.AppropsDems Chairwoman NitaLowey to Barr: 'In June 2018, you wrote a memo, as a private citizen and a former attorney general, to the Dept. of Justice, laying out the president's case against obstruction of justice. Your audition clearly went well.'
Attorney General Bill Barr on Tuesday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, saying he believes it is"important" for the public"to learn the results" of Mueller's wide-ranging probe and to make as much information public as possible.
At the start of the hearing, Democrats made clear they would be pressing him on what one of them called the"unacceptable handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report." In his written statement, Barr praised the committee for the money already given to the Justice Department.
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