Attorney General
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Dis-Barr the Justice Department
“I testified at Barr's Senate confirmation hearing. I urged the Senate to reject the nomination. … I am not saying here that I told you so. Rather, my warning was insufficiently…

Video of Panel on the “Crisis at the Justice Department”
Bob Bauer, Lisa Monaco, and Andrew Weissmann, with Ryan Goodman (moderator).

Senators Call for Prosecution of Gambian Paramilitary Fighter in US Custody
Rare opportunity to criminally prosecute a person implicated in extremely grave human rights abuses in a U.S. court.

William Barr: A Failed Attorney General Unfit to Serve
William Barr has repeatedly abused his office as attorney general to provide personal and political protection for President Donald Trump at the expense of the integrity and credibility…

Barr’s Personal, Ad Hoc Declassification Authority and the Role of Congress
Much of Washington is fixated for varying reasons on the release of the report from Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s Inspector General, on the origins of the FBI’s…

Clear Goal of Barr/Durham Probe is to Scare Off Intelligence Community
In order for their counter-narrative to stick, President Trump and his associates need to destroy all trust in the Intelligence Community.

About Those Constitutional Norms, Mr. Attorney General
The president’s non-cooperation in the Ukraine investigation breaches the bipartisan understanding that the president has a responsibility to come clean with Congress about foreign…

Bill Barr’s Witch Hunt
America’s chief law enforcement officer is using the full power of the U.S. government to pressure foreign governments to engage in investigations designed to politically benefit…

Trump’s Extortion of Ukraine Is an Impeachable Abuse of Power
The publicly known facts about President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine constitute a prima facie case for impeachment based on abuse of presidential power.

35 Questions for Congress to Ask Robert Mueller (+ Questions from Readers)
Former FBI (Rangappa), Justice Department and NSC (Geltzer), and Pentagon (Goodman) officials team up to suggest questions for Mueller.

House Should Prepare Criminal Referral of A.G. Barr for Lying to Congress
Mueller’s testimony puts not only the President’s job and criminal liability on the line. Attorney General Barr is in jeopardy too.

A Side-by-Side Comparison of Barr’s vs. Mueller’s Statements about Special Counsel Report
"Some of the differences involve near complete contradictions—in other words Mueller’s statement and Barr’s statements cannot both be true."