William Barr is set to face questions over his handling of the Mueller report a day after it was revealed the special counsel objected to the attorney general's summary of the findings. Follow our live coverage.
Special counsel Robert Mueller warned in his letter that the attorney general’s summary ‘threatens to undermine’ public confidence in Mr. Mueller’s investigation.that special counsel Robert Mueller told Attorney General William Barr in March that his four-page summary of the findings of the Russia investigation failed to “fully capture” the team’s work and threatened the public’s confidence in the results of the probe.
According to a person familiar with the matter, Mr. Mueller stated his concerns in a letter he sent March 27, after Mr. Barr publicly announced that the special counsel’s investigation hadn’t found that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election and that Mr. Mueller’s probe made no conclusion about whether the president obstructed justice. In the absence of a recommendation, Mr. Barr determined President Trump didn’t commit a crime.
in an effort to protect the president. It offered the clearest indication to date of disagreement between Messrs. Mueller and Barr, two longtime colleagues, over their handling of the politically charged investigation and its consequential findings.Sadie Gurman
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