WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America.
He’ll say in his opening statement at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday that “violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests” ostensibly linked to George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Barr will say that the violence in Portland, Oregon, and other cities is disconnected from the death of Floyd, which he describes as a “horrible” event that prompted a necessary national reckoning on the relationship between Black men and law enforcement.
Meantime, in a preview of his opening statement, Barr is expected calls Russia scandal “bogus,” says he acts independently of Trump.
Barr is also expected to say that the Russia investigation was “bogus,” even though a DOJ watchdog last December found no bias in launch of Trump-Russia probe, but it uncovered ‘significant’ FBI errors.
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TODAY 10:00 am ET: Attorney General William Barr will testify before the @HouseJudiciary Committee at an oversight hearing on the Department of Justice.
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