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By: Cory Booker

Date: July 18, 2019

Issues: Executive Branch Criminal Justice

"It's been reported that Attorney General Barr overruled DOJ attorneys who recommended charges for the officer who killed Eric Garner. Barr needs to explain why he did this--why he decided that no charges should be brought in a case where a violent homicide was captured on video."

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