Minus Barr, House committee convenes Mueller hearing
Posted on AllSides May 2nd, 2019
From The Center
A U.S. House committee convened on Thursday without Attorney General William Barr in attendance to discuss his handling of the Mueller report at a time of rising tensions between the Trump administration and Congress.
A day after Barr appeared at a Senate hearing to defend his handling of the report on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opened a similar session expected to feature an empty chair at the witness table.
Barr said on Wednesday he would not appear before the Democratic-led panel,...
