Attorney General William Barr will appear before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday, his second of two days of scheduled testimony on Capitol Hill on…
Attorney General William Barr will appear before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday, his second of two days of scheduled testimony on Capitol Hill on the Trump administration’s 2020 budget request.
Barr faced a barrage of questions from House Democrats on Tuesday about his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and report.
He told lawmakers he would release a restricted version of Mueller’s report “within a week” that will be color-coded and footnoted so that the public knows why the Justice Department decided to redact certain portions. Barr also said he would not go to court to fight for the release of grand jury material from Mueller’s report, which displeased Democrats clamoring for its full release.
Barr is expected to face fresh inquiries from senators about his handling of the Mueller probe on Wednesday. The Appropriations subpanel boasts several key members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including its chairman, Lindsey Graham (R-S. C.), and ranking member, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
Barr says inclusion of grand jury info in Mueller report is ‘most inflexible around the law’
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Barr reiterated his previous comments that certain information will have to be redacted from the Mueller report, including secret grand jury information.
“The category I think is the most inflexible around the law right now is the grand jury material,” Barr told lawmakers.
