The Judiciary Committee chairman said the attorney general is “waging a media campaign on behalf of President Trump.”
By Colby Itkowitz and Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow April 17 at 9:24 PM House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler accused Attorney General William P.
Nadler noted that Barr’s decision to characterize the report in public remarks runs counter to what Barr said after he released a four-page letter detailing the “principal conclusions” of Mueller’s 400-page report last month. Barr had defended that action by saying it wouldn’t be in the public’s interest for him to summarize the entire thing.
Indeed, even before those revelations came to light, House Democrats have mused publicly that Barr is trying to shield the president from negative headlines. Last week at the House Democratic retreat, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Barr was acting more like the attorney general of Trump then the attorney general of the United States.
Also Wednesday, Nadler and other House committee chairs — Adam B. Schiff of Intelligence, Elijah E. Cummings of Oversight, Maxine Waters of Financial Services, and Eliot L. Engel of Foreign Affairs — issued a joint statement calling on Barr to cancel his scheduled news conference.
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