William Barr vs. Eric Holder: A Tale of Two Attorneys General
By Michael W. McConnell
May 10, 2019 4:18 PM
The differences between the cases are informative.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has declared it a “constitutional crisis†that Attorney General William Barr refuses to divulge the small parts of the Mueller report that contain grand-jury material. By a straight party-line vote, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress.
What did Pelosi think when Barr’s predecessor, Eric Holder, refused to divulge documents to a congressional committee and was held in contempt? “Ridiculous!†she said. What did Holder and Obama say? That the House subpoena was a violation of “separation of powers.â€
To partisans, the difference between the cases is obvious. Barr is defending Trump; Holder was Obama’s self-proclaimed “wing man.†That is enough for many journalists and most politicians. The rest of us might want to know: What is the legal or constitutional difference between Holder’s refusal to provide documents and Barr’s?
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