Update for #TeamJustice: Earlier today I filed a “referral” with the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) requesting that OPR investigate AG Barr based on the criticism of his candor/truthfulness in Judge Reggie Walton’s written opinion.
Here’s the ordinary process: When a federal judge criticizes a prosecutor in a written opinion (as Judge Walton criticized Barr), OPR will open an “inquiry” to determine the basis and legitimacy of the criticism and if further investigation is warranted.
If they disagree w/the judge’s criticism, OPR can close the inquiry with a finding that the criticism was “unfounded.” If they determine the criticism is sound, they will convert the “inquiry” into an “investigation” to determine the nature of the wrongdoing by the prosecutor &
the appropriate reprimand, sanction or punishment. I made the referral to the Acting Director of OPR, Jeff Ragsdale (w/whom I worked for more than 20 years at the DC US Attorney’s Office before he left for OPR). I received written confirmation that OPR received my referral.
