His appearance would end a standoff between Barr and the Judiciary Committee that stretches back to at least May 2019. Barr eventually had agreed to testify March 31, but the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled that hearing.
Barr then cited the pandemic again when he declined the committee’s invitation to reschedule the hearing for June 9, which prompted Nadler to call a hearing about Barr last month, with testimony from two Justice Department lawyers and former officials.
Response to protests
Democrats are expected to drill down on their concerns that Barr is misusing the Justice Department with actions that support Trump’s reelection campaign and personal interests, such as Barr’s role in federal officers using tear gas to disperse protesters at Lafayette Square near the White House ahead of a photo opportunity with Trump holding a Bible.
There’s the Trump administration’s expanding use of federal officers in cities such as Portland, Oregon, which committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland dubbed a “banana-republic-style secret police unit,” and the administration’s latest effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 census.
There are criticisms about how Barr removed the federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, where there are investigations that might affect Trump and his associates, a move that prompted Nadler to say Barr “clearly cares very little about the law.”
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