William Barr didn’t sound like an Attorney General to the United States today. During a Senate hearing, he seemed a lot more like an attorney testifying on behalf of a client, a client who happens to be President of the United States. Barr was called to testify on the Mueller report (though you wouldn’t know from listening to the GOP committee members – more on that later). Front and center was the newly revealed letter Robert Mueller sent to William Barr back in late March to voice his concerns about how Barr was interpreting the report publicly.
Of course, there is a way to clear this up. As Dan Rather says, “We need to hear from Mueller, in person, directly, and in full. Full stop.”
Meanwhile, one of the more odd exchanges came as Senator Dianne Feinstein asked about reports that Donald Trump directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to fire Robert Mueller.
One thing was clear from Barr’s testimony about McGahn. This White House doesn’t want him to testify.
Meanwhile the Republicans on the committee apparently didn’t seem to know they were there to talk about the Mueller report. Their focus seemed to be Hillary Clinton, Lisa Page and Peter Strzok.
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