Attorney General William Barr is set to testify in front of the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, and though lawmakers may want to press him on special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Barr's planning to focus
his remarks on his budget priorities for the Justice Department, according to his prepared remarks.
The Justice Department is requesting $29.2 billion from the federal budget for the year ahead, about $2 billion more than was requested last year. "In FY 2018, the Department prosecuted the greatest number of violent criminals in at least 25 years, thanks to the necessary resources provided by this Committee and Congress," he wrote.
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