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Attorney General William Barr missed a planned House Judiciary Committee hearing on May 2, 2019, even as the White House circulated a letter blasting Robert Mueller’s report as political. The combination reinforced the impression that Trump’s team wanted the benefits of Mueller’s conclusions without the accountability that comes with them.
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Attorney General William Barr missed a planned House Judiciary Committee hearing on May 2, 2019, even as the White House circulated a letter blasting Robert Mueller’s report as political. The combination reinforced the impression that Trump’s team wanted the benefits of Mueller’s conclusions without the accountability that comes with them.
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Attorney General William Barr missed a planned House Judiciary Committee hearing on May 2, 2019, even as the White House circulated a letter blasting Robert Mueller’s report as political. The combination reinforced the impression that Trump’s team wanted the benefits of Mueller’s conclusions without the accountability that comes with them.
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