Members of Congress are choosing which of the special counsel's conclusions to promote
Special counsel Robert Mueller appeared to refute claims that President Donald Trump’s associates conspired with Russian operatives to interfere in the 2016 election, a blow to House Democrats who just launched a sprawling investigative offensive to dig up new evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
But Democrats swiftly raised doubts on Sunday about Attorney General William Barr’s judgment that Trump should not be prosecuted for obstruction of justice, noting that his determination conflicted with that of Mueller, who explicitly declined to exonerate Trump of the crime.
While Trump and his allies in Congress declared “total exoneration” after Barr delivered his initial summary of the investigation to lawmakers, Nadler promised to quickly call Barr to testify before his committee. “His conclusions raise more questions than they answer,” Nadler said of Barr’s four-page memo to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, adding: “We cannot simply rely on what may be a hasty, partisan interpretation of the facts.”
In light of the very concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department following the Special Counsel report, where Mueller did not exonerate the President, we will be calling Attorney General Barr in to testify before
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