'I'm not in the business of determining if lies were told to the American people,'' Barr said. 'I'm in the business of determining if crimes were committed.' He added that, 'the job of the Justice Department is now over...But we're out of it. We've got to stop using the political process as a
Attorney General William Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday afternoon about the specifics of the report prepared by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. There, he answered questions about his conclusion that there was no obstruction of justice and that the president had been cleared of wrongdoing.
Why Bother?Barr said that he was surprised Mueller did not draw a conclusion as to whether Trump had obstructed justice and shouldn’t have even bothered investigating if he was not going to make a decision. Republicans Made It About HillaryRepublicans are focusing on both why the FBI launched an investigation into the Trump campaign and why an investigation into Hillary Clinton was concluded. Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said in his opening statement that he believes the Mueller investigation is over and that he wanted to focus on how the FBI investigation began instead.
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