Attorney General William Barr is expected to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday in a highly anticipated appearance. Barr’s …
Attorney General William Barr is expected to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday in a highly anticipated appearance. Barr’s opening statement released by the Justice Department Monday offered a forceful defense of his actions as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, asserting that he has acted apart from the interests of the White House while „applying a standard of justice without partisan considerations.“ Even before taking office in 2019, Barr said he became „deeply troubled by what I perceived as the increasing use of the criminal justice process as a political weapon and the emergence of two separate standards of justice.“ Barr will also tell committee members that the violence taking place in Portland, Oregon, and other cities is disconnected from the death of George Floyd death at the hands of Minneapolis police, which he described as a „horrible“ event. Jody Daniels is scheduled to take command of the Army Reserve on Tuesday, the first woman to do so in its 112-year history following her promotion to lieutenant general. Daniels is the latest woman to break into the military’s senior ranks, which have historically been dominated by men.
