Mueller’s statement highlights key differences with Barr on investigation of President Trump
Posted on AllSides May 30th, 2019
From The Left
Departing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III finally spoke publicly Wednesday, and his carefully chosen comments highlight the ways in which he disagrees with his boss, Attorney General William P. Barr, about the facts and the law surrounding the investigation into President Trump.
“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller said Wednesday.
Barr had that confidence. He declared in March that while Mueller’s principal conclusions did not include a determination of whether the president had committed the...
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