Dems ask bar association to punish AG Barr for 'despicable' testimony
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Friday, May 3, 2019
Two House Democrats, both former prosecutors, have asked the bar associations in Virginia and D.C. to probe Attorney General William P. Barr, saying they feel he broke ethics rules with “despicable†handling of the special counsel’s report.
Reps. Kathleen Rice and Ten Lieu accused Mr. Barr of lying to Congress in hearings last month when he described his interactions with special counsel Robert Mueller.
The lawmakers said the rules of the bar in both Virginia and the District of Columbia, where Mr. Barr as admitted to practice, require candidness from all lawyers.
“By deceiving Congress and the American people, who vested their trust in both the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice at large, Attorney General Barr must be subject to a professional review for the sake of the legal profession and the public,†the lawmakers said.
Their call for bar sanctions is innovative, but by no means the only punishment Democrats have suggested for what they see as Mr. Barr’s mishandling of Mr. Mueller’s work.
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