May 2, 2019 New Yorker portrays AG Barr as a massive 'toady' on top of White House The New Yorker piled on to the mounting criticism of Attorney General William Barr after his testimony before the Senate on Wednesday.
May 2, 2019 Read: White House Counsel Emmett Flood's letter to Attorney General Barr on Mueller report
May 2, 2019 White House rips Mueller in letter to DOJ, says team ‘failed in their duty to act as prosecutors’ The White House tore into Robert Mueller and his investigators in a recent letter to Attorney General Bill Barr that argued the special counsel's team included "political statements" in their Russia report and "failed" to act as traditional prosecutors -- while stating President Trump reserves his right to invoke executive privilege on matters related to the report.
May 2, 2019 Pelosi says Barr 'lied to Congress' and committed a crime, as DOJ blasts 'reckless' comments House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alleged Thursday that Attorney General Bill Barr “lied to Congress” and reportedly told colleagues in a closed-door meeting that he committed a crime -- prompting a fiery rebuke from the Justice Department.
May 2, 2019 Joseph diGenova: Dems embarrass themselves at Barr hearing and show disregard for truth The interrogation of Attorney General William Barr was an embarrassing spectacle that only revealed one fact — the Democrats don’t care about the truth.
May 2, 2019 Nadler likens Trump to 'dictator,' threatens Barr with contempt after hearing boycott House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler vowed a "reckoning" Thursday after Attorney General Bill Barr boycotted a scheduled hearing before the panel, speaking in grave terms as he likened President Trump to a dictator and threatened the Justice Department leader with contempt.
May 2, 2019 Judge Napolitano: AG Barr should have gone to House hearing, he has ‘nothing to hide’ ӣƵ senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said that he would have advised Attorney General William Barr to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday adding that he thinks Barr has “nothing to hide.”
May 2, 2019 Joe Biden joins other 2020 Dems to call for Barr's resignation despite once calling him 'heck of an honorable guy' Former Vice President Joe Biden is calling for the resignation of Attorney General Bill Barr, who he once called “a heck of an honorable guy,” after Wednesday’s contentious hearing on Robert Mueller’s report.
May 2, 2019 DOJ calls out Dems for ignoring less-redacted Mueller report, serving subpoena instead Justice Department officials chided congressional Democrats this week for ignoring a less-redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report made available to them, even as they pursue a subpoena for the full document and accuse the department of stonewalling.
May 2, 2019 Wall Street Journal: Attorney General Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch Democrats and the media are turning the AG into a villain for doing his duty and making the hard decisions that special counsel Robert Mueller abdicated.