Barr Agrees To Testify Before House Judiciary Committee On 3/31, Dems Say

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) leaves after the committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not providing an un-redacted copy of ... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) leaves after the committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not providing an un-redacted copy of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's report in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill May 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. Just before Wednesday's hearing President Donald Trump announced that he will invoke executive privilege over all the materials Nadler subpoenaed, including the Mueller report and its underlying evidence. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Attorney General Bill Barr will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on March 31, the committee announced Wednesday.

The announcement of Barr’s impending testimony came as the Attorney General faces serious criticism regarding the Justice Department’s watered down sentencing recommendations for Trump confidante Roger Stone

A letter to Barr signed by Democrats on the Committee notified him that he would be asked to answer questions about “the misuse of our criminal justice system for political purposes.” The letter stated it was confirming Barr’s “agreement to testify.”

Separately, it noted Barr’s “pattern of conduct in legal matters relating to the President that raises significant concerns for this Committee.”

In addition to concerns about Stone’s sentencing, committee Democrats’ letter informed Barr that they intended to ask him about the abrupt removal of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie Liu from her post on Jan. 30.

Liu was replaced by an adviser to Barr, Timothy Shea, and on Tuesday President Donald Trump withdrew Liu’s nomination to another post in the Treasury Department.

The Democrats also said they would ask about the “intake process” that Barr acknowledged had been established to deal with political dirt from Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

“These are not the only issues that our Committee intends to discuss with you when you appear, but they are enough to require our immediate attention,” the Democrats wrote.

Read Democrats’ letter below:

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  1. Who fucking cares? He’ll just lie his ass off anyway. You think HE fucking cares? This is a mission from God to these dominionist white nationalist assholes. NOTHING. IS. OFF. LIMITS. OR. UNJUSTIFIED. IN. THEIR. PURSUIT. OF. PERMANENT. MINORITY-RULES. WHITE. CHRISTIAN. HEGEMONY.

    NOTHING.

    ETA: And it’s worth noting that these are the same motherfuckers who just loooooooove to yell their islamaphobic nonsense about the Quran saying it’s right to lie to infidels.

  2. “Barr Agrees To Testify Lie Before House Judiciary Committee.”

    Fixed.

  3. Great. So 8 hours of “That’s covered under executive privilege and I decline to answer the question”.

  4. I think they should delay a day, and have LowBarr testify on April 1st…

    Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on Republicans…

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