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After years of attack, Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump landed the final blow on congressional oversight on Tuesday, eliminating it as we know it.
The Department of Justice sent a stunning letter to the House Judiciary Committee, refusing to bring the assistant attorney general and Bureau of Prisons director to testify as the committee had requested, becauseāaccording to the departmentāwhen Barr testified in July the committee used its time to āair grievances.ā Since the Democrats did not stick to the script, the DOJ argues, the hearing did not serve a ālegitimate legislative purpose,ā and DOJ decided it was in its right to ignore any future request.