ATTORNEY GENERAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT “Moments after Robert Mueller gave brief concluding remarks about his Russia probe on Wednesday [5-29-19], the former Republican New Jersey governor and sometime Trump adviser Chris Christie declared that the special counsel’s statement ‘definitely contradicts what the attorney general said when he summarized Mueller’s report.’ Christie wasn’t alone. The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff called Mueller’s statement a ‘direct rebuke of Attorney General William Barr,’ arguing that Barr had ‘deliberately and repeatedly misled the American people.’ And while she didn’t mention Barr by name, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was ‘greatly disappointed with the Department of Justice for their misrepresentation of the Mueller report.’ Even though Mueller’s remarks focused on his findings about Russian election meddling and whether President Donald Trump obstructed his probe, it was clear that he had also thrown the klieg lights back on to his old friend Barr — rekindling anger over suspicions that Trump’s attorney general has been carrying water for the president.”
–Eliana Johnson, “Mueller remarks put Barr back into harsh spotlight,” Politico, May 29, 2019 8:41 pm