Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked special counsel Robert Mueller if he wanted to dispute part of Attorney General William Barr’s testimony regarding a phone call the two had about Mueller’s report, adding to tension between the Justice Department and the special counsel. Barr also described Mueller’s response to the attorney general’s four-page summary of the special counsel’s findings released in late March. Instead, the senator suggested Mueller respond to Barr’s testimony, which would further drag Mueller into rising tensions between the special counsel and Republicans. Graham also noted that Barr said Mueller wanted more details of the report released publicly, specifically their summaries on whether the president obstructed justice. In light of Mueller’s letter, which was first reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, Democrats called on Barr to resign.

Source: Huffington Post May 03, 2019 23:26 UTC