DOJ Says Top Officials Will Snub Congress Because Committee Was Mean To Barr
Seems Barr has his loyalists in place to obstruct The House hearings.
DOJ Says Top Officials Will Snub Congress Because Committee Was Mean To Barr
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. Attorney General William Barr hears from Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Stephen Boyd as Barr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Congressional Audi... MORE
By Matt Shuham September 22, 2020 10:55 a.m.
The Justice Department on Monday told the House Judiciary Committee that several high-profile witnesses would not testify as requested because legislators had been rude to Attorney General Bill Barr.
The Judiciary Committee in recent weeks had requested testimony from the directors of the Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as from the assistant attorney general leading the DOJs Civil Rights Division, Eric Dreiband. Writing in response to Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) on Monday, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyds letter might as well have been one word: No.
Instead, Boyd wrote at length about the indignities the attorney general experienced during his July 28 appearance before the committee, when Boyd said members of Congress chose to use their allotted time to air grievances. .........................
still_one
(91,947 posts)back to the hole they came from
C_U_L8R
(44,892 posts)Maybe they need to be escorted to testify before committee.
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Bullies are afraid . ..
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)2naSalit
(86,048 posts)who will be scrutinized come January.
I'm putting this mildly so as to avoid being targeted myself. I am anticipating some serious measures being undertaken when our capsizing ship is returned to corrected course next year.