A row has erupted over US Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller Report - BrianOD_News gives us the background
That is how US Attorney General William Barr described a letter he'd received from Robert Mueller.
Again, Democrats were highly critical of William Barr accusing him of behaving more like Donald Trump's personal lawyer than the head of the US Department of Justice.It had been sent to the attorney general to express the special counsel's concerns about his four-page summary of the investigation. Referring specifically to the message he received from Robert Mueller, William Barr said: "You know, the letter's a bit snitty, and I think it was probably written by one of his staff people".
Also at the Senate hearing, the attorney general defended his handling of the Mueller Report and denied claims that he misrepresented the special counsel's findings.
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