Nancy Pelosi Says Attorney General Bill Barr Committed A Crime By Misleading Congress
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Attorney General Bill Barr Thursday of committing a crime by misleading Congress in testimony last month.
"When you see Barr sitting there, what's his motivation? His motivation, his loyalty is not to his oath of office and it is to Donald Trump — but all of it and the Republicans in Congress is to the special interests,” said Pelosi. Two weeks later at an April 9 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Charlie Crist asked Barr about media reports that members of Mueller’s team were “frustrated at some level with the limited information included” in Barr’s report and asked if he knew what they were “referencing.” Barr, who confirmed Wednesday he’d received the letter from Mueller on March 28, said no.
On Wednesday Barr testified that he did not give untruthful answers to Congress on April 9 when he denied knowing what media reports of frustration within Mueller’s team were referencing. He said he’d spoken to Mueller directly, rather than the unidentified members of Mueller’s team cited in press reports. He said he did not believe Mueller objected to the accuracy of Barr’s summary, but rather the special counsel worried it lacked context and was being misrepresented.
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