Barr is set to testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he is all but guaranteed to face hostile questions from Democrats
As House Democrats prepare for a clash with Attorney General William Barr over the terms of a committee hearing on Thursday, Senate Democrats are getting ready for their own showdown.
appear the following day. Among the areas of focus for Democrats will be the Mueller report’s details of nearly a dozen instances of possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump, as well as Russian election meddling. Since his confirmation, Barr has continued to spar with Democrats. After receiving the special counsel’s report in late March, Barr sent a four-page summary to the Hill that said the report did not find evidence of a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, but did not come to a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice. Barr and Rosenstein came to a determination themselves that the president had not obstructed justice.
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