AG Barr questioned on Mueller Report

We discuss Attorney General William Barr's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday about the Mueller report and whether he mishandled it.

Air Date: May 2, 2019 10:00 am

Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Russia report by special counsel Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Guests: Mark Mazzetti, Chris Coons, Max Kennerly, Sam Stein

Attorney General William Barr faced the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday regarding questions about his handling of Robert Mueller’s report. Democratic Senators grilled Barr on whether his summary misrepresented the report’s finding, his decision not to charge the President, and his conflicts of interest. Republicans posed questions about Hillary Clinton’s emails and the FBI officials who started the initial Russia investigation.He refused to testify before the House Judiciary Committee today. This hour, we discuss Barr’s testimony, Mueller’s letter to the AG, and the continuing fallout from the Special Counsel’s report. Our guests are MARK MAZZETTI, an investigative correspondent for The New York Times, Delaware SENATOR CHRIS COONS, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, MAX KENNERLY, a Philadelphia trial lawyer with Kennerly Louty, and SAM STEIN, politics editor at The Daily Beast.

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