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Attorney General William P. Barr said Friday that it is time to curtail some of the restrictive coronavirus measures imposed by local and state governments. “It is time to start rolling back some of these restrictions in an orderly and sensible way and the president has provided his Opening the United States Again plan that…

Trump impeachment attorney Jay Sekulow claimed to Fox News" Hannity" Thursday that former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was "AWOL" in his duties after then-FBI Director James Comey targeted then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in January 2017."Part of their prosecution conduct was going after General Flynn, with what evidence?" Sekulow asked. "No real evidence, but getting him to make a misstatement, that was their idea and…

U.S. Attorney General William Barr said the coronavirus pandemic was placing "unprecedented burdens" on Americans' civil liberties during a Tuesday radio interview with broadcast journalist Hugh Hewitt.Though Barr said the stay-at-home orders that states issued to contain the outbreak were necessary as the virus began spreading across the U.S., he described them as "disturbingly close…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr waded further into a debate over governors’ stay-at-home orders meant to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, saying he would not rule out legal action against states if he thought their actions infringed civil liberties. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General William Barr awaits the…