Blumenthal Statement on Attorney General Barr's Comments on the Department of Justice, Mail-In Voting, and Comparing COVID-19 Public Health Guidance to Slavery

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, released the following statement in response to comments made by Attorney General Barr belittling Department of Justice employees, making false claims about mail-in voting, and comparing public health strategies used to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic to slavery:

“Bill Barr is a disgrace. As a former Department of Justice employee, I take personal offense to his demeaning comments about the skilled, dedicated public servants who work in our federal justice system. Unlike Bill Barr, the line prosecutors, investigators, and federal agents I worked beside as US Attorney – and know still – believe in equal justice under the law. A justice system free from political corruption is clearly not only a foreign concept to Bill Barr, but an anathema. The Department of Justice deserves better than an Attorney General who celebrates Constitution Day by corrupting our justice system, spewing vile lies about voting, and comparing public health guidance to slavery.”

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