WASHINGTON ― Attorney General William Barr will tell members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he had to make “a prosecutorial judgment” and clear President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice before releasing a public version of Robert Mueller’s special counsel report.
Barr, in prepared remarks released Tuesday night, said that “it would not have been appropriate” to release the volume of Mueller’s report that focused on the question of obstruction “without making a prosecutorial judgment” of his own.
But Barr, in counsel with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, concluded that the evidence established by Mueller’s investigation was “not sufficient” to support an obstruction of justice prosecution. Barr has come under fire for mischaracterizing the Mueller report ahead of its public release. His March 24 letter to Congress selectively quoted phrases from the Mueller report out of context, and he echoed the president’s rhetoric and sympathized with the president’s feelings during an April 18 news conference before making a redacted copy of the report public.
“As I’m sure you agree, it is vitally important for the Department of Justice to stand apart from the political process and not to become an adjunct of it,” Barr is expected to say.Psychiatrists Say Mueller Report Offers More Proof Of Trump’s UnfitnessRobert Mueller Told William Barr He Mischaracterized His Findings: ReportThis article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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