Barr says Trump won't be allowed to 'correct' Mueller report

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BY MORGAN CHALFANT - 01/15/19 11:16 AM EST

Attorney general nominee William Barr told lawmakers Tuesday that President Trump would not be allowed to “correct” special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on his Russia investigation.

“That will not happen,” Barr said during his confirmation hearing.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) asked Barr, who Trump nominated to serve at the helm of the Justice Department in December, to respond to Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s claim that the president’s legal team should be permitted to correct the final report Mueller is expected to submit to the Justice Department at the conclusion of his investigation.

“As a matter of fairness, they should show it to you — so we can correct it if they’re wrong,” Giuliani told The Hill in an exclusive interview last week. “They’re not God, after all. They could be wrong.”

Should Barr be confirmed, he would assume oversight of Mueller’s investigation, which is exploring whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Moscow to interfere in the 2016 election and potential obstruction of justice by Trump.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/425403-barr-says-trump-wont-be-allowed-to-correct-mueller-report

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1. Barr might be the best we could hope for given the circumstances

Seth Abramson thinks so and said the Democrats aren’t that unhappy with Barr.

One point Seth made on Twitter is that someone like Barr, who is older and has a record of DOJ service is less likely to kowtow to Trump than someone younger.

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2. No barr will do that himself

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3. This is so sad

We are at a point that this question has to even be asked let alone be surprising that he would answer that way.