Barr vs. the Committee with No Bull
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Attorney General William Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Barr was asked about the federal government's response to protests, the upcoming presidential election, the dismissal of former U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman and much more. The hearing did include a lot of bickering and grandstanding, but we cut out all of the unnecessary repetition and theatrics to leave you with just the questions and answers that you need to hear.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.3 | If someone went down the street to the prettyman court here, that beautiful courthouse we have |
| 0:38.3 | right at the bottom of the hill and start breaking windows and firing industrial grade fireworks |
| 0:43.3 | into start of fire, throw kerosene balloons in and start fires in the court. |
| 0:48.6 | Is that okay? |
| 0:50.0 | Is that okay now? |
| 0:51.8 | No, the US marshals have a duty to stop that and defend the courthouse and that's what |
| 0:56.4 | we are doing in Portland. |
| 0:58.2 | We are at the courthouse defending the courthouse when I'm looking for trouble. |
| 1:02.8 | In a place like Portland where even where we don't have the support of the state, the local |
| 1:09.0 | government, we have to take a stand and defend this federal property. |
| 1:14.2 | We can't get to a level where we're going to accept these kinds of violent attacks on |
| 1:18.7 | federal courts. |
| 1:22.0 | What makes me concerned for the country is this is the first time in my memory that the |
| 1:26.3 | leaders of one of our great two political parties, the Democratic Party are not coming out |
| 1:33.6 | and condemning mob violence in the attack on federal courts. |
| 1:39.6 | Why can't we just say, you know, violence against federal courts has to stop? |
| 1:43.8 | Could we hear something like that? |
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