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18 Nov 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
For example, he railed at his most loyal yes-man, Attorney General William Barr, because Trump wanted Barr to arrest his political opponents—a classic move by autocrats who attempt to seize power illegally. [read post]
On Tuesday, US Attorney General William Barr issued a joint statement with Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero that the US would seek dismissal of the US criminal charges against Cienfuegos so that he could be investigated and potentially charged under Mexican law. [read post]
17 Nov 2020, 10:23 am by Amy Howe
The dispute arose last year, after Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report on possible Russian interference in the 2016 election to Attorney General William Barr. [read post]
Sixteen federal prosecutors sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, urging him to withdraw a recent memo about post-voting election irregularities. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 2:00 am by Christopher Tyner
Justice Department, Richard Pilger, stepped down from that role this week in response to a memo from Attorney General William Barr authorizing federal prosecutors to investigate “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities in the 2020 election. [read post]
10 Nov 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat and Daniel B. Edelman
AG William Barr, breaking with venerable Justice Department traditions, is allowing federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of fraud in the voting and counting process before the election results are certified.While it seems implausible that any of Trump’s lawsuits would provide the Supreme Court with an opportunity to declare the election result directly or even effectively, other avenues for post-election mischief remain open.Conservative commentator Mark Levin made… [read post]
US Attorney General William Barr on Monday authorized US Attorneys to pursue allegations of voting irregularities relating to the recent federal election. [read post]
9 Nov 2020, 5:10 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
AP: “The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult on Monday, Attorney General William Barr authorizing the Justice Department to probe allegations of voter fraud and President Donald Trump firing the Pentagon chief and blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team. [read post]
Just last month, a bipartisan group of lawyers filed a report with the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, alleging US Attorney General William Barr used his position to further President Trump’s re-election campaign. [read post]
1 Nov 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut
On October 12, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW) in Washington and the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, issued a 180-page report that included 12 stellar recommendations for reforming the Department of Justice in the wake of Attorney General William Barr’s leadership.Amy Klobuchar recently introduced in the Senate a version of the “Protecting Our Democracy” Act. [read post]
20 Oct 2020, 4:29 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Throughout the campaign season, Trump and other Republicans have promoted a false narrative of widespread voter fraud, which Attorney General William Barr, as the country’s top law-enforcement official, furthered in a September interview on CNN when he said someone in Texas was indicted for filling out 1,700 ballots for other people, which never happened. [read post]
20 Oct 2020, 3:19 pm by Allan Blutstein
Meadows says Trump did not order declassification of Russia documentsBy Morgan Chalfant, The Hill, Oct. 20, 2020White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Tuesday that President Trump’s tweets about declassifying documents related to the Russia investigation were not an order to declassify or release further documents.Meadows said in a sworn declaration in federal court that Trump’s tweets earlier this month instead merely referred to the authority given to Attorney… [read post]
With nearly a two decade hiatus since a federal execution, the increase in scheduled executions can be attributed to Attorney General William Barr’s directive to the FBI to resume executions of death-row inmates. [read post]
17 Oct 2020, 8:34 am by John Floyd
Not a single case of voter fraud could “the hounds of Barr” find. [read post]