WASHINGTON ― Justice Department attorneys on Wednesday offered damning testimony about Attorney General William Barr’s alleged political interference in the department’s work involving President Donald Trump’s allies and Barr’s own ideological interests. Barr, a Justice Department spokesperson said Wednesday, had agreed to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on July 28. Last May, Barr bailed out on a House Judiciary Committee hearing at the last minute because the committee planned to allow staff members to question him. But the Justice Department claimed there was nothing to the issue, and Politico reported Wednesday on the memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility that cleared the Justice Department’s work. A Justice Department spokesperson called Zelinsky’s testimony “hearsay (at best)” because it is based on what Zelinsky heard from his supervisors.

Source: Huffington Post June 25, 2020 00:22 UTC