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Cummings: Barr acting like 'defense counsel' for Trump rather than AG
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Sunday accused Attorney General William Barr of acting as a "defense counsel" for President Trump rather than as U.S. attorney general.
“Mr. Barr is acting as the defense counsel for the president of the United States, when really, he's supposed to be our lawyer — the people's lawyer," Cummings said on CBS's "Face The Nation."
"I am appealing to Mr. Barr to please do the job you’re supposed to do … he bent over backwards to give this president the benefit of the doubt, he even expressed empathy with the fact that the president when he came was under pressure, well all presidents are under pressure,” he continued.
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Cummings's remarks came after the Department of Justice on Thursday released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's long-anticipated report to the public.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/439909-cummings-barr-acting-as-defense-counsel-for-trump