Mueller will appear before lawmakers in both public and private sessions later this month. He also cited Justice Department guidelines that say a sitting president cannot be indicted. Mueller pointedly said he would have exonerated Trump if he could have but did not. The report also outlined several instances where Trump tried to influence the investigation but people around him either refused or quietly allowed the matters to drop. He did not recommend charging any Trump associates as agents of the Russian government or with campaign finance violations. Mueller’s report detailed extensive Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election but he did not find a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
“The public has a right to hear the truth, from Mueller himself, about Trump’s misconduct and ongoing national security risks.”īarr enthusiastically embraced Trump’s political agenda, cast Mueller’s report as a vindication for the president and launched an investigation into the origins of the probe - something Trump has repeatedly said should happen.īarr said the investigation is ongoing and said, from what he’s seen so far, it is “essential to take a deeper look at how things unfolded.” He said he has not received a satisfactory answer about why a counterintelligence investigation was opened on the Trump campaign, or whether there would’ve been a less drastic measure that could’ve been taken at the time. “Barr misled the public about Mueller’s report, and wants his own deception to stand,” Schiff wrote. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House intelligence committee, tweeted Monday that Barr’s remarks were “no surprise.”
Mueller no longer works for the Justice Department, but the department could attempt to limit his testimony about decisions he made as special counsel.īarr spoke to the AP Monday in South Carolina, where he visited a prison to discuss the criminal justice reform Trump signed into law last year.ĭemocrats have criticized Barr, saying he acts more like the president’s personal lawyer than the attorney general. “I don’t think Mueller should be treated that way or subject himself to that, if he doesn’t want to.” “I’m not sure what purpose is served by dragging him up there and trying to grill him,” Barr said.
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