Mueller and Barr had a phone call the following day where the same concerns were addressed. “After the Attorney General received Special Counsel Mueller’s letter, he called him to discuss it,” Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement. Barr has sought to downplay any disagreements with the special counsel, and has brushed aside allegations that he mischaracterized Mueller’s findings. Barr said Mueller answered “no” when he asked him whether he would have recommended indicting Trump but for the Justice Department’s legal opinion. And at a congressional hearing last week that occurred after his phone call with Mueller, Barr said, “I don’t know whether Bob Mueller supported my conclusion.”Barr and Mueller did discuss on the call whether additional context from the report could be released.

Source: National Post May 01, 2019 00:10 UTC