“As the attorney general, you are expected not to be an idiot when it comes to basic legal principles,” said Rep. Ted Lieu. Pressed late Wednesday to respond to President Donald Trump’s remarks encouraging North Carolina residents to try to cast two ballots in the November election, Attorney General William Barr—the top law enforcement official in […]
“We renew our call,” said Common Cause’s president Friday, for Congress “to impeach William Barr before he does irreparable damage to the system of justice in our nation.” Fresh demands for the resignation or impeachment of U.S. Attorney General William Barr have started stacking up since the Department of Justice on Thursday dropped its case against […]
WASHINGTON – More than 1,100 former U.S. prosecutors and Justice Department officials called Sunday for the resignation of Attorney General William Barr after he intervened to shorten the political corruption sentence for Roger Stone, a long-time confidant of President Donald Trump. Four career federal prosecutors, part of the Justice Department headed by Barr, had […]
U.S. President Donald Trump denied Wednesday that he had urged Attorney General William Barr to hold a news conference clearing him of any illegal acts in a July phone call with Ukraine’s president. The Washington Post reported that Trump made the request, which Barr declined, around the time the White House released a rough transcript of the call in which […]