As criticism escalates over Attorney General William Barr’s conduct in office following the departure of federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman, a majority of professors at Barr’s alma mater, George Washington University Law School, have signed a statement calling for his resignation, reported Law & Crime and CNN.
They said Barr has “failed to fulfill his oath of office to ‘support and defend the Constitution of the United States,'” reported CNN.
The 6-page statement, signed by more than 60 members of the law school, further said that Barr’s actions “have undermined the rule of law, breached constitutional norms, and damaged the integrity and traditional independence of his office and of the Department of Justice.”
The legal educators criticized Barr’s handling of the Mueller Report, his involvement in the cases of Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, and his role in the federal government’s use of force to disperse peaceful protesters outside the White House in early June.
