Barr’s professed ignorance prompts Democrats to seek his resignation after Mueller letter
By Isaac Stanley-Becker Isaac Stanley-Becker Reporter based in the U.K. Email Bio Follow May 1 at 5:48 AM In back-to-back congressional hearings on April 9 and 10, Attorney General William P. Barr disclaimed knowledge of the thinking of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and members of his team of prosecutors investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In an interview with The Washington Post, the Maryland Democrat said he believed Barr’s answer was “completely misleading because he was well aware of the fact that Bob Mueller had raised questions with the substance of the conclusions stated in the attorney general’s letter.”Sen. Chris Van Hollen: "Did Bob Mueller support your conclusion?"
He said he hoped his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who were preparing to question Barr on Wednesday, would press the attorney general on what he knew about the special counsel’s frustrations, and how that knowledge squared with his sworn testimony in early April. Wednesday’s hearing will be Barr’s first appearance before lawmakers since Mueller’s partially redacted report was released on April 18.
“You now have a pattern of misleading conduct from the attorney general,” Van Hollen added. “His bluntly misleading answer to my question is part of that.” — )) May 1, 2019 Beyond Capitol Hill, some of the president’s critics were quick to conclude that the attorney general should be removed, with some suggesting that he had committed perjury.
Barr’s answer to Crist came in a hearing of a House Appropriations subcommittee. The Florida Democrat asked the attorney general about news reports that investigators working on the special counsel’s probe were disturbed by his conduct.
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