Last AG to use the Insurrection Act was Bill Barr. 1992 LA riots
Under President GHW Bush.
Trumps Push to Dominate Protesters Moves Barr to Forefront
By Chris Strohm
June 2, 2020, 3:25 PM EDT
He was attorney general when Insurrection Act was last invoked
We will activate Bill Barr and activate him strongly: Trump
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-06-02/trump-s-push-to-dominate-protesters-moves-barr-to-forefront
SNIP
(AG Barr).
.. his role in Mondays events was among his most dramatic by far.
In an unusual public appearance, Barr stood in a park across from the White House on Monday as police prepared to rush a group of peaceful protesters and push them back.
The move followed a decision earlier in the day to extend the protective perimeter around the White House -- a decision one senior Justice Department official said Barr was heavily involved in making in order to avoid the mayhem of previous nights in the nations capital.
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Barr's been here before. He has to be the most dangerous man in power today.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Kick and Rec
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)leftieNanner
(15,160 posts)sop
(10,265 posts)six Reagan/Bush administration officials, including former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who was set to go on trial to face charges for lying to Congress. Watch for Barr to do the same thing again.
leftieNanner
(15,160 posts)100% Agree.
I used to think it was Moscow Mitch who deserved that title, but now I think it's Barr.
Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Now I'm uncertain..
This is the Insurrection Act of 1807.
Did Posse Comitatus then, change the original 1807 wording?
Is this what the MSNBC pic fails to point out?
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Complete abduction of AG position.
He thinks he's the dictator now.
JI7
(89,276 posts)Right ?