After Bush's re-election defeat, Barr left government service for lucrative positions in the private sector, becoming the general counsel of Verizon up until 2008 and serving on the board of Time Warner, CNN's former parent company, through last year.
Emuva kokuba uBush ehluliwe okhethweni wangakhethwa kabusha, uBarr washiya imisebenzi kahulumeni wathola izikhundla eziphezulu emkhakheni ozimele, waba wumeluleki jikelele we-Verizon kwaze kwaba yizi-2008 futhi wasebenza ebhodini le-Time Warner, inkampani eyayiphethe i-CNN, ngonyaka odlule.