This morning it was reported that some on team Mueller are not happy with the conclusions AG Barr wrote in his first memo on the findings of the Mueller report.
Some members of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team have expressed frustration that Attorney General William Barr cleared President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, and they believe the evidence that Trump sought to impede the investigation is stronger than Barr suggested in his March letter summarizing Mueller’s findings, a U.S. official who has spoken with them tells NBC News.
Three government officials have told NBC News that a dispute within the special counsel’s office on the facts and the law was one factor behind Mueller’s decision not to make a call on the obstruction question.
The lawyers and FBI agents on Mueller’s team could not reach an agreement about whether Trump’s conduct amounted to a corrupt — and therefore illegal — effort to impede the probe, the three officials said. As a result, Barr, after consulting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, stepped in to clear the president, saying the evidence did not amount to a prosecutable case of obstruction of justice.
Since then the DOJ has responded to these allegations noting that Barr was not trying to summarize the report. Rather they point out he was only releasing his “bottom-line” findings and conclusions.
Below is the full DOJ response via NBC News:
JUST IN: Responding to reports about some Mueller team members’ feelings about AG Barr’s summary, Justice Dept. says Barr released his “bottom-line findings” & conclusions immediately given public interest, and work has been ongoing to release the Mueller report with redactions.
Trump has also responded on Twitter to the NY Times report which first reported this:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1113819627212169219Trump also said earlier this morning…
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1113784899847249921