POSTURING: Behavior or speech that is intended to attract attention or interest, or to have others cause themselves to believe something is not true when it is true, or true when it is not.
Just get a handful of the white hats to drop a word or post a twat, and the black hat media runs with it. And the fact that the media loves the idea of Bill Barr not doing anything is enough to tell me he is one of the good guys.