Barr says he didn't review underlying evidence of Mueller report before making obstruction call
Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that he did not review the underlying evidence in special counsel Robert Mueller's report before he concluded that Mueller's findings did not reach the threshold to charge President Trump with obstructing justice.
Barr described this approach as a standard practice in which officials at the Department of Justice (DOJ) often rely on the characterization of the evidence uncovered in an investigation.
"We accepted the statements in the report as the actual record. We did not go underneath it to see whether or not they were accurate. We accepted it as accurate," Barr said Wednesday while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The revelation came during a line of questioning led by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 presidential candidate, who pressed Barr on what evidence he reviewed before determining that there was not sufficient evidence to charge the president with obstruction.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barr-says-he-didnt-review-underlying-evidence-of-mueller-report-before-making-obstruction-call/ar-AAAMf4U?li=BBnbcA1
What a sloppy assed S.O.B.
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