White House lawyer slams Mueller report for making 'political statements'

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Emmet Flood, who joined the White House legal team in May 2018, worked as an impeachment attorney for President Bill Clinton.

White House lawyer Emmet Flood sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr accusing special counsel Robert Mueller of making political statement in his report on Russia and President Donald Trump.

Flood, who joined the White House legal team in May 2018, worked as an impeachment attorney for President Bill Clinton. U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes the Baylor women’s NCAA championship basketball team in the Oval Office at the White House April 29, 2019 in Washington, DC.White House lawyer Emmet Flood sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr accusing special counsel Robert Mueller of making political statement in his report on Russia and President Donald Trump.

Flood, who joined the White House legal team in May 2018, worked as an impeachment attorney for President Bill Clinton. The letter to Barr is dated April 19 — a day after the public release of a redacted version of Mueller's 448-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election, possible collusion with the Kremlin and possible obstruction of justice by Trump himself.

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