President Trump on Monday ordered Attorney General William Barr to establish new commission to study crime and enforcement with the goal of recommending actions that can be taken to prevent, control crime, and reduce, increase respect for the law, and assist victims. . ..…
At his May 1 Senate Judiciary Committee testimony, Mr. Barr said that he suspected most of the overreach carried out by Justice Department officials was done by a few people “in the upper echelons of the Bureau [fbi] and perhaps the Department, but those people are no longer..…
Mueller appeared Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, and Chairman Jerrold Nadler made clear today that the committee will continue investigating Trump through the August recess. . Attorney General William Barr holds the power to release the grand jury materials..…
Special counsel Robert Mueller has delivered his report on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 to Attorney General William Barr. Jamie Raskin, member of the committee, said attorney William Barr and Trump have created a fog of propaganda that continues to confuse..…
Ideally, we would have an investigation of the intelligence agencies entirely independent of the White House and headed by an eminent political figure who is not a presidential appointee, as was the 1975 Senate Church Committee. For now, we have only Trump’s attorney general, William..…
Trump invoked executive privilege to deny requested documents. A House committee earlier this month voted to recommend holding Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt. . ..…
McGahn has refused to provide either testimony or documents the Judiciary Committee has requested. . Hoyer said Barr showed “evidence of contempt,” by refusing to testify or provide the unredacted report although the report redactions are required by law. . ..…
Now Barr is refusing to appear before the House Committee because it wants to have lawyers questioning him. ... Barr even falsely claimed that President Trump had “fully cooperated” with the Mueller investigation in the face of a ton of evidence that Trump made numerous..…
During the heated hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1st, Attorney General Barr argued that President Trump ordering McGahn to fire Mueller had insufficient evidence of corrupt intent, contrary to claims by many on the Left. ..…
Mueller report led House Judiciary Committee, to issue the subpoenas, for the whole, un-redacted report, its backup materials and for Trump's hand-picked Attorney General, William Barr, to testify about it. ..…
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say we are now in a constitutional crisis because Attorney General William Barr declined to comply with Judiciary Committee subpoena for Mueller Report and underlying materials based on President Trump's..…
Rather than cooperating, Trump has filed lawsuits to block his accounting firm and banks from complying with subpoenas to produce his financial records to the House Oversight and Reform Committee. On Sunday, Trump tweeted that Mueller should not testify before Congress, even though..…
Those include Attorney General William Barr’s lies to the Congress about the Mueller report and Mueller’s reactions to his (Barr’s) mischaracterization of that report, Barr’s resistance to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, Trump’s insistence that..…
Trump said Sunday that he objected to Mr. Mueller testifying before the Judiciary Committee — again pressing Mr. Barr, who had previously expressed willingness to let the special counsel appear, to run interference for the president. . ..…
Pelosi also said she lost sleep after watching Barr's testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, adding she later 'connected the dots' linking Barr, senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and president Donald Trump. . ..…
Democrats and former prosecutors also are baffled by Barr's description of court-authorized eavesdropping in 2016 as spying, the politically-loaded term Trump uses to criticize Justice Department and Obama administration... Jamie Raskin, member of House Judiciary Committee, questioned..…
Democrats on House Oversight Committee want to depose John Gore about his in Trump decision to add question to Census about citizenship. Barr is right to attach this condition, one that, is consistent with longstanding DOJ policy. ..…
Also, third subpoena was issued to compel Attorney General Bill Barr to reveal all communications about the citizenship question with White House, Republican National Committee, Trump campaign, or any members of Congress.. ..…
During the April 10 Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) asked Barr whether Mueller found probable cause that Trump committed obstruction of justice. ..…
Thus, Attorney General William Barr's brief summary, made public on March 24, reporting that Mueller had found no collusion or conspiracy between Trump and Kremlin, was dismissed and Barr slurred. including whether Trump's to cooperate with Russia animated them, inquiry to..…
While he supported his former boss' son, Jeb Bush, in the 2016 Republican primary — Barr donated $55,000 to a political action committee supporting his campaign — he later gave $2,700 to team Trump and publicly defended him after he took office. ..…
During an April 10 hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Barr said that spying on Trump Campaign in 2016 “did occur.” . ..…
., the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, put together a series of criminal referrals targeting individuals tied to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, which Barr said he is willing to examine. ..…
The House Judiciary Committee has authorized a subpoena of the un-redacted report to be turned over to Committee chair Jerrold Nadler. The New York Times reported that Trump’s strategy appears to be elevating Barr’s 4-page summary of the report over the actual report itself. ..…
Attorney General William Barr told Senate committee that he believes FBI spying did occur on Trump in 2016. ..…
But that has not stopped Democrats from launching other attacks on President Trump, including the House Intelligence Committee investigating the Trump inauguration in 2017 and the House Judiciary Committee calling upon Attorney General William Barr to release the..…
“Spying on a political campaign is a big deal,” Attorney General William Barr told a Senate committee on Wednesday morning. Barr’s comments came in the context of potential Justice Department reviews of the Trump-Russia investigation and how it began in 2016. . ..…
During April 10 hearing of Senate Appropriations Committee, Barr was asked about his intent to form team to probe surveillance abuses against Trump campaign... ..…
Like Judiciary Committee's to the fiasco of Nixon's edited White House transcripts, the criticism will be severe for both Trump and Barr.. In that role, he assisted in drafting the committee's final report to House of Representatives in support of Articles of..…
Liu formerly was a partner at Morrison & Foerster and Jenner & Block before joining the Trump administration in 2017. . William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. attorney general. ..…
Following Attorney General Bill Barr's submitting letter to Congress summarizing Mueller's findings, including finding no evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia, Democrats owe Trump apology for repeated allegations, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam..…
“The American public deserves the full report and findings from the Mueller investigation immediately — not just the in-house summary from a Trump Administration official,” Booker tweeted. . . House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced that his panel would ask..…
Whitaker could be replaced by President Donald Trump's, William Barr, as early as next week. Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to recommend that Senate confirm Barr.. ..…
William Barr, President Trump's nominee to be Attorney General, appeared for his confirmation hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday and it appears as if he is to sail through to nomination. ..…
Where William Barr broke from Trump and where he embraced him . The Senate Judiciary Committee holds its second day of hearings on William Barr’s nomination to be the country’s next attorney general. . . ..…
Chances are he will pass through his nomination hearings easily, although Democrats vow to ask him tough questions about his approach to the Mueller Commission probe into the links between the Russians and the Trump election campaign. . For many, an establishment figure like Barr..…