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HE TWEETED MANY TIMES ABOUT THE ROGER STONE SENTENCING. A.G. BARR: I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES.

YOU ARE AWARE OF THEM BECAUSE YOU SAID IT HURT YOU FROM DOING YOUR JOB. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT WHEN PROSECUTORS IN THE ROGER STONE CASE FILED A MEMO WITH THE...

I AM RECLAIMING MY TIME. YOU FILED A SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED HIS DISSATISFACTION WITH THE STONE RECOMMENDATION. YOU...

YOU ARE HERE TO ANSWER MY QUESTION. I AM RECLAIMING MY TIME. I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER. THE FACTS ARE CLEAR. SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION MADE IN THE...

IT WAS MADE BEFORE AND AFTER. WHEN YOU FILED YOUR SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION ASKING FOR A LOWER SENTENCE, YOU SAID YOU WOULD RECOMMEND A LOWER SENTENCE. WASN'T...

YOU ARE EXPECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU DID NOT DO WHAT TRUMP WANTED YOU TO DO. WHEN YOU CHANGE THAT SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION AND LOWERED...

YOU DID WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTED YOU TO DO. A.G. BARR: DO YOU THINK IT IS FAIR FOR A 67-YEAR-OLD MAN TO BE SENT TO PRISON FOR 7-9 YEARS.

YOU JUST SAID THAT IT WAS AN ACCORDING TO THE SENTENCING. I WILL MOVE ON FROM THAT. YOU NEVER CHANGED A SENTENCE RECOMMENDATION FOR A FRIEND OF GEORGE...

OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR TIME WITH TOP -- TRUMP, YOU CHANGED TO SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS. A.G. BARR: WHICH WHERE THEY?

MICHAEL FLYNN. A.G. BARR: I DIDN'T CHANGE IT.

YOU INDICATED -- YOU CHANGED IT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SENTENCING WAS FOR HIM TO SERVE 0-6 MONTHS, BUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTED THAT RECOMMENDATION...

GO BACK AND READ IT. RECLAIMING MY TIME.

TIME HAS EXPIRED.

YOU CAN GIVE A SPEECH OR YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS. IF YOU DO THE LATTER, YOU NEED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. THERE IS A DISTURBING PATTERN WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY WITH TOTALITARIAN SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT. THEY...

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO THE SPEECHES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY THE OTHER SIDE WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN CUT OFF?

BARR: -- >> THE GENTLEMAN TIME IS EXPIRED. A.G. BARR: AND I ASK FOR A RECESS?

10 MINUTES? A.G. BARR: FIVE.

WE WILL STAND IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THE COMMITTEE IS IN RECESS.

THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR. THE CHAIR, JERRY NADLER, WAS ON A FENDER BENDER. TAKING A SHORT BREAK HERE AT THE REQUEST...

THE COMMITTEE IS IN SESSION.

THANK YOU. YOU JUST TOLD US THAT NOTHING WAS EVER ELEVATED. YOU SAID IN AN INTERVIEW RECENTLY THERE IS A ESCALATION IN PLACE. HOW WAS THIS ELEVATED TO...

HAD IT BEEN ELEVATED BETWEEN THE TWO MONTHS THAT THIS CAME IN UNDER THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY? A.G. BARR: I THINK HE MAY HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE.

DID YOU EVER HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS CASE?

I DO NOT RECALL ANY DISCUSSION.

YOU SAID IN THE INTERVIEW THAT HE WAS NEW, HE HAD JUST STARTED. BUT HE HAD WORKED FOR YOU FOR A LONG TIME. WHAT WAS HIS JOB? A.G. BARR: WHEN I WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL...

HE ADVISED YOU ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY? A.G. BARR: CORRECT.

YOU NAMED HIM ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY. HAD YOU DISCUSSED THE STONE CASE WITH HIM? A.G. BARR: NO. YOU SAID HE CAME IN THE WEEK BEFORE. TO SEE SOME SENIOR STAFF. A.G....

THE FIRST WEEK HE WAS THERE HE CAME TO RAISE THIS ISSUE. A.G. BARR: I THINK HE STARTED FEBRUARY 1.

