Criticism of Barr raises to fever pitch
Posted by Annie May / March 29, 2019
An increasing number of critics are speaking out against Attorney General William Barr, and chair of the House Intelligence Committee has all but rejected Barr’s summary of the report.
Patrick Cotter, former federal prosecutor at the Justice Department and colleague of Barr from the 1990s, has said, “I’m not sure why Barr felt this was the appropriate way to go about handling potentially privileged information.” Cotter went on to explain that Barr had better options he could have pursued, such as setting up an independent committee to review the report for sensitive information.
Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, meanwhile, delivered an impassioned speech presenting his own evidence that Trump is guilty of collusion. Schiff’s diatribe follows House Republicans on the committee calling for Schiff to resign.
Although the report was objectively good news, many are furious that no one has seen the report yet––only the Barr letter. Six Democratic committee chairs in the House have demanded that the Mueller report be released by April 2, though Mitch McConnell blocked the release of the report.
Some are even accusing Barr of covering up for Trump’s obstruction by pardoning him.
Unfortunately, it looks like things are only going to get worse in the next few months.
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