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It’s hardly a ringing endorsement of Bill Barr’s leadership of the Justice Department. And although the DOJ did succeed in withholding most of the documents sought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the court excoriated the Department for deceiving both the court and the public with regard to the roll out of the Mueller Report.
On March 24, 2019, approximately 10 seconds after Mueller handed in his homework, Barr fired off a letter to Congress announcing that the Special Counsel had been unable to find conclusive evidence of crimes and would not be indicting the president. In Barr’s telling, this decision was in no way based on the DOJ’s longstanding policy that a sitting president cannot be charged, but rather Mueller was ceding prosecutorial discretion to the Attorney General, who had thought long and hard about it
Secret William Barr memo saying not to charge Trump must be released, judge says
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Opinion: Bill Barr s indefensible defense of Trump isn t fooling this federal judge CNN 4 hrs ago Opinion by Elie Honig © Matt McClain/Pool/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Oversight Committee In his first congressional testimony in more than a year, Barr is expected to face questions from the committee about his deployment of federal law enforcement agents to Portland, Oregon, and other cities in response to Black Lives Matter protests; his role in using federal agents to violently clear protesters from Lafayette Square near the White House last month before a photo opportunity for President Donald Trump in front of a church; his intervention in court cases involving Trump s allies Roger Stone and Michael Flynn; and other issues. on July 28, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. (Photo by Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images)
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Sekulow played a leading role defending then-President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial and remains a key figure in Trump s post-presidency orbit of lawyers.
Last year, as Trump made baseless claims of electoral fraud, Sekulow argued on behalf of the then-president in a challenge to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that granted three extra days for the receipt of mail-in votes. The US Supreme Court ultimately declined to hear the case.
Ahead of Trump s second impeachment, over remarks that were seen as inciting a violent mob to storm the Capitol, Sekulow warned that it would be a gigantic mistake to seek Trump s removal and disbarment from holding future office.
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