Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s administration has been “dominated” by false allegations that he was a Russian agent who colluded…
Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s administration has been “dominated” by false allegations that he was a Russian agent who colluded with the Kremlin.
“To listen to some of the rhetoric, you’d have figured that the Mueller report had found the opposite,” Barr said during a contentious hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“How did we get to the point here where the evidence is now that the president was falsely accused of colluding with the Russians, and accused of being treasonous, and accused of being a Russian agent?” said Barr, adding “the evidence now is that was without a basis.”
“Two years of his administration have been dominated by the allegations that have now been proven false.”
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Barr offered the assessment late into Wednesday’s hearing, which saw the attorney general face down questions from Democrats who accused him of misrepresenting special counsel Robert Mueller’s final Russia report.
