House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., tore into William Barr on Thursday, accusing the attorney general of lying to Congress.
The day after Attorney General William Barr’s long and contentious appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused him of lying.
Barr had faced pointed questions from Democratic lawmakers over his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Barr was also grilled about his testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on April 9, when Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., asked Barr if he knew that members of Mueller’s team were “frustrated” by Barr’s four-page summary of the special counsel’s report, which was broadly favorable to President Trump.
More broadly, Pelosi said the American people should “connect the dots” from Barr to Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a Republican agenda “fueled by dark special-interest money.”
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