Attorney general Bill Barr gets an ethics complaint for Valentine’s Day

Ephrat Livni
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Attorney general Bill Barr gets an ethics complaint for Valentine’s Day
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  • William Barr
    77th and 85th United States Attorney General

Today, he became the subject of a complaint to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is requesting an investigation into Barr’s alleged violations of Justice Department (DOJ) rules and ethical conduct standards for executive branch employees. At the heart of the complaint are Barr’s public comments about an ongoing inquiry—namely, the DOJ’s probe into the origins of the FBI investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election (aka “investigate the investigators”).

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