‘Did You Bring Your Handcuffs?’ Barr Jokes With Pelosi

L: House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds a press conference in the Capitol building, Washington, on March 7, 2019. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times) R: U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2019. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

Attorney General William Barr uttered a few words that made headlines on Wednesday; he jokingly asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) whether she had brought her handcuffs, alluding to the Democrats’ calls for his arrest.

Barr approached Pelosi at the 38th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service on the West Front of the Capitol on Wednesday morning, May 15.