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William Barr
stated on September 16, 2020 in a speech at a Hillsdale College event:

“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."

By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2020
William Barr
stated on September 2, 2020 in a CNN interview:

“We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 22, 2020
William Barr
stated on June 7, 2020 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:

“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”

By Jon Greenberg • June 8, 2020
William Barr
stated on December 9, 2019 in a statement:

"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."

By Bill McCarthy • December 11, 2019
William Barr
stated on April 18, 2019 in a press conference:

"The White House fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation."

By John Kruzel • April 22, 2019