Attorney General William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 1, 2019. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Attorney General William Barr stated, when interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sept. 2, that the Department of Justice would comply with its long-standing policies, and not bring criminal charges immediately prior to an election, in order to avoid influencing that election.
Marc Ruskin, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, is a regular contributor and the author of “The Pretender: My Life Undercover for the FBI.” He served on the legislative staff of U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, N.Y.
