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William Barr set to testify in high-profile clash with House Democrats

by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter | | July 27, 2020 06:07 PM

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/william-barr-set-to-testify-in-high-profile-clash-with-house-democrats

 

The stage is set for Attorney General William Barr to defend publicly the Justice Department from accusations of politicization by Democrats.

 

He will sit before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, an appearance that had been set for late March but was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic, and face a grilling over claims that he has been doing President Trump’s bidding related to cases against Trump associates. Meanwhile, Republicans are certain to defend his tenure as one aimed at restoring confidence in the Justice Department and the FBI after the Obama administration allegedly sought to subvert Trump’s 2016 campaign and presidency.

 

The attorney general, who has faced calls to be impeached by his critics, will testify as the Justice Department finds itself in the thick of the Trump administration’s controversial response to protests along with rising violence and riots in multiple cities and as U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation of the Trump-Russia investigators prepares to release a report later this summer. The hearing also comes just under the 100-day mark before the 2020 election.

Anonymous ID: 650e5d July 27, 2020, 5:59 p.m. No.10096059   🗄️.is đź”—kun

After filing lawsuits challenging Illinois governor, attorney takes aim at county officials who enforce coronavirus orders

by Greg Bishop, The Center Square

| July 27, 2020 08:00 PM

 

The attorney who filed a slew of lawsuits in several different counties to have judges find there aren’t public health emergencies says counties need to be careful in enforcing social distancing and mask-wearing rules because he’s ready to file even more lawsuits.

 

Gov. J.B. Pritzker now faces lawsuits in several counties from attorney Thomas DeVore, who represents individuals and businesses seeking judges to declare there isn’t a public health emergency because of low numbers of COVID-19 deaths in those counties. DeVore said more lawsuits against the governor in other counties could be on the way.

 

The lawsuits filed Thursday were in Sangamon, Clinton, Bond, Richland and Edgar counties showing COVID-19 data that DeVore claims don’t rise to the level of an emergency. He amended the complaint tha state Rep. Darren Bailey has against the governor in Clay County to reflect the other challenges.

In the Sangamon County case, where DeVore is representing a salon owner, a gym owner and a restaurant owner, ==he said the state’s COVID-19 statistics show 0.363 percent of the county’s population has tested positive and

0.017 percent have died from COVID-19.==

He used similar numbers to show the statistics in other counties.

 

DeVore said he’s ready to file lawsuits in other counties across the state.

“I think that's what people have been frustrated about, which has been tearing people apart for the better part of four months, is that whether or not that definition [of a public health emergency] is satisfied in Cook County or Chicago is for the good people of Cook County and Chicago, etc., the collar counties,” DeVore said. “That people in the other overwhelming majority 90-something counties, heck we’ve got 40-some counties … that don’t have one person that’s passed away [from COVID] in.”

The Illinois Attorney General’s office didn't immediately respond to The Center Square but reportedly called DeVore’s lawsuits frivolous. DeVore did get a Clay County court to order the governor’s orders void but that case is still pending on appeal.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/after-filing-lawsuits-challenging-illinois-governor-attorney-takes-aim-at-county-officials-who-enforce-coronavirus-orders