Tag: Attorney General William Barr George H.W. Bush

Trump Doesn’t Hide Plan to Use Military Against Protestors & Immigrants

November 13, 2024

The recent Supreme Court decision granting presidents nearly absolute immunity for official acts leaves fewer guardrails to prevent Trump from abusing his authority, writes Marjorie Cohn.

Triumph of Conventional Wisdom: AP Expunges Iran/Contra Pardons from Barr’s Record

January 16, 2019

Sam Husseini writes that the news agency ignored the nominee’s link to a major U.S. scandal broken by its own investigative reporter at the time, the late Robert Parry, founder of Consortium News.