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Institutional Investor
January 30, 2018
On Monday, the firm announced that William Barr, a former U.S. attorney general, had stepped down from Och-Ziff's board, according to a regulatory filing. Barr had joined the board in August 2016 and submitted a resignation letter on January 23 that read simply, “This is to advise you that I am resigningÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
January 29, 2018
William Barr, the former U.S. attorney general, is exiting the board at Och-Ziff (NYSE:OZM) over a disagreement about CEO succession. An 8-K filing from the company says Barr gave notification of his resignation effective Wednesday: "Mr. Barr's resignation relates to a disagreement over CEO succession,Ãâà...
Above the Law
January 10, 2018
As former attorney general William Barr told Matt Zapotosky of the Washington Post, “To me, what's happening is reprehensible…. This is unprecedented. Anyone who has worked in an administration knows how damaging it is.” I spoke with two current Justice Department officials earlier this week, and theyÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
May 10, 2017
Comey is accused in a document written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein of improperly airing “derogatory” information about Hillary Clinton ahead of last year's election while allegedly usurping the Justice Department's decision-making process about whether to charge her for having classifiedÃâà...
CNBC
March 17, 2017
Caterpillar has tapped former U.S. Attorney General William Barr to help the company address an ongoing government investigation of its import and export practices. Earlier this month, U.S. law enforcement officials raided three of the heavy machinery manufacturer's Illinois facilities as part of an InternalÃâà...
WBIR-TV
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions absorbed every taunt and Twitter bomb lobbed his way by a displeased boss. Like so many political rivals he dispatched during a scorched-earth campaign for the White House, President Trump publicly shamed his attorney general as weak or beleaguered.