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

Attorney General William Barr 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."

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