do a great deal of damage to our system of government. The Constitution alone is not enough any longer to prevent such behavior.

The other issue that needs to be addressed is Trump’s misuse of rotating acting heads of agencies to avoid Senate scrutiny and approval. Most of his acting heads have been deplorable human beings with no experience for their roles.