#AskTheAG: Barr is taking Twitter questions on coronavirus issues, and it’s getting ugly

The Justice Department offered the public a rare opportunity on Wednesday morning to submit questions to Attorney General William P. Barr for a “nationwide #AskTheAG Q&A session on May 1.” Specifically, it asked via Twitter for questions “on how DOJ is protecting public safety & combatting fraud, price gouging, hoarding, & more” during the coronavirus pandemic.

The response, as of early Thursday morning, was voluminous but surely not what the department had in mind when it asked for questions about the pandemic.Only a fraction were even about it, and they veered off from the suggested topics, perhaps fitting at best under the “& more” category. Continue reading.