William Barr

“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.”

PolitiFact says: Documented U.S. civil liberties violations include denying the right to vote to millions, terrorizing Black communities resulting in thousands of deaths and forcibly relocating or deporting over 1 million citizens.

“We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”

“Elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion. For example, we indicted someone in Texas — 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”

“On federal police action against protesters on Lafayette Square: "It's my understanding that no tear gas was used on Monday, June 1.”

PolitiFact says: The U.S. Park Police said officers used products that contain the chemical irritant pelargonic acid vanillylamide, or PAVA, which closely matches the CDC’s description of tear gas.

“Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It’s not chemical.”

Washington Post says: This is false. Pepper balls contain pelargonic acid vanillylamide, or PAVA, a “synthetic'' form of capsaicin, the active ingredient in hot peppers.

“Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It's not chemical.”

FactCheck.org says: Barr is contradicted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Department of Justice.

“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”

PolitiFact says: U.S. Park Police confirmed they fired pepper balls. Pepper balls contain PAVA, a chemical that government websites describe as an irritant.

“The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions.”