Analysis: 4 early takeaways from William Barr’s tense hearing. We’ll be updating throughout the day.
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 1 at 11:47 AM Attorney General William P. Barr ventured up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday an embattled man. About 15 hours before his testimony, The Washington Post reported special counsel Robert S. Mueller III had sent Barr a letter saying Barr’s summary of his report “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusion.
Barr suggested the initial New York Times report on the event had gone further than the evidence, by saying Trump explicitly “directed” McGahn to have Mueller fired. But the Mueller report is clear that it believes Trump did, in fact, make a direct request: “Substantial evidence . . . supports the conclusion that the President went further and in fact directed McGahn to call Rosenstein to have the Special Counsel removed.
2) Barr explains his allegedly misleading testimony In addition to the Mueller letter’s rebuke of Barr, it also called into question his past testimony. Barr testified to the House last month — after receiving the letter — and suggested he wasn’t familiar with how the Mueller team perceived his actions.
3) Graham’s misleading preamble Graham has turned into one of Trump’s most loyal allies on Capitol Hill. And true to form, he started the hearing on a very pro-Trump foot, using a series of misleading statements.
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