Attorney General Barr set to face questions on his handling of Mueller’s report when he testifies before Congress
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr will face pointed questions on Wednesday about his handling of the special counsel’s report on Russia’s role in the 2016 election when he testifies before Congress amid accusations he misrepresented the document’s findings.
“The exercise of responding and reacting to the report is a matter for the American people and the political process,” Barr will tell members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to prepared testimony. Four Senate Democrats asked the Justice Department’s attorney general in a letter on Tuesday to investigate how Barr had rolled out the report.
The partially redacted report, released on April 18, described in extensive and sometimes unflattering detail how Trump tried to impede the investigation, but it stopped short of concluding the president had committed a crime. Republicans, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, have questioned whether the FBI overstepped its authority by monitoring aides of the president who were suspected of being Russian agents during the campaign. Barr has said he would look into the matter.
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