Attorney General William Barr objects to testifying before the House Judiciary C...
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr objects to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in a closed session dedicated to redacted portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, a congressional Democratic aide said on Sunday.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks at a news conference to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Barr is threatening to skip his planned appearance on Thursday, the aide told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
The committee’s chairman, Jerrold Nadler, has proposed that Barr’s public testimony be followed by a second round of questioning, where sensitive matters would be discussed behind closed doors and include committee staff lawyers, a House Democratic aide told Reuters.The attorney general is also scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Additional reporting by David Morgan and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
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