Barr to launch anti-gun violence initiative during public impeachment hearing

Attorney General William Barr will launch an anti-gun violence initiative at the same time as the public impeachment hearing in the House on Wednesday.

Barr plans to roll out Project Guardian, a strategic plan to decrease gun violence across the country while in Memphis, Tenn. 

{mosads}A release from the Justice Department said Barr’s announcement would take place starting at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, while the first public impeachment inquiry is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

Washington turned its focus on reducing gun violence earlier this year after a slew of mass shootings in August left 53 people dead. 

But a whistleblower report, detailing a controversial conversation between President Trump and the Ukrainian president, has captured the focus of most Washington politicians.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) launched an impeachment inquiry into the president after the report said Trump asked the Ukrainian president to look into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son days after withholding military aid from the country.

The testimony from former and current Trump officials has been held behind closed doors so far in front of House investigators, but the House Intelligence Committee will hold its first public hearing Wednesday.

The president denied reports last week that he encouraged Barr to hold a press conference and say the president broke no laws during the July 25 call with Ukraine.