AG Barr should recuse himself from Ukraine-related issues, or resign, or be removed from office, says New York City Bar Association
The New York City Bar Association has called on U.S. Attorney General William Barr to stand down and recuse himself from any further review by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of issues related to the Trump Administration’s massive and snowballing Ukraine scandal.
In a statement, the organization blasted Barr’s continued presence.
The DOJ “has a unique role in safeguarding the rule of law under the Constitution,” the statement’s summary begins. “Barr has undermined that role,” by failing to recuse himself from the Ukraine controversy.
The statement continued in blistering terms:
To help remedy that failure, the New York City Bar Association urges that Mr. Barr recuse himself from any ongoing or future review by DOJ of Ukraine-related issues in which Mr. Barr is allegedly involved. If he fails to do so, he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress.
Barr was mentioned in the intelligence community whistleblower report about the July 25 phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, wherein Trump appeared to precondition U.S. aid to the Ukraine on whether or not the former Soviet satellite would reopen a long-shuttered corruption investigation into Burisma, a natural gas company that previously employed Joe Biden‘s son, Hunter Biden.
An official memorandum of that phone call confirmed Trump directed Zelensky to contact Barr and Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani as point persons for seeing that investigation through. [Continue reading…]