Attorney General William Barr testified before Congress on Wednesday, facing sharp questions from lawmakers over his handling of the Mueller report. The hearing came on the heels of reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had sent Barr a letter in late March, telling him that his four-page summary of the Special Counsel’s findings “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of its conclusions. This — and his often indirect style of answering questions led — to grilling from several members of Congress, including Sen. Mazie Hirono’s accusations that Barr lied to Congress and should resign.
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Jim Braude was joined by attorney Michael Zeldin, a legal analyst for CNN and a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School; former U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan.
