A U.S. House committee convened briefly on Thursday without Attorney General William Barr in attendance to discuss his handling of the Mueller report at a time of rising tensions between Donald Trump's administration and Congress. The blunt statement was notable coming from Pelosi, who has often tried to tamp down the aggressiveness of some of the House Democrats in her charge who would like to impeach Trump. Barr is under fire for how he characterized the Mueller report in a summary on March 24, several weeks before the findings were released. At an April 20 hearing, Barr told Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland that he didn't know "whether Mueller supported my conclusions." The House judiciary committee is also seeking testimony from Mueller as soon as this month.

Source: CBC News May 02, 2019 14:11 UTC