Analysis: 6 questions Congress should ask Attorney General Barr about the Mueller report
Attorney General William P. Barr is set to testify before Congress this week. By Amber Phillips Amber Phillips Reporter for The Fix covering Congress, statehouses Email Bio Follow May 1 at 6:00 AM Attorney General William P. Barr is testifying before Congress on Wednesday for the first time since he released special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report last month. And lawmakers have a lot of questions for him.
Mueller spent significant time detailing how the president, in his words, tried to “control” the independent investigation. The report outlines 10 instances in which Trump tried to add roadblocks or even end it altogether by firing Mueller. Rather than being conflicted about Trump’s intent to commit a crime, Mueller appeared to be hindered by Justice Department guidelines that you can’t indict a sitting president.
As Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School, notes, Mueller determined he didn’t have authority to recommend charging Trump with a crime, but that Congress could. In fact, the report strongly suggests Mueller thinks Congress should do something about it. 3. Why did you summarize the report in a news conference after saying you didn’t want to summarize the report?
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