During testimony to Congress last month, Attorney General William Barr was directly asked by Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) if he was aware of any concerns/frustrations Special Counsel Robert Mueller or his team had regarding Barr’s now-infamous four page ‘summary’ of Mueller’s two year investigation.
At the time, Barr told Crist, “No, I don’t.”
But this week, news of a letter from Mueller to Barr expressing frustrations that Barr’s summary mischaracterized the investigation’s context and substance now puts Barr’s denial in a new perspective.
He had received the letter from Mueller and had a phone call with the Special Counsel about the summary. So, he lied to Congress when he said he didn’t know of any concerns on Mueller’s part.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was asked today how she felt about the statements by Barr.
Pelosi didn’t hold back. “He lied to Congress – if anyone else did that it would be considered a crime.”
Nancy Pelosi: “[Barr] lied to Congress. If anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime. Nobody is above the law. Not the President of the United States and not the attorney general.”
Via CBS pic.twitter.com/uJN6hUgpwY— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 2, 2019
Yesterday, Rep. Adam Schiff echoed the same sentiments.
Q: Did the Attorney General lie to Congress?“I think his statement is deliberately false and misleading.” — @RepAdamSchiff pic.twitter.com/TmTOqW45hT
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) May 1, 2019
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