THAT IS WHAT YOU TOLD ABC NEWS. THAT HE TALKED TO SENIOR STAFF. A.G. BARR: I THINK I SPEAK ENGLISH. HE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS. DID YOU TALK TO THE SENIOR...

THEY SAID HE WAS TRYING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT. HE WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT.

HE FILED THE SENTENCING MEMO AND IT CALLED FOR 7-9 YEARS. THEN YOU OVERRULED AND ASKED FOR A LOWER SENTENCE. DID THAT APPLY TO ROGER STONE? A.G. BARR:...

DOES THAT APPLY? A.G. BARR: NO. DID WHAT APPLY?

HEALTH. A.G. BARR: HEALTH IS A REASON.

WAS THAT THE CASE FOR ROGER STONE? AGE CAN BE A CONSIDERATION ONLY IF IT CREATES CONDITIONS TO AN UNUSUAL DEGREE. HE IS 67. A.G. BARR: THE JUDGE AGREED...

I AM NOT ASKING YOU THAT. A.G. BARR: I KNOW YOU'RE NOT. THE ISSUE HERE IS WHETHER ROGER STONE WAS TREATED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE HE WAS FRIENDS WITH THE PRESIDENT. WHEN...

I AM NOT ASKING ABOUT THAT. I AM ASKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO REDUCE THE SENTENCE HE THREATENED THE LIFE OF A WITNESS. A.G. BARR: CAN I ANSWER THE QUESTION?

I AM ASKING IF THERE IS ANOTHER TIME. A.G. BARR: THE JUDGE AGREED WITH ME.

IT IS THE APPEARANCES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. THE RULE OF LAW FOR EVERYBODY. AND WE DON'T IN THIS CASE BECAUSE HE IS A FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I AM A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE FUNDING IN THE OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT. I...

I AM HAPPY TO HAVE YIELDED YOU TIME TO RESPOND. I AM A DEPARTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS. I HAVE JUST A FEW SHORT MOMENTS LEFT. I WANT TO EXPRESS TO YOU HOW MUCH...

LAST AUGUST, WHEN SPEAKING TO THE NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF PLACE, YOU SHARED YOUR VIEWS THAT THIS WILL MAKE EVERYONE SAFE. YOU SAID ZERO-TOLERANCE FOR RESISTING...

A ZERO IS COSTING LIVES. ELIJAH MCCLAIN WAS WALKING HOME FROM A CONVENIENCE STORE WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY POLICE. HE HAD NOT COMMITTED A CRIME. POLICE...

I GUESS YOU HAVE NOT EVALUATED THE USE OF FORCE TACTICS SINCE BECOMING ATTORNEY GENERAL. A.G. BARR: NOT WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

WILL YOU COMMIT TO DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT TO EVALUATING THE PROTOCOLS AROUND THE USE OF KETAMINE, CHOKEHOLD, AND OTHER USES OF FORCE? A.G. BARR: ABSOLUTELY. UNDER...

ESPECIALLY THE KETAMINE. THAT IS PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS. GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER VIA CHOKEHOLD. HE WAS SUSPECTED OF USING A COUNTERFEIT...

I RACIST TOO EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM TEXAS HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER. THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF RACISM,...

PART OF THAT ACT CALLED FOR A NATIONAL REGISTRY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. TAMIR RICE MIGHT BE ALIVE TODAY IF THE POLICE CHIEF WHO HIRED THAT OFFICER...

THANK YOU. I WANT TO COMMENT ON PART OF YOUR OPENING STATEMENT WHEN YOU SAID AFTER THE JIM CROW. THAT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM WAS EQUAL. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. A.G....

THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT APPLIED EQUALLY. WE HAVE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE INCARCERATED. 34% ARE BLACK. WHILE...

YOU DESCRIBED THE PROSECUTION OF ROGER STONE AS RIGHTEOUS. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT UNCOVERING THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY THAT EXISTS WHERE PEOPLE IN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT...

SOME SAY ANTIFA IS A MYTH. THAT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS VIOLENCE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ISRAEL. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION? A.G. BARR: I DON'T THINK IT IS...

THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION WHEN CONSIDERING HOW TO APPLY OUR RICO LAWS TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THAT STRIKES ME AS LEGALLY DISTINCT. I WONDER...