Democrats gave AG Barr a really snitty time | By Paul Callan for CNNOpinion
Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York homicide prosecutor and of counsel to the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC, focusing on wrongful conviction and civil rights cases. Follow him on Twitter @paulcallan. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
"Snitty" fairly describes the tone of Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats during their Wednesday interrogation of Attorney General William Barr over the Mueller report."General Barr," as some of his questioners called him, did indeed betray his upper-crust roots when he commented that the letter of complaint special counsel Robert Mueller sent him on March 27 was"a bit snitty.
Paul CallanGiven the desire of many Democratic Senators to parade their"woke" credentials, they might have preferred Barr use"hurtful" and"insensitive" to describe the letter he said was likely drafted by"one of staff people."Yes, Barr does get it and felt no need to express it with political correctness. In fact, he was unflappable, holding his own during five contentious hours of grilling.
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