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February 18, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: AG Barr was right in Stone case to overturn harsh sentencing recommendation – new trial needed

Attorney General William Barr refused to allow an injustice to occur on his watch, so he overturned the excessive sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone.

February 18, 2020

McConnell, Graham and McCarthy vow efforts to 'intimidate' Barr will 'fall woefully short'

Top congressional Republicans issued a joint statement Tuesday in defense of Attorney General Bill Barr, who has faced renewed Democratic calls to step aside after senior DOJ officials downgraded prosecutors' sentencing recommendation for former Trump aide Roger Stone.

February 18, 2020

Rudy Giuliani says Bloomberg took stop-and-frisk policy too far: 'We understood the law'

Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg cannot run away from his controversial stop and frisk policing, former NYC mayor and attorney for President Trump Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday.

February 18, 2020

Trump threatens lawsuits over Mueller probe, blasts prosecutors on Stone case

President Trump on Tuesday blasted the federal prosecutors who until recently were working GOP operative Roger Stone’s case, while even threatening to bring lawsuits over former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s “badly tainted” investigation.

February 18, 2020

Federal Judges Association calls for emergency meeting amid DOJ intervention in Roger Stone case

A national association of federal judges reportedly called an emergency meeting Tuesday to tackle mounting concerns about President Trump and senior Justice Department officials’ intervention in cases involving Trump associates.

February 18, 2020

Dershowitz: 'Obama personally asked the FBI to investigate somebody on behalf of George Soros'

Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said Sunday he has proof that former President Barack Obama "personally asked" the FBI to investigate someone "on behalf of George Soros," the liberal billionaire megadonor. 

February 17, 2020

Lindsey Graham slams critics calling for Barr resignation: 'We know your agenda'

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Monday that critics who are calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign have a political agenda besides upholding the rule of law they claim to cherish.

February 17, 2020

DOJ investigates the investigators: 5 internal probes underway on Russia and more

Several federal prosecutors have been tapped to investigate high-profile Russia, Ukraine and Clinton-related matters under the Trump administration.

February 17, 2020

Barr taps network of prosecutors to review Russia-Ukraine cases

Attorney General Bill Barr has tapped a growing number of federal prosecutors across the country to review high-profile Russia probes involving Trump associates and consider emerging allegations tied to Ukraine, in a bold but risky move that comes as he faces mounting criticism and even resignation calls from congressional Democrats who allege he's protecting the president.  

February 16, 2020

Devin Nunes says Trump 'has to tweet' to combat 'hard left' media after Barr backlash

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., fired back at Democrats who criticized Attorney General William Barr for his role in former Trump associate Roger Stone's sentencing and defended the president's use of Twitter after he used the platform to comment about the ongoing criminal case.