It is complete BS. Roberts is as compromised as they come and Barr has been a Deep State swamprat and fixer for decades.
There seems to be a great desire here to excuse Robert’s by saying he has been “compromised,” although nobody can ever explain how or by what. Roberts is simply following his ego and he wants to be loved by our leftist masters.
He and Barr are both products of the system, although the system probably wasn’t that bad when they got their start, and they want to stay in with the in-crowd. It’s all ego.