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Wednesday marks one week since Robert Mueller broke his silence and made a formal statement on the special counsel’s report on the 2016 Russian election interference.
Ryan Goodman ( @rgoodlaw) is co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, and former Special Counsel to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2015-2016).
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One big question that Barr answered during his press conference was whether Mueller intended for his report to be a roadmap for Congress to follow, perhaps down the path of impeachment.
Barr quoted from the report, saying Mueller struggled with "difficult issues" when assessing obstruction.
Mueller sent his letter to Barr three days later, saying the resulting confusion threatened to undermine public confidence in the investigation. Justice Department officials said they were surprised by the tone of the letter, but they said Mueller was less pointed in their subsequent phone call. They said Barr also repeated ...
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller told Attorney General William Barr that the initial account of the Mueller report in Barr's four-page letter caused public confusion. Justice Department officials said that in a letter and a subsequent phone call, Mueller said Barr's March 24 letter, a four-page description of what Barr called ...
April 30, 201900:39. Barr is scheduled to testify about the investigation on Wednesday morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a longtime member and former chairman of the committee, said in an interview with the New York newspaper Newsday that Barr was acting like Trump's personal lawyer, not the nation's lawyer. He promised to "ask him questions and give him a chance to show some independence."
Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told NBC News on Tuesday night that he had not been aware of Mueller's letter and that he did not understand what Mueller was taking exception to. "If he didn't want confusion, he should have made a decision," Giuliani said. "He was made special counsel to make decisions, ...