The goal is to spur five times as much in private investments.NYPD saw the outcry over unmarked federal officers detaining protesters in Portland and decided to use similar tacticsBiden, who wants to show he’s serious about tackling racial injustice, put out a plan to help people of color overcome economic inequitiesBiden is also proposing to triple the goal for federal contracting with small disadvantaged businesses, from 5 percent to at least 15 percent of all spending on materials and services by 2025.Democrats were clearly angered as Mr. Barr quibbled over small details or ignored questions about his rationale or actions. Circuit, I for one of its leading liberals.We are a nation of laws, not of men.He was a smart guy. In Barr's first confirmation hearings for attorney general, then-Judiciary Committee Chair Joe Biden praised his "candid answer" on abortion (affirming … He worked both sides of the aisle as an in-house counsel and, in between all that, clocked in as a Washington lawyer. He expressed interest in SDNY and the Attorney General thought it was a good idea, according to the official.Trump, departing the White House on Saturday afternoon for a rally in Oklahoma, didn’t confirm he had taken any action on Berman.Berman will be replaced by Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, a trusted prosecutor in the office who had already been overseeing Trump-related investigations, Barr said. That is what attorneys general are supposed to do. OPINION The Justice Department under William Barr has crossed another dangerous line What happened to Michael Cohen is a chilling example of … When white men with Swastikas storm a government building with guns there is no need for the president to ‘activate’ you because they’re getting the president’s personal agenda done. Attorney General William Barr should have had a lot of explaining to do. Nadler is scheduled to appear on CNN on Sunday morning.Before Friday’s announcement, Barr had asked Berman to step aside and offered him other roles in the Justice Department, including head of the Civil Division at main Justice, said a Justice Department official familiar with the matter who asked not to be named. Berman declined, the person said.“I was surprised and quite disappointed by the press statement you released last night,” Barr said, referencing Berman’s rebellious refusal late Friday night. Barr was the William F. Buckley Jr. of the class of 1967, a droll outlier who lived in a rambling Riverside Drive apartment with a framed “Goldwater for President” poster in the foyer. During his tenure, the agency has also rewritten conduct standards for brokers and taken steps to clamp down on fees that stock exchanges charge.
“From my experience, the president has played a role properly and traditionally played by presidents,” Barr testified.“[I]f I get it,” he told CNN in June, “you’ll never see me without a mask.”Some Trump backers have predicted the Durham probe will deliver a thunderclap that could upend the presidential race, but Barr has seemed at times to downplay those predictions.