The Cherokee Nation expanded its court system after the supreme court ruled the Muscogee (Creek) nation was not disestablished in purpose to enforce the federal Major Crimes Act. Following the incident, Bill Barr, the United States Attorney General, mentioned that the Department of Justice is intending to more give more than $7.5 million to the Cherokee Nation.
Barr stated that he is looking forward to discussing how the Department and Justice and Cherokee Nation can jointly meet the short-term challenges during the McGirt decision. He added, 'Unfortunately, COVID interfered with my travel plans for six months.'
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice mentioned that it is giving $300 million to tribes across the United States. Barr said that the funds provided by (DOJ) would be used in several platforms, including the tribal victim support services, supporting law enforcement, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
As per Barr, around $40 million will go to nations in Oklahoma, and $7.6 million will go to the Cherokee Nation.
What Is Bill Barr's Net Worth?
Bill Barr, age 70, through his endeavor as an attorney general, and businessman, has accumulated the net worth of $50 million. His federal assets worth between $25 and $75 million, which earned via his business ventures from companies like Verizon. When he retired from Verizon, he earned around $10 million as a going-away package along with the $17 million as a pension plan.
Bill Bar is a republican who served as the 77th and 85th Attorney General of the United States.
From January 1989 to May 1990, Barr served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office to Legan Counsel. Also, he was the 25th United States Deputy Attorney General, who pursued his career from May 1990 to November 1991.
Bill Barr's career as an Attorney General came out during George H.W. Bush's administration, where he served from November 1991 to January 1993. Similarly, his career credits included his work under Donald Trump's administration in February 2019.
Married Life With Wife Christine Barr
Bill Barr, the 70 years old United States Attorney General, is married to his wife, Christine Barr, for more than four and a half-decades. They tied a knot back in 1973 and have been together since then.
There is not more information on Christine Barr. Still, as per the report by the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women Biographies, she worked as a librarian at Stone Ridge School in Bethesda, Maryland.
Bill Barr and his wife, Christine Barr (©: heavy.com)
Before that, she served as a freelance librarian at IMF and Georgetown University.
Apart from that, she was on the board of members at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, New York. She is a graduate of the College of Mount Saint Vincent, from where she garnered a degree of B.A. in English in 1973. A couple of years later, she gained her Master's degree in library science from Catholic University in 1975.
Similarly, another report from The New York Times in 1991 suggested that Bill Barr and Christine Moynihan have three children together, out of which one is Mary Daly. She (Mary) works at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Previously, she served as a prosecutor of a gang member and drug traffickers for 13 years.
Currently, she serves as the Director of Opioid Enforcement and Prevention Efforts in the Office of Deputy Attorney.