'The attorney general, the chief law enforcement officer of the United States of America, is not focused on keeping America safe. He's only focused on being Donald Trump's errand boy and chasing down conspiracy theories.'
host Joe Scarborough said that Attorney General William Barr is making the United States less safe by seeking international help to discredit intelligence about potential links between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia.
Although Trump has repeatedly said he was exonerated by the report produced by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, news outlets reported on Monday that Barr is continuing to seek information that discredits evidence about alleged misconduct during the last presidential election as part of the administration's effort to"investigate the investigators.
The reports from Monday will likely increase scrutiny on Barr, who was already viewed by Democrats as a partisan actor. After the Mueller report was released, Democrats alleged that the attorney general had misrepresented the report in a March 24 summary and a later press conference. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats later grilled Barr about his presentation of the report and some called for his resignation.
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