The focus here is obviously on the statements he has previously made about prosecuting Trump’s enemies, a list of whom apparently appears in one of his books:
- Do you maintain today that you do not intend to prosecute the people you identified as targets in your book?
- Why should we believe you now, when you have something at stake, as opposed to then?
- If you don’t intend to prosecute those targets, why did you make those statements in your book?
- Do you believe in the unitary executive theory?
- If you are ordered to investigate a prominent Democrat, judge, or prosecutor by Donald Trump, and you aren’t aware of any plausible legal reason to do so, what will you do?
- Why did Bill Barr, a very conservative Republican, essentially blackball you during the first Trump term?
- Law enforcement is a job that traditionally appeals to conservatives. Do you really think the FBI is dominated by liberals?
- Do you think removing Democrats from the FBI is a good way to depoliticize it?