While politicians are known for talking around a point, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing none of that – and flat out accuses Attorney General Bill Barr of lying to lawmakers about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report. During a Capitol briefing, Pelosi offered, quote: "He lied to Congress; if anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime."
Pelosi did not elaborate on what she believes Barr lied about, but argued that the attorney general is “more loyal to President Trump than he is to the American people.”As we told you before, Barr testified about the Mueller report for several hours in a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
As expected, Barr declined to show up for scheduled House testimony yesterday in a dispute with Democrats over the format of the hearing in the Judiciary Committee. Dems wanted staff lawyerst o question Barr, along with House members.
Barr is being criticized and multiple Democrats have called for him to step down following the publicizing of a letter this week where Mueller expresses misgivings over how Barr characterized the findings of the special counsel report in a summary that the attorney general released on March 24.