//Barr says calls for coronavirus lockdown are the ‘greatest intrusion on civil liberties’ other than slavery in US history

Barr says calls for coronavirus lockdown are the ‘greatest intrusion on civil liberties’ other than slavery in US history

Attorney General <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/politics/barr-sedition/index.html” target=”_blank”>William Barr</a> suggested on Wednesday that the calls for a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus were the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties” in history “other than slavery.”

The comments came minutes after he slammed the hundreds of Justice Department prosecutors working beneath