The environmentalist billionaire is organizing an effort in Virginia to try to get Barr disbarred from practicing law.
By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow May 3 at 2:21 PM Billionaire Tom Steyer is launching a campaign to try to disbar Attorney General William P. Barr from practicing law, the latest Democratic attack on the nation’s top law enforcement officer following allegations that he lied to Congress about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report.
“William Barr has forfeited his right to hold the office of the Attorney General,” Steyer, a longtime environmentalist and Democratic donor, said in a statement to The Washington Post. “Instead of upholding our laws and our tradition of democratic oversight, Mr. Barr has deliberately chosen to lie for a corrupt president who is acting more like a king than the leader of a free nation.”
Additionally, President Trump and top White House officials — who have been pleased with Barr’s handling of the Mueller situation and his testimony before the Senate this week — have instructed surrogates to go out and defend Barr as much as possible.Steyer is unlikely to have success in his push, even as infuriated Democratic lawmakers might applaud and take up the call.
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