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Democrats renew attacks on Trump attorney general | TheHill

posted onApril 21, 2019
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Article snippet: Democrats ripped into Attorney General MORE on Friday, signaling he'll be a focal point of their attacks on the Trump administration in the post-Mueller report world. The Democrats say Barr bungled the handling of special counsel MORE, contrasting his comments about what the report said with the actual text that was released on Thursday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE (D-N.Y.) issued a subpoena on Friday to win the release of the full report, while other Democrats have called for Barr's resignation. The report is also fueling new talk of impeachment. “We can't blame Republicans for the lack of an impeachment effort. We control the House,” Rep. MORE (D-Texas), a longtime advocate for impeaching Trump, said Thursday. “It is up to us to act.” The attacks on Barr do, to a certain extent, shift the target from Trump, which could help party leaders who would rather avoid that issue. Speaker MORE (D-N.Y.). “Special Counsel Mueller’s report paints a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving a web of deceit, lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn’t apply to him,” Pelosi and Schumer wrote in a joint statement. “But if you hadn’t read the report and listened only to Mr. Barr, you wouldn’t have known any of that because Mr. Barr has been so misleading,” they continued, alleging that he “deliberately distorted significant portions” of the report. Their letter did not mention impeachment or investigations by Democrats. House Majority Le... Link to the full article to read more

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