Fox News legal analyst insists Barr's response to Congress 'was not a true answer'

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“He certainly had read the newspaper reports of the complaints and he had a letter from Mueller himself complaining,” former judge Andrew Napolitano said.

Fox News senior judicial correspondent Andrew Napolitano once again argued that Attorney General William Barr had not told Congress the whole truth about the special counsel office's response to Barr's release of their report on Russian election interference and alleged presidential obstruction of justice.

“He answered: ‘No, I don’t [know about any complaints],’” Napolitano said about Barr;s testimony. “Well, that was not a true answer,” he continued. “He certainly had read the newspaper reports of the complaints and he had a letter from Mueller himself complaining.” Despite having received Mueller’s letter expressing concern, Barr told Representative Charlie Crist in testimony last month that he was not aware of any complaints from the special counsel’s team. When he was asked by senators last week why he had not mentioned the letter, which was publicly reported the evening before, Barr struggled to excuse his previous statement.“He’s got a problem in my view,” the legal expert said. “I don’t think he told a lie.

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