Nadler accuses Barr of 'unprecedented steps' to 'spin' Mueller report
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday tore into Attorney General William Barr, accusing him of “waging a media campaign on behalf of President Trump” ahead of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
Flanked by other Democratic members of the Judiciary committee, Nadler took aim at Barr over his decision to not hand the report over to Congress until after the attorney general holds a press conference on the topic. Nadler was also critical of Barr following a New York Times report that the Justice Department has briefed the White House on Mueller’s findings.
“Rather than letting the facts of the report speak for themselves, the attorney general has taken unprecedented steps to spin Mueller’s nearly 2 year investigation,” Nadler said.
He claimed that those moves, as well as Barr’s brief letter to Congress in March summarizing Mueller’s core conclusions, are allowing the attorney general to “put his own spin” on the special counsel’s findings.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/439442-nadler-accuses-barr-of-unprecedented-steps-to-spin-mueller-report