WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on the census with Attorney General William Barr in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump, who had previously pushed to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, announced that he would direct the Commerce Department to collect that data in other ways. Alex Wong/Getty Images A current federal proscutor said in a letter this week that US Attorney General Bill Barr "has brought shame" on the Department of Justice. "The attorney general acts as though his job is to serve only the political interests of Donald J.