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President Trump’s Attorney General, William Barr, “is neither as apolitical as his defenders claim, nor as partisan as his detractors fear. Instead, he is a complex figure” not beholden to the right or the left, says the New York Times.
Baltimore, Cleveland, and Houston’s Harris County, Tx., are among those joining a program that increases federal support for state, local and tribal law enforcement officials to pursue violent criminals those involved in gun crime, drug trafficking and gang violence.
Attorney General William Barr says his review of the origins of the Russia investigation could lead to rule changes for counterintelligence investigations of political campaigns by the FBI and other domestic agencies.
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in a Baltimore speech, defended his role in President Trump’s abrupt firing of former FBI director James Comey. Comey had criticized Rosenstein in an op-ed.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who will leave his job on Saturday, was praised by his former boss, Jeff Sessions, who was ousted by President Trump. The farewell event was described as a “pep rally” for the Justice Department.
The Justice Department called House Democrats’ demands that Attorney General William Barr be questioned by staff lawyers as well as lawmakers “unprecedented and unnecessary.” Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler warned he would have ‘no choice’ but to hold him in contempt if DOJ fails to “negotiate in good faith.”
Attorney General William Barr told Congress at his first public appearance since receiving the 400-page Mueller report, that it is being scoured to remove grand jury information and details that relate to pending investigations.
Attorney General William Barr ordered the FBI and the federal Bureau of Prisons to investigate allegations of discrimination against LGBTQ employees reports. The announcement came in response to concerns from DOJ Pride, a group that represents thousands of LGBTQ employees at the Justice Department.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr is considering Claire Murray, a former White House lawyer who recently joined his staff, for a top Justice Department role overseeing civil litigation and the Office of Justice Programs, including the COPS office. She was a clerk to Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh.
U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu in Washington, D.C., will not become the Justice Department’s Associate Attorney General. Republican senators objected to her leadership of the National Association of Women Lawyers when it supported abortion rights and opposed the nomination of Justice Samuel Alito.