Former White House ethics chief calls Bill Barr 'most dangerous attorney general in U.S. history'

Richard W. Painter described Attorney General William Barr as the 'most dangerous' in United States history, citing what he described as religious zealotry.

. In 2020 he plans to put his plans into action. Barr is the most dangerous Attorney General in U.S. history," Painter declared on Twitter Tuesday.

"Mr. Barr has embraced wholesale the 'religious liberty' rhetoric of today's Christian nationalist movement. When religious nationalists invoke 'religious freedom,' it is typically code for religious privilege," wrote religious extremism authors Katherine Stewart and Caroline Fredrickson in the op-ed.

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