FOX News: Barr says Mueller asked DOJ to send letter limiting testimony to ‘boundaries' of report
Attorney General Bill Barr told Fox News on Tuesday that it was former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team who asked the Justice Department to send Mueller a letter telling him to keep his upcoming testimony to House lawmakers "within the boundaries" of the public version of his Russia probe report.
The letter provoked criticism from Democrats ahead of Wednesday’s highly anticipated hearing, with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler calling it “incredibly arrogant.” Asked by Fox News why the Monday letter was sent, Barr said Mueller’s staff asked the department for guidance ahead of the hearing.
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Update: Mueller takes the TV stage; Democrats hope America tunes in (AP)
WNU Editor: The main stream news media have ignored mentioning that it was Robert Mueller himself who asked the Department of Justice a letter limiting the scope of the questioning to the report. As for limiting the scope of the questioning to just the "boundaries" of the report, it means that Republicans on the Committee will not be able to ask the questions that they have been so sorely wanting to ask for the past year. My prediction .... this is what is going to happen tomorrow .... Two-thirds of Americans and more than HALF of Democrats expect Mueller hearing to be snoozer that reveals no 'new information' (Daily Mail).
