The William Barr Hearings

Attorney General nominee William Barr departs after a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 in Washington.

Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, and the Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School, recaps what we've heard so far as William Barr is grilled by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in his confirmation hearing to become the next attorney general of the United States.