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Washington, D.C. Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), and House Administration Committee Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General to open an emergency investigation into whether Attorney General William Barr, U.S. Attorney John Durham, and other political appointees are in violation of longstanding Department policy and federal law to avoid taking any actionincluding making public comments on ongoing investigations that could improperly influence the upcoming presidential election.
Under longstanding DOJ policy, the Attorney General is expected to refrain from commenting on an ongoing investigation. Attorney General Barr and U.S. Attorney Durham have made several public comments that could violate this Department policy and related guidelines. Attorney General Barr has signaled repeatedly that he is likely to allow DOJ to take prosecutorial actions, make public disclosures, and even issue reports before the presidential election in November. Such actions clearly appear intended to benefit President Trump politically, the members wrote to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz.
The members continued, Few actions would prove more damaging to public confidence in the integrity of the DOJ and our democratic process than the perception that federal prosecutorial power can be used to prejudice a pending investigation or influence an upcoming election. As such, we believe it is imperative that this matter be immediately investigated, that you inform our Committees of your decision to open an investigation, and that you report the results promptly to our Committees.
Full text of the letter is available here: https://judiciary.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3357
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(3,888 posts)leftieNanner
(15,082 posts)Has he broken any laws? He certainly doesn't believe in upholding the law, if it suits his purposes.
I am not an attorney, so I can't answer that question.
Apparently, just being a flaming lunatic asshole isn't enough.
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(3,888 posts)leftieNanner
(15,082 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,676 posts)Wwwwooooooshhhhhh!