why have staff attorney question bill barr

What did Attorney General William Barr say about President Trump?

May 01, 2019 · The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to allow staff to question Attorney General William Barr during his hearing on the special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 ...

Did Attorney General William Barr send referrals to McSwain?

Jul 28, 2020 · Nobody thinks either side is doing a good job of questioning Attorney General William Barr during Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing.Barr is appearing before the committee to testify on the politicization of the Justice Department, but starting with Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler's (D-N.Y.) opening line of questioning -- which Daniel Goldman, …

Why did William Barr write his resignation letter?

Feb 28, 2022 · Former Attorney General William Barr has taken some notable steps away from Trump World since leaving office in December 2020, but the Republican lawyer has clearly taken his efforts to a new ...

Did Attorney General Barr investigate McSwain’s voter fraud allegations?

May 01, 2019 · The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to allow members of its staff to question Attorney General William Barr Bill Barr William Barr's memoir set for release in early ...

Who is Barr Barr?

Barr was one of three former attorney generals who, in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, praised outgoing Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his tough-on-crime approach amid “the spreading ‘Ferguson effect’ causing officers to shy away from proactive policing out of fear of prosecution.”

What did Barr say about Antifa?

On June 4, 2020 Barr made the following statement: “We have evidence that Antifa and other similar extremist groups, as well as actors of a variety of different political persuasions, have been involved in instigating and participating in the violent activity … And we are also seeing foreign actors playing all sides to exacerbate the violence.”

Who is Jimmy Lohman?

Jimmy Lohman is a death row defense attorney and musician in Austin. Lohman wrote a piece for a small Florida publication about Barr back in 1991 when Barr was nominated to be attorney general by then-President George H.W. Bush.

The Letter

Trump first teased the issue during a rally in Sarasota, Florida, on July 3, saying, “ We have a U.S. attorney in Philadelphia that says he wasn’t allowed to go and check Philadelphia.” Trump promised he’d reveal at his next rally “who didn’t allow him.”

Shapiro and Barr Push Back

A spokesperson for Shapiro said his office isn’t aware of McSwain having passed along any such cases for investigation.

Dubious Fraud Allegation

Barr told the Washington Post that when he spoke to McSwain earlier this week, McSwain told him the “directive” to pass along serious allegations to the state attorney general involved a single allegation of “irregularities” in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.