In light of the March 27 letter that special counsel Robert Mueller sent to Attorney General William Barr, questions are swirling as to whether Barr misled Congress in testimony last month.
In his letter, Mueller expresses misgivings over how Barr characterized the findings of the special counsel report in a summary that the attorney general released on March 24. But in testimony to Congress in April, Barr said he did not know whether Mueller supported his summary's conclusion, and that he did not know the reasons behind reports that members of Mueller's team were frustrated over his summary.
Do you know what they're referencing with that?" "No, I don't," Barr said, before adding:"I think, I suspect, that they probably wanted more put out." Barr's suggestion that he merely"suspect" that members of the Mueller team wanted more information put out to the public seems inaccurate -- Mueller's letter to Barr specifically requested that the AG"not delay release of" the executive summaries of the report.
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