The House Intelligence Committee chair said the attorney general is “willing to dissemble” and 'has the veneer of respectability to camouflage what he’s doing.'
In a pointed rebuke of Attorney General William Barr, Rep. Adam Schiff , chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called him “the second most dangerous man in the country.”
Schiff said he was particularly concerned about Barr’s argument that President Donald Trump could have ended the special counsel investigation at any time ― which the congressman said put the president “truly above the law.” He argued that Barr is more of a threat than Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who is known for his ham-fisted attempts to defend the president on national television. “He is not the sophist that Giuliani is,” Schiff said. “He’s much more dangerous.”
Despite such criticism and demands for his resignation from a handful of other Democrats, including some 2020 presidential candidates, the attorney general brushed off concerns about his reputation in a “CBS This Morning” interview last week.
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