For a time, President Trump was reluctant to select William P. Barr as his attorney general. Barr’s defenders note that the attorney general has long advocated strengthening the power of the executive branch, and the attorney general has told other lawyers that he is more interested in protecting the presidency than the man in the job. They also accused the attorney general of lying to Congress for not revealing Mueller’s concerns during a congressional hearing in April. “The attorney general of the United States of America was not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein reviewed the case themselves and determined that a charge could not be brought.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2019 00:10 UTC