Article snippet: Attorney General MORE. What were the main takeaways from Barr’s day of testimony? Democrats find new impetus Democrats have new wind in their sails following the revelation that Mueller had written in protest to Barr in March, soon after the attorney general released a four-page document outlining the special counsel’s principal conclusions. Mueller objected to Barr’s memo, asserting that it “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of his work. Barr insists that Mueller accepted, in a subsequent phone call, that the attorney general had not mischaracterized his report. The revelation of the Mueller contacts — first reported in quick succession by The Washington Post and The New York Times on Tuesday evening — dominated Wednesday’s hearings, as Democrats cast doubt on Barr’s integrity and truthfulness. Democrats have long argued that Barr, a Trump appointee, is little more than a patsy for the president. In their view, he used his position to spin the report to the White House’s advantage, enabling a Trump-friendly narrative to solidify in the three weeks between the release of his initial document and the publication of a redacted version of the full report. That view has been buttressed by events of the past 24 hours. That’s good news for Democrats and bad news for Barr and Trump. Barr’s credibility takes more hits It wasn’t only the contacts with Mueller that caused the attorney general problems. His own answers at times undercut his credibili... Link to the full article to read more