Attorney general is said to have understated reportSome members of the special counsel’s team have said that Attorney General William Barr didn’t adequately portray their findings, which they said were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr has indicated, according to government officials and others familiar with the matter. Mr. Barr has released a four-page summary of the nearly 400-page report, which he said found no conspiracy between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election. Mr. Barr has said he will move to release the full report after scrubbing it of confidential information. The officials and others interviewed declined to provide more detail, and it is unclear how widespread the frustration is among Robert Mueller’s team, which included 19 lawyers, about 40 F.B.I. What’s at stake: The dispute — the first evidence of tension between Mr. Barr and the special counsel’s office — could determine who shapes the public’s initial understanding of the investigation.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2019 09:40 UTC