Rep. Jerry Nadler cited what he views as 'concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department' as the impetus for calling Barr to testify.
William Barr testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be attorney general of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2019.House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler announced he will call Attorney General William Barr to testify before the committee"in the near future" about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Barr's summary of Mueller's findings said that while Mueller did not"draw a conclusion — one way or the other — as to whether the examined conduct constitutes obstruction," Mueller's report"also does not exonerate" Trump of any criminal conduct. "In light of the very concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department following the Special Counsel report, where Mueller did not exonerate the President, we will be calling Attorney General Barr in to testify,"Barr released a 4-page summary
Barr's letter said that Mueller and his team of prosecutors did not make a"traditional prosecutorial judgment" as to whether Trump obstructed the Mueller probe itself and other federal investigations involving him.Mueller found that there was no Trump-Russia conspiracy but did not 'exonerate' the president on obstruction
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