{"id":1462717,"date":"2022-05-03T17:45:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T21:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462717"},"modified":"2022-05-03T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T21:45:17","slug":"bill-barr-names-the-specific-crime-that-may-have-been-committed-in-leak-of-supreme-court-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-names-the-specific-crime-that-may-have-been-committed-in-leak-of-supreme-court-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Barr Names The Specific Crime That May Have Been Committed In Leak Of Supreme Court Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-barr-names-the-specific-crime-that-may-have-been-committed-in-leak-of-supreme-court-draft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/BBMK-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr responded Tuesday to the leak of an initial draft of the majority opinion of the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on\u00a0<em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization <\/em>by suggesting that a crime may have been committed and that a special counsel may need to be appointed to deal with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Barr, who made the remarks during an interview on SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cThe Megyn Kelly Show,\u201d said that the leak was unlike anything he had ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was flabbergasted. It really is unprecedented,\u201d Barr said. \u201cOur institutions have become increasingly politicized, but I never imagined this could happen to the Supreme Court, which has always protected its confidentiality, and for someone to let this out in order to influence the final decision is really beyond the pale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the matter of what an investigation would look like, Barr responded, \u201cI think the Chief would have had the option, and perhaps he still will, to appoint a special counsel, not in the classical criminal sense, but the court can appoint a counsel and he could bring in a former U.S. attorney or someone with a criminal law background, and I\u2019m sure he would get the support he needed from the FBI or any other law enforcement agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr said that a grand jury would likely be needed to get to the bottom of the case, which would mean that it\u2019s a criminal case, in order to be able \u201cto compel the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could be obstructing the administration of justice, the due process of justice,\u201d Barr said. \u201cObstruction means you\u2019re attempting to influence, you know, through some kind of wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr said that he did not think that it was a \u201cstretch\u201d to think that criminal charges could be filed in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they should spare no effort to get to the bottom of what happened,\u201d Barr said. \u201cOnce you expose the Court to this kind of popular pressure and sort of potential mob psychology, it\u2019ll divert them from reaching a principled decision based on the merits. We go to a lot of trouble in our system to insulate the court so that they can do what they think is just under the law and, you know, this means that we\u2019re going to have sort of this street justice played out in front of the Supreme Court when they\u2019re considering controversial cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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