Barr is slime. When he had power to do the right thing, he didn't. Now he wants to sound reasonable for whatever reason when he has no power? Screw him. Nobody should be giving one shit for anything he's got to say. I know Conservatives don't care, so why should anyone else?
As far as a deal for Trump cases to be dropped in exchange for no running for office--the problem I have with that is that it *really* looks political then. While the practical outcome would be great--as long as the 8 years are actually enforced--that comes off as looking like "yep the whole thing was a big scheme to get him not to run" which is exactly what he's been bleating. Especially if you lump all of them together.
As an aside I'm getting a bit annoyed at all these "Jack Smith, the man who might take down Trump" headlines. Bullshit, the man taking down Trump is Trump. Jack Smith is (hopefully) doing his job. That takes bravery enough, he's no doubt in danger for his life and probably will be for many years. I'm glad Jack Smith and team so far seem very competent. But this isn't Luke vs the Emperor. It's not what Trump is also bleating, that it's a personal vendetta to get him (like everything always is, holy projection batman.) It's about a crooked old fraud who broke MANY laws over many years in the stupidest way possible, leaving a shit-ton of evidence, and it's long past time he pays for it, like any of us would have a long time ago.