Rod Rosenstein defends Attorney General Barr's handling of Mueller report as Democrats ramp up pressure: WSJ
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the No. 2-ranking official at the Department of Justice, reportedly defended Attorney General William Barr's handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian election interference in a rare interview.
They're particularly irked with Barr's four-page summary of the principal conclusions from that report, which was sent to Judiciary Committee leaders less than two days after receiving Mueller's lengthy final document. Barr wrote that the special counsel did not establish Trump-Russia collusion, and he and Rosenstein determined from the report that Mueller's evidence was not sufficient to find that Trump had obstructed justice.
Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, are demanding that Barr immediately give them the full report without redactions. Barr testified Wednesday that the report will be coming next week. Barr ignited another firestorm of criticism Wednesday, when he confirmed that the DOJ will be reviewing the origins of the government's Russia investigations, including their methods when obtaining surveillance warrants of figures related to Trump's campaign.
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