Graham Rebuffed Over Widening Barr’s Powers as GOP Senators Balk
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The Senate Judiciary Committee blocked an effort by Chairman Lindsey Graham to give the attorney general the power to veto investigations of Justice Department lawyers by the inspector general.
The committee instead backed -- over the objections of Graham and Attorney General William Barr -- a bipartisan bill by Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah that would empower the department’s inspector general to investigate such allegations on his own authority.