More Than 1,250 Ex-DOJ Workers Demand Probe Of AG Barr Over Protesters' Removal
More than 1,250 former Justice Department workers have signed a letter calling for an independent investigation into Attorney General William Barr’s role in last week’s violent removal of anti-racism demonstrators near a park outside of the White House.
The letter addressed to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Wednesday called Barr’s reported role in the protesters’ June 1 removal ahead of President Donald Trump’s photo-op at a nearby church “disturbing” as well as a likely violation of the demonstrators’ constitutional rights.
“If the Attorney General or any other DOJ employee has directly participated in actions that have deprived Americans of their constitutional rights or that physically injured Americans lawfully exercising their rights, that would be misconduct of the utmost seriousness, the details of which must be shared with the American people,” the letter states.
The letter had 1,264 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon. The individuals are predominantly former career prosecutors, supervisors and trial lawyers with between one and 45 years of service with the DOJ.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/doj-alumni-request-barr-probe-205302818.html
