Afternoon Briefs: NYC bar calls for Barr’s Ukraine recusal; law school renamed after donor (ABA Journal)
ABA Journal, October 24, 2019
Afternoon Briefs: NYC bar calls for Barr’s Ukraine recusal; law school renamed after donor
“The New York City Bar Association is calling on Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself from any Justice Department review of Ukraine-related issues in which he was allegedly involved. If Barr refuses to recuse in the future, the bar said in a statement, ‘he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress.’ The bar group says recusal is warranted because of the July phone call in which President Donald Trump said he would ask Barr to call the Ukrainian president in connection with Trump’s request that the country investigate Joe Biden and his son. The Justice Department has said Trump did not speak with him about Biden and Ukraine, and he didn’t communicate with Ukraine on any matter.”
