US Attorney-General William Barr has been accused of trying to protect President Donald Trump and 'bake in the narrative to the benefit of the White House'
US Attorney-General William Barr has been accused of trying to protect President Donald Trump and "bake in the narrative to the benefit of the White House" by holding a news conference about the highly anticipated special counsel's Russia probe report hours before the report's due release on Thursday, US time.
Indeed, even before those revelations came to light, House Democrats have mused publicly that Barr was trying to shield the President from negative headlines. Last week at the House Democratic retreat, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Barr was acting more like the attorney-general of Trump then the attorney-general of the United States.
About six in 10 continue to believe the President obstructed justice, the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research found. It also indicated that Americans are mostly unhappy with the amount of information that has been released so far.
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