What the Justice Department and Trump’s lawyers might view as modest, lawmakers might see as overly aggressive. says]Kerri Kupec, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said the White House did not ask the Justice Department to hold the news conference, but she declined to discuss White House and Justice Department interactions about the report. Attorney General Barr is going to be giving a news conference. The Justice Department generally avoids holding news conferences — or offering any specific information — about cases it closes without charges. “With an investigation as sensitive as the one involving Clinton, the ultimate decision-making is reserved to the attorney general or, when the attorney general is recused, the deputy attorney general.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2019 20:32 UTC