'Attorney General Bill Barr is a major threat to our legal system and to public trust in it,' Donald Ayer writes for CNNOpinion, arguing that Barr is unfit to serve in his role
Donald Ayer, an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law School, served as a Deputy Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, as an Assistant US Attorney under President Jimmy Carter, and as United States Attorney and Principal Deputy Solicitor General under President Ronald Reagan. The opinions expressed here are his own. Read more opinion articles at CNN.
I recently had the privilege of appearing before the House Judiciary Committee alongside current Department of Justice lawyers Aaron Zelinsky and John Elias, who put their careers on the line to speak up about political interference in cases in which they were personally involved. Zelinsky and Elias spoke in detail, and with total credibility, about the Department's efforts to lighten the sentence of President Donald Trump's longtime friend Roger Stone.
Donald AyerMy own testimony focused on why I believe that Attorney General Bill Barr is a major threat to our legal system and to public trust in it. He does not believe in the central tenet of our system -- that no person is above the law -- and he has been working full time to confer extraordinary powers on the President that have no place in our system of government. Here is why I am making such a strong statement.
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