Cabinet member makes South Carolina visit

United States Attorney General William P. Barr traveled to Columbia, South Carolina, for a breakfast with law enforcement officials and a visit to the United States Attorney’s Office. United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon hosted the breakfast with federal, state, and local law enforcement at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Officials discussed with Attorney General Barr the importance of the partnerships between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and law enforcement across the state in tackling violent crime and the opioid epidemic. Following the breakfast, Attorney General Barr visited with the staff of the United States Attorney’s Office. Barr was briefed on some of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s biggest ongoing cases, including Operation Brace Yourself, which originated in South Carolina and is now the largest federal healthcare fraud investigation in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.