Democrats have accused Barr of lying after it was revealed this week that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III had written a letter of complaint to the attorney general. During several hours of testimony before the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Barr defended his remarks by saying he was only responding narrowly to a question from Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) about media reports referring to unnamed and unhappy members of the special counsel’s office.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 02, 2019 10:52 UTC