'It is almost unheard of for the Justice Department to release raw evidence to another entity so that the Justice Department can be second guessed,' Andrew Napolitano said.
Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano warned on Tuesday morning that Attorney General William Barr's decision to hand over former special counsel Robert Mueller's underlying evidence and documents to Congress is a"potential nightmare" for President Donald Trump.Fox & Friends
"[It's a] potential nightmare because what they are releasing is not just portions of the redacted report, but the documents that went into making the report," the legal expert explained. He said this would include FBI interviews, notes, transcripts of wiretaps and other documents. President Donald Trump listens to Attorney General William Barr during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 22 in Washington, D.C.The former judge said that it's unclear what Democrats intend to do with the documents at this point."Where's that going to go? I don't know," Napolitano said.
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