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The US attorney general faced questioning by the House committee on Tuesday about the use of force against Black Lives Matter protesters in recent weeks and the Trump administration’s handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The US attorney general faced questioning by the House committee on Tuesday about the use of force against Black Lives Matter protesters in recent weeks and the Trump administration’s handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

  1. Jul 28

    Attorney General William Barr's testimony comes as part of House Democrats' investigations into alleged politicization of the Justice Department.

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  2. Jul 28

    AG Barr rails against "bogus" Russia investigation and "violent rioters" in testimony before Congress. More from and :

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  3. Jul 28

    It took 14 months, but the House Judiciary Committee finally got its man. And after myriad controversies, AG William Barr’s long awaited testimony to the panel arrives today at the nadir of trust between Capitol Hill Democrats and the DOJ

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  4. Jul 28

    24 House Judiciary Democrats and 17 Republicans will have the opportunity to question AG Barr in person or remotely due to COVID-19 pandemic at today's committee oversight hearing.

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  5. Jul 28

    Barr confirms Secret Service recommended Trump go to White House shelter because of escalating protests

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  6. Jul 28

    Rep. Jerry Nadler to Attorney General Bill Barr: "Again and again, you personally have interfered with ongoing criminal investigations to protect the president and his allies from the consequences of their actions."

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  7. Jul 28

    GOP Rep. Jim Jordan to AG Bill Barr: " I want to thank you for having the courage to say we are going to get the politics out of the Department of Justice that was there in the previous administration."

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  8. Jul 28

    House Judiciary now playing an extended video montage put together by Jim Jordan staff of violent protests. Barr has not begun his testimony yet

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  9. Jul 28

    The Trump campaign tweeting out the video that Republican Congressman Jim Jordan played during his opening remarks at Bill Barr's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.

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    This is America under Joe Biden and the radical, liberal, Democrat MOB. THESE ARE NOT PEACEFUL PROTESTS no matter what the media wants you to believe.
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  10. Jul 28

    Watch live: Attorney General Barr to call Russia probe "bogus," defend response to "violent rioters and anarchists" in House testimony. Barr's remarks have been delayed by a Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler's minor car accident this morning.

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  11. Jul 28

    In his first appearance ever before the House Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William Barr declined to say that political concerns weren't animating the Trump administration's use of federal troops to crack down on Black Lives Matter demonstrators

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  12. Jul 28

    Attorney General William Barr refuses to answer whether he and President Trump have discussed Trump's reelection campaign in connection with the current or future deployment of federal law enforcement

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  13. Jul 28

    "We're not out looking for trouble." Bill Barr defends federal law enforcement actions in Portland, Oregon: "Federal courts are under attack. Since when is it okay to try to burn down a federal court?"

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  14. Jul 28

    Barr: "I don't understand why a small contingent of marshalls" inside a courthouse disrupt anyone's First Amendment rights.

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  15. Jul 28

    Rep. Neguse asks AG Barr if DOJ statement on then-U.S. Atty. Geoffrey Berman "stepping down" had been accurate. "He may not have known it, but he was stepping down," Barr says. "He may not have known that he was stepping down? That's your testimony?"

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  16. Jul 28

    Rep. Jayapal to AG Barr: "When protesters carry guns and Confederate flags and swastikas" and call for violence against MI gov., "somehow you didn't know about it, so you didn't send federal agents to do to the president's supporters what you did to the president's protesters."

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  17. Jul 28

    Rep. Cedric Richmond: “Do you believe, as the attorney general of the [US], that mail-in voting will lead to massive voter fraud?” AG Barr: “I think there's a high risk that it will.” Richmond: “Do you ever vote by mail-in ballot?” Barr: “Currently I did once at least.”

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  18. Jul 28

    Rep. Hakeem Jeffries presses Barr on his assessment of Trump's Covid-19 response as "superb," listing numerous stats about America's outbreak.  Barr responds that early testing issues were the fault of the Obama administration. “That’s inaccurate. That’s a myth,” Jeffries says

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  19. Jul 28

    Rep. Ted Lieu quizzes Barr on probable cause, saying law enforcement in grabbed a protester who was "peacefully standing there" and bundled him into an unmarked vehicle. AG Barr says he doesn't believes those are the facts.

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  20. Jul 27

    The Wall of Moms and Don’t Shoot Portland are suing the Trump administration for their use of tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters in Portland.

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  21. Jul 24

    Federal judge says that Oregon did not present enough evidence that unlawful arrests are being made after receiving a request to stop US agents from arresting protesters in Portland.

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