The Justice Department’s watchdog admonished Attorney General William Barr for a “chaotic and disorganized” handling of the protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020, though it concluded he did not order the forced removal of protesters from a park near the White House.
“He jerked them around and he had no legal basis for keeping them,” Bill Barr said of Trump’s documents.
Former Attorney General William Barr disputed former President Trump’s claims that the special counsel investigation into his handling of classified records was politically motivated.
Former Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that he believes the Justice Department is “getting very close” to having sufficient evidence to indict former President Trump for removing classified documents when he left the White House.
Among the documents seized by the FBI from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home was a document detailing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities.
Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr in his forthcoming memoir criticizes the special counsel probe of Russia and former President Trump’s administration, calling it a “heavy-handed criminal investigation.”
A federal judge accused former Attorney General William Barr of deceiving the public about a Justice Department memo clearing former President Trump of potential charges following the special counsel investigation.
The Justice Department is expected to announce new criminal charges Monday against a former Libyan intelligence officer in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
