Before being nominated by President Trump, AG Barr strongly endorsed a 2017 book accusing colleges and universities of unfairly punishing male students accused of rape.
WASHINGTON — Before being nominated by President Donald Trump to be attorney general, William Barr strongly endorsed a 2017 book accusing colleges and universities of unfairly punishing male students accused of rape.: The Attack on Due Process at America's Universities" by K.C. Johnson and Stuart Taylor, is posted on the book's Amazon.com page.
Barr's endorsement of the book includes a broadside on the Obama administration's approach to the issue of campus sexual assault. The changes include requiring schools to disclose the identity of accusers to alleged assailants and allowing the accused to question alleged victims during campus investigations.
Barr's blurb has also raised concerns among some Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who said it should have been raised during his confirmation hearings last January. A spokesman for Judiciary Democrats said they had not been aware of the blurb at the time. Emily Martin, vice president for education and workplace justice at the National Women's Law Center, said Barr’s comments are"incredibly disturbing" coming from someone who is now the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, also members of the committee, agreed that Barr should have been pressed on the matter during his confirmation.
